Recipients
EFSD-Servier Grants



2007:

Kari Alitalo - University of Helsinki - Finland
Targeting VEGFR-3 for the treatment of vascular complications in diabetes

Hans-Peter Hammes - University of Heidelberg - Mannheim, Germany
Treating diabetic retinopathy with carnosine

Fredrik Leeb-Lundberg - Lund University - Sweden
Metabolic and vascular consequences of signalling through the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor GPR30

Paula Moreira - University of Coimbra - Portugal
Exploring the crosstalk between mitochondrial reactive oxygen species and the transcriptional factor hypoxia factor-1 in brain and retinal endothelium

2006:

Zoltán Benyó - Ruprecht-Karls-University - Heidelberg, Germany
G protein mediated signalling pathways and vascular NADPH oxidases in the development of diabetes-induced cerebrovascular dysfunction

Rakesh Chibber - King's College - London, UK
Cross talk between TNF-alpha, NADPH oxidase, PKCß2, and core 2 G1cNAc-T in diabetic leukocytes

Per-Anders Jansson - Göteburg University - Sweden
The effect of selective PDE-5 inhibition on capillary recruitment, glucose uptake and endothelial function in insulin resistance

Åke Sjöholm - Karolinska Institutet - Sweden
GLP-1 regulation and signalling in normal and diabetic human endothelial cell neogenesis, apoptosis and transdifferentiation: implications for prevention of macroangiopathy in type 2 diabetes

Vincenzo Trischitta - Mendel Institute - Rome, Italy
TRB3 and cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus

2005:

Massimo Federici - Tor Vegata University - Rome, Italy
The Timp3/Tace dyad modulates insulin sensitivity and vascular inflammation: a new approach for treatment of diabetes vascular complications

Luigi Gnudi - King's College - London, UK
Modulation of Angiopoietin-1 and VEGF expression in the glomerulus: role in the maintenance of glomerular capillary integrity in diabetes

2004:

Matthias Meier - Hannover Madical School - Hannover, Germany
Protein Kinase-C Knock-Out in Experimental Diabetic Nephropathy

Giuseppe Pugliese - Rome University - Rome, Italy
Role of oxidative stress in diabetic nephropathy: the p66Shc adaptor protein as amolecular target of therapeutic inervention

Csaba Szabo - Semmelweis University - Budapest, Hungary
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase and diabetic cardiovascular complications

Carsten Tschöpe - Charité University - Berlin, Germany
Effect of human apo A-I gene transfer on endothelial dysfunction of the resistance vessels in the periphery and on ventricular dysfunction in a rat model of diabetes mellitus type 2

2003:

Christer Betsholtz - Göteborg University - Göteborg, Sweden
Role of pericytes in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy

Hans-Peter Hammes - Mannheim University Hospital - Mannheim, Germany
A transgenic mouse with continuous endothelial activation as a model of diabetic retinopathy

Giovanni E. Mann - King's College - London, United Kingdom
Role of the transcription factor Nrf2 in metabolic and hemodynamic induced antioxidant gene expression in diabetic nephropathy

Katia Vancompernolle - Ghent University - Ghent, Belgium
Identification and study of specific intracellular methylglyoxal-derived Advanced Glycation Endproducts that play a role in the dysfunction of endothelium under hyperglycemic conditions in diabetes

2002:

Luigi Gnudi - King's College - London, United Kingdom
Angiopoietin-1 overexpression in the glomeruli: potential role in the maintenance of the glomerular capillary integrity in diabetes

Peter Grant - Leeds University - Leeds, United Kingdom
Do genetic variants of HNF1alpha explain the genetic pleiotropy between insulin resistance and coagulation?

Paolo Madeddu - INBB National Laboratory - Sassari, Italy
Rescue of type 2 diabetes-related impairment of limb microcirculation by angiogenesis gene therapy with human tissue Kallikrein and Akt Kinase

Matthias Meier - Hannover Madical School - Hannover, Germany
In-vivo study of isoforn-deficient Protein-kinase-C activation in an experimental mouse model of diabetic nephropathy