Professor Dr. Roland Francis

Address Universitätsklinikum Erlangen AöR
Anästhesiologische Klinik
Krankenhausstraße 12
91054 Erlangen

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - Mechanisms and the therapeutic potential of pulmonary lymphangiogenesis in a murine model of ventilator induced lung injury (Research Grants)
- Completed projects
  - Vasoactive, pro-inflammatory and pro-coagulant effects of hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers in a murine model of hemorrhagic shock (Research Fellowships)
  - Targeting antioxidant gene expression to prevent and treat pulmonary redox imbalance in a murine model of ventilator-induced lung injury (Research Grants)
  - Role of lung mechanoreceptors during ventilation induced brain injury (Research Grants)
As Co-Investigator
- Completed projects
  - Transfusion-associated effects of extra-cellular hemoglobin on development and severity of ventilator-induced lung injury (Research Grants)
  - Prevention of the secondary cerebral organ damage by stimulation of the AT2-receptor and the receptor Mas in a model of acute lung injury (Research Grants)