Mikala Egeblad

@megeblad.bsky.social

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Tumor Microenvironment. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Hidden in the lungs of some breast cancer survivors are tumor cells that can remain dormant for decades — until they one day trigger a relapse. Now, experiments show for the first time these rogue cells can be roused from their slumber by common respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 or the flu.

‘Sleeping’ cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu

Inflammation from the respiratory infections seems to be the culprit, study in mice finds.

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A fascinating study reports that neutrophils and NETs actively induce tumor necrosis. Congratulations, BDP @megeblad.bsky.social and @adrover.bsky.social on your latest publication in @nature.com.

Mikala Egeblad@megeblad.bsky.social · last yr.

As a new postdoc in my lab (@cshlnews.bsky.social@jhu.edu) @adrover.bsky.social (now @crick.ac.uk) saw NETs in tumors—I shrugged. But he looked closer in 3D: NETs block tumor vessels, driving necrosis, hypoxia, EMT & metastasis. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @jhu-bdps.bsky.social @nature.com

I’m happy to share our latest work on tumour necrosis! During my time in the @megeblad.bsky.social lab, we found that tumour necrosis is not a passive phenomenon secondary to tumour growth, but an active phenomenon driven by neutrophils and NETs! Thread below: (1/13) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Neutrophils drive vascular occlusion, tumour necrosis and metastasis - Nature

Neutrophils actively induce tumour necrosis, driving vascular occlusion, pleomorphic necrosis and metastasis.

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Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation. Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants: 1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process. 2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers. 3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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Bioconductor@bioconductor.bsky.social · last yr.

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