Markus Cicka

MSTP in PhD Training

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Current advisor: Kory J. Lavine, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Emory University, 2022

Enrollment year: 2022

Research summary
Role of IL-6 in Cardiac Remodeling

IL-6 is a well-known cytokine involved in maladaptive remodeling in the heart in the weeks following myocardial infarction. I am currently investigating how cardiac immune cells respond to IL-6 release and promote myocardial injury.

Graduate publications
Holt M, Lin J, Cicka M, Wong A, Epelman S, Lavine KJ.. 2024 Dissecting and Visualizing the Functional Diversity of Cardiac Macrophages. Circ Res, 134(12):1791-1807