Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated immune response to an infection. The aim of this project is to establish cell culture models to better understand the underlying mechanisms of endothelial activation and dysfunction in sepsis. The project is carried out jointly by the University for Continuing Education Krems, IMC University of Applied Sciences and Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences.

FWF grants doc.funds.connect funding for joint PhD program of the University for Continuing Education Krems, the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems and the Medical University of Vienna to research extracellular vesicles

Antimicrobial peptides in human blood support the conventional humoral and cellular immune system …