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Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology

Cardiovascular Physiology

Director

 

Prof. Dr. Markus Hecker

 

Phone:

+49 6221 54-4036/4035

Fax:

+49 6221 54-4038

E-Mail:

hecker@physiologie.uni-heidelberg.de

 

Secretary

 

Barbara Richards

 

Phone:

+49 6221 54-4035

Fax:

+49 6221 54-4038

E-Mail:

sekretariat.hecker@physiologie.uni-heidelberg.de

Our Field of Research

Our research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying pathophysiological and physiological remodelling processes in the cardiovascular system, to define new therapeutic aproaches for cardiovascular disease.

 

At present five working groups and one project team concentrate on various research areas within this field.

 

Scientists of the division are also integrated in a number of national and multinational research centers and networks:

   


Recent Publications

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Impact of carbonylation on glutathione peroxidase-1 activity in human hyperglycemic endothelial cells. Redox Biol. 2018 Jun;16:113-122. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2018.02.018. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

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Stability and Function of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses Depend on Bcl11b/Ctip2. Front Mol Neurosci. 2018 Apr 5;11:103. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00103. eCollection 2018.

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Glycyrrhetinic Acid Antagonizes Pressure-Induced Venous Remodeling in Mice. Front Physiol. 2018 Apr 4;9:320. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00320. eCollection 2018.

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Respiration-Entrained Brain Rhythms Are Global but Often Overlooked. Trends Neurosci. 2018 Apr;41(4):186-197. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2018.01.007. Epub 2018 Feb 9.

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Hypertension-evoked RhoA activity in vascular smooth muscle cells requires RGS5. FASEB J. 2018 Apr;32(4):2021-2035. doi: 10.1096/fj.201700384RR. Epub 2018 Jan 5.

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VCAM-1 expression is upregulated by CD34+/CD133+-stem cells derived from septic patients. PLoS One. 2018 Mar 30;13(3):e0195064. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195064. eCollection 2018.

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Carnosine Catalyzes the Formation of the Oligo/Polymeric Products of Methylglyoxal. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2018 Mar 29;46(2):713-726. doi: 10.1159/000488727. [Epub ahead of print]

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Making room for new memories. Science. 2018 Mar 30;359(6383):1461-1462. doi: 10.1126/science.aat1493.

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Bringing European physiologists together. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2018 Apr;222(4):e13043. doi: 10.1111/apha.13043. Epub 2018 Feb 15.

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Endothelial progenitor cells accelerate endothelial regeneration in an in vitro model of Shigatoxin-2a-induced injury via soluble growth factors. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2018 Mar 7. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00633.2017. [Epub ahead of print]

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Astrocytic glutamine synthetase is expressed in the neuronal somatic layers and down-regulated proportionally to neuronal loss in the human epileptic hippocampus. Glia. 2018 May;66(5):920-933. doi: 10.1002/glia.23292. Epub 2018 Jan 19.

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Expansion of functional personalized cells with specific transgene combinations. Nat Commun. 2018 Mar 8;9(1):994. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03408-4.

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Modulation of glutathione peroxidase activity by age-dependent carbonylation in glomeruli of diabetic mice. J Diabetes Complications. 2018 Feb;32(2):130-138. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2017.11.007. Epub 2017 Nov 22.


Institute of
Physiology and Pathophysiology

Heidelberg University

Im Neuenheimer Feld 326

69120 Heidelberg

Germany

Phone:+49 6221 54-4035
Fax:+49 6221 54-4038
E-mail:sekretariat.hecker@
physiologie.uni-heidelberg.de