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Matt Jenkins
Lee University
Brent Ferrell lab
I am studying the role inflammatory signaling plays in MDS/AML. Specifically, I’m looking at S100A8/A9, which are proteins with pleiotropic functions some of which include serving as DAMPs to activate inflammatory signaling.