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PD Dr. Christina Weisheit

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Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Christina.weisheit@ukbonn.de

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PD Dr. Christina Weisheit is highly interested in the intersection of the immune system and cardiovascular diseases with a particular emphasis on understanding the immunological mechanisms underlying aortic disease development. She investigates how various factors such as the gut microbiome, changes in the metabolom signature, aging and bacterial infection influence aortic valve diseases using a combination of clinical data sets, patient samples, and experimental models. Dr. Weisheit's work aims at understanding cardiovascular disease progression and development modulated by the immune system and the gut microbiome, providing insights that may contribute to the development of interventions for aortic valve disorders and biomarker selection.

Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinik Bonn

Recent publications

  • Low-dose glucocorticoids attenuate crescentic glomerulonephritis by inhibiting the local differentiation of proinflammatory neutrophils.

    Science translational medicine

    Authors: Junping Yin, Melanie Eichler, Darius P Schaub, Nariaki Asada, Jonas Engesser, Clivia Lisowski, Hans-Joachim Paust, Christina Katharina Weisheit, Jian Li, Daniela Klaus, Natalio Garbi, Sibylle von Vietinghoff, Christian F Krebs, Ulf Panzer, Christian Kurts

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  • A novel approach to studying infective endocarditis: Ultrasound-guided wire injury and bacterial challenge in mice.

    PloS one

    Authors: Benedikt Bartsch, Ansgar Ackerschott, Muntadher Al Zaidi, Raul Nicolas Jamin, Mariam Louis Fathy Nazir, Moritz Altrogge, Lars Fester, Jessica Lambertz, Mark Coburn, Georg Nickenig, Marijo Parcina, Sebastian Zimmer, Christina Katharina Weisheit

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  • Impact of Fentanyl on Recovery Times and Hypotensive Events in Ophthalmic Surgery: A Comparative Study.

    Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)

    Authors: Garegin Manukyan, Daniel Beel, Marcus Thudium, Christina Katharina Weisheit

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