PI: Saša Frank
Focus: Endothelial lipase, lipoproteins, metabolites, endothelial function, acute heart failure
Network: Relationship between endothelial lipase, serum lipoproteins metabolites and endothelial function will be examined in healthy subjects as well as in patients with metabolic syndrome and acute heart failure in collaboration with Vesna Degoricija (Medical Faculty, Zagreb), Anatol Kontush (INSERM, Paris), Tobias Madl and Eva Bernhard (Molecular biology & Biochemistry), Gunther Marsche (Pharmacology), Seth Hallström, Gerhard Cvirn (Physiological Chemistry) and Brigitte Pelzmann (Biophysics).
