Louise Medina Bengtsson
Program: Cancer Biology
Current advisor: Sheila A. Stewart, PhD
Undergraduate university: University of Notre Dame
Research summary
Previous work from our lab has shown that senescent cancer-associated fibroblasts drive breast cancer progression by promoting immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment. However, it is not known what triggers senescence in these fibroblasts. Given that breast tumors exhibit higher stiffness compared to healthy breast tissue, I am currently studying whether increased ECM stiffness can induce senescence in mouse mammary fibroblasts.
Graduate publications