Wei Cheng

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Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Professor of Biological Chemistry, Medical School
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Wei Cheng
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      Virus-like antigen display delivers a stand-alone danger signal through the BCR that circumvents tolerance
      Riggs J, Ritter AJ, Bourassa FXP, Meyer AR, Kay-Tsumagari E, Wholey W-Y, Libang J, Mueller JL, Lu W, Wingreen NS, Cheng W, Zikherman J. 2026 Apr 28; bioRxiv, DOI:10.64898/2026.04.23.720482
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      Measurement of the absolute mass concentration of antigen-specific serum IgG via quantitative Western blotting
      Meyer AR, Li L, Cheng W. Analytical Biochemistry, 2026 Mar 6; 116097 - 116097. DOI:10.1016/j.ab.2026.116097
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      Molecular mechanisms for direct sensing of virus-like antigens by B cells
      Cheng W, Zikherman J. International Immunology, 2026 Feb 1; 38 (2): 74 - 84. DOI:10.1093/intimm/dxaf052
      PMID: 40884252
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      Investigation of potent B cell responses to particulate antigens 3200
      Riggs J, Brooks J, Mueller J, Stritt F, Cheng W, Zikherman J. The Journal of Immunology, 2025 Nov 23; 214 (Supplement_1): DOI:10.1093/jimmun/vkaf283.1026
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      Superior Potency of Synthetic Virus-like Structures in Vaccine-Induced Antibody Responses Compared to Qβ Bacteriophage Virus-like Particles
      Meyer AR, Li L, Wholey WY, Chackerian B, Cheng W. Viruses, 2025 Apr 1; 17 (4): DOI:10.3390/v17040579
      PMID: 40285021
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      Molecular ingredients of an immunogen for long-lasting IgG
      Gupta SL, Meyer AR, Kay-Tsumagari E, Cheng W. Frontiers in Immunology, 2025 Jan 1; 16: DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2025.1639371
      PMID: 40904452
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      An Integrated Signaling Threshold Initiates IgG Response toward Virus-like Immunogens
      Wholey WY, Meyer AR, Yoda ST, Mueller JL, Mathenge R, Chackerian B, Zikherman J, Cheng W. Journal of Immunology, 2024 Oct 1; 213 (8): 1061 - 1075. DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.2400101
      PMID: 39212443
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      Minimal Determinants for Lifelong Antiviral Antibody Responses in Mice from a Single Exposure to Virus-like Immunogens at Low Doses
      Wholey WY, Meyer AR, Yoda ST, Chackerian B, Zikherman J, Cheng W. Vaccines, 2024 Apr 1; 12 (4): DOI:10.3390/vaccines12040405

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         Five faculty members who have been promoted
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    Five Biological Chemistry faculty members receive promotions

    Yan Zhang, PhD, Jeanne Stuckey, PhD, Markus Ruetz, PhD, Michael Cianfrocco, PhD, and Wei Cheng, PhD, have been promoted.
         Schematic of the library of liposomes engineered to display virus-like antigens
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    The Cheng lab publishes a research article in Nature Immunology

    The Cheng lab published a research article in Nature Immunology.