Jennifer El Tekle
jentekle.bsky.social
Jennifer El Tekle
@jentekle.bsky.social
Postdoc, Garrett Lab @thegarrettlab.bsky.social
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Cancer Biology | Tumor microenvironment | Microbiome
@harvardchanschool.bsky.social | @broadinstitute.org

EMBO Fellow 2021
PhD @UNIL @IOR🇨🇭
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Reposted by Jennifer El Tekle
Excited to share a preprint from my postdoc @theGarrettLab- now on bioRxiv!
Oral acetoacetate (AcAc) suppresses tumor growth by expanding and activating MAIT cells… and the mechanism was a surprise 🧵👇 (1/10)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Acetoacetate suppresses colon cancer via an MR1-MAIT axis
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality and additional preventative, and therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. Ketogenic diets have mixed effects on tumorigenesis and comp...
www.biorxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM