Pneumonia Induced Rise in Glucagon Promotes Endothelial Damage and Thrombogenicity

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany (P.R.R., V.N., L.R., J.R., E.A., R.S., U.L., A.H.).
• ² German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin, Germany (P.R.R., V.N., L.P., L.R., J.R., S.S., C.W., R.S., U.L., W.M.K., A.H.).
• ³ Friede Springer-Cardiovascular Prevention Center at Charité, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany (V.N., U.L., A.H.).
• ⁴ Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry (V.N.), Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
• ⁵ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital St Josef-Hospital Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (V.N., L.R., J.R., A.H.).
• ⁶ Institute of Biology (L.P.), Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
• ⁷ Institute of Physiology (L.P., S.S., E.A., W.M.K.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of the Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
• ⁸ Laboratory of In Vitro Modeling Systems of Pulmonary and Thrombotic Diseases, Institute of Physiology (C.W., R.S.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of the Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
• ⁹ German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Germany (C.W., R.S., M.W., W.M.K.).
• ¹⁰ Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care (M.C.B., G.N., M.W.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of the Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
• ¹¹ Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (E.P.C.v.d.V., S.L.M.), RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
• ¹² Aachen-Maastricht Institute for CardioRenal Disease (E.P.C.v.d.V., S.L.M.), RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
• ¹³ Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (E.P.C.v.d.V.), RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
• ¹⁴ Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany (E.P.C.v.d.V.).
• ¹⁵ Department of Cardiology and Angiology (K.S.), Hannover Medical School, Germany.
• ¹⁶ Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (K.S.), Hannover Medical School, Germany.
• ¹⁷ Department of Vascular Medicine (B.J.H.V.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands.
• ¹⁸ Department of Public and Occupational Health (B.J.H.V.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands.
• ¹⁹ The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science at St. Michael's, Toronto, Canada (W.M.K.).
• ²⁰ Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of Toronto, Canada (W.M.K.).