On November 15, 2023, Professor Chunhong Ma, Associate Professor Chunyang Li, and Professor Xinyong Liu from the School of Basic Medical Sciences co-published a research paper titled "Identification of a small-molecule Tim-3 inhibitor to potentiate T cell-mediated antitumor immunotherapy in preclinical mouse models" in Science Translational Medicine as co-corresponding authors. PhD student Shuaiya Ma, postdoctoral researcher Ye Tian, and master's graduate Jiali Peng from the School of Basic Medical Sciences served as co-first authors of this paper. Shandong University was both the first author and the corresponding author unit.