Anja Meissner

Our research

Cardiovascular disease, such as heart attack, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease, is the number-one health problem in the world. Despite remarkable progress in diagnosis and prevention, cardiovascular diseases cause disability and death at an astounding rate. The best opportunities to develop and implement new strategies for preventing and treating cardiovascular disease lie in the understanding of its underlying mechanisms.

Anja Meissner’s research focuses on repair and regeneration of the cardiovascular system and specifically, in understanding sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling and its role in the regulation of the vascular and the immune system during cardiovascular disease and associated target organ inflammation.

Aims

• To identify molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease and associated target organ involvement.

Impact

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Strengths of the group

• Murine models of cardiovascular disease
• Sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling

Affiliations

• Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine
• Dept of Experimental Medical Science
• Institute for Theoretical Medicine, University of Augsburg, Germany
• German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany

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