Nikki Lytle, PhD
Interception of pancreatic cancer metastasis by targeting tissue wound repair
Dr. Lytle’s research seeks to understand the environmental signals that influence metastatic progression in pancreatic cancer. The proposed work addresses how tissue damage — which leads to chronic inflammation and the initiation of wound-healing regenerative programs — impacts pancreatic cancer metastasis.
The goal is therapeutic approaches that prevent tumor cell survival and outgrowth in distant organs.
Nikki Lytle, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Her work focuses on the microenvironmental factors that contribute to pancreatic cancer metastasis, with the goal of identifying novel therapeutic targets for preventing metastatic progression. This work continues her research in Dr. Geoffrey Wahl’s laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego.
Seed grants start at $50,000 — awarded by scientists, reported on annually.
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Interception of pancreatic cancer metastasis by targeting tissue wound repair
Dr. Lytle’s research seeks to understand the environmental signals that influence metastatic progression in pancreatic cancer. The proposed work addresses how tissue damage — which leads to chronic inflammation and the initiation of wound-healing regenerative programs — impacts pancreatic cancer metastasis.
The goal is therapeutic approaches that prevent tumor cell survival and outgrowth in distant organs.
Nikki Lytle, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Her work focuses on the microenvironmental factors that contribute to pancreatic cancer metastasis, with the goal of identifying novel therapeutic targets for preventing metastatic progression. This work continues her research in Dr. Geoffrey Wahl’s laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego.
Seed grants start at $50,000 — awarded by scientists, reported on annually.
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