College of Veterinary Medicine
Bafor Lab
Led by Enitome Bafor · Infectious Diseases and Immunology
What we study
The Bafor Lab studies how specialized T cells regulate immune tolerance and fertility in reproductive tissues. They use molecular, cellular, and in vivo models to understand autoimmune ovarian failure and infertility.
What working here is like
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Current projects
Reprogramming Double Negative T Cells to Combat Autoimmune Ovarian Failure and Ovarian Tumors
This project studies how double-negative T cells (cDNTs) regulate immune tolerance in reproductive tissues.
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Recent papers, explained
- Metabolomics of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies in experimental animals and humans
2026 · Drug Discovery
- Ovarian localization drives IL-7R-dependent CD8 coreceptor expression in peripheral double-negative T cells
2026 · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Showed that ovarian localization changes double-negative T cells to express CD8 coreceptors.
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- Double negative T cells decline in inflammatory reproductive dysfunction
2026 · Scientific Reports
Examined double-negative T cells in the ovary and uterus, finding they may help regulate inflammation.
- Inflammatory plasma transfer induces early ovarian CD8+ accumulation without overt pathology
2026 · Journal of Reproductive Immunology
- Isolation and Preliminary Uterine Activity of Endophytic Fungi from Ficus exasperata
2026 · Asian Journal of Research in Biochemistry
Isolated fungi from Ficus exasperata leaves and tested their effects on uterine contractions in mice.
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How to reach out
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