Main research topics

• Cardiogenic shock
• Microcirculation
• Ischemia and reperfusion injury
• Endothelial function, damage, metabolism and regeneration

Current projects

• Cell-Cell interaction during ischemia and reperfusion injury
• Role of circulating endothelial cell parameters as effectors of endothelial activation and damage
• Regulation of microvascular perfusion and its clinical relevance in shock and critical disease

Collaborations (external)

• Prof. Dr. med. H. Thiele (Leipzig Heart Center)
• PD Dr. M. Franz/Prof. Dr. med. P. C. Schulze (Uni Jena)
• Prof. Alexander Lauten (Charite Berlin)
• PD Dr. M. Lichtenauer/Dr. B. Wernly (PMU Salzburg)
• Prof. J. Pernow (Karolinska Institutet)

• Jung C, Rafnsson A, Shemyakin A, Böhm F, Pernow J: Different Subpopulations of Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Circulating Apoptotic Progenitor Cells in Patients with Vascular Disease and Diabetes – Int J Cardiol. 2010 Sep 3;143(3):368-72
• Jung C, Gonon AT, Sjöquist PO, Lundberg JO, Pernow J: Arginase inhibition mediates cardioprotection during ischaemia-reperfusion – Cardiovasc Res. 2010 Jan 1;85(1):147-54
• Jung C, Fujita B, Lauten A, Kiehntopf M, Küthe F, Ferrari M, Figulla HR: Redbloodcelldistributionwidthasusefultooltopredictlong-term mortality in patientswithchronicheartfailure - Int J Cardiol. 2011 Nov 3;152(3):417-8
• Jung C, Sörensson P, Saleh N, Arheden H, Rydén L, Pernow J:  Circulatingendothelial and plateletderived microparticles reflectthesize of myocardium at risk in patientswith ST-elevation myocardialinfarction – Atherosclerosis. 2012 Mar;221(1):226-31.
• Jung C, Rafnsson A, Brismar K, Pernow J: Endothelialprogenitorcells in relationto endothelin-1 and endothelinreceptorblockade: A randomized, controlledtrial. – Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 30;168(2): 1017-22
• Shemyakin A, Kövamees O, Rafnsson A, Böhm F, Svenarud P, Settergren M, Jung C, Pernow J. Arginase Inhibition ImprovesEndothelialFunction in PatientswithCoronaryArteryDisease and Type 2 Diabetes – Circulation. 2012 Dec 18;126(25):2943-50
• Jung C, Fuernau G, de Waha S, Eitel I, Desch S, Schuler G, Figulla HR, Thiele H. Intraaorticballooncounterpulsation and microcirculation in cardiogenicshockcomplicatingmyocardialinfarction: an IABP-SHOCK II substudy. Clin Res Cardiol. 2015 Aug;104(8):679-87
• Yoon SH, Schmidt T, Bleiziffer S, Schofer N, Fiorina C, Munoz-Garcia AJ, Yzeiraj E, Amat-Santos IJ, Tchetche D, Jung C, Fujita B, Mangieri A, at al. TranscatheterAorticValveReplacement in Pure Native AorticValveRegurgitation. J Am CollCardiol. 2017 Dec 5;70(22):2752-2763
• Guidet B, Flaatten H, Boumendil A, Morandi A, Andersen FH, Artigas A, Bertolini G, Cecconi M, Christensen S, Faraldi L, Fjølner J, Jung C, Marsh B, Moreno R, Oeyen S, Öhman CA, Pinto BB, Soliman IW, Szczeklik W, Valentin A, Watson X, Zafeiridis T, De Lange DW; VIP1 studygroup. Withholdingorwithdrawing of life-sustainingtherapy in olderadults (≥ 80 years) admittedtothe intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med. 2018 May 17
• Jung C, Wernly B, Bjursell M, Wiseman J, Admyre T, Wikström J, Palmér M, Seeliger F, Lichtenauer M, Franz M, Frick C, Andersson AK, Elg M, Pernow J, Sjöquist PO, Bohlooly-Y M, Wang QD. Cardiac-SpecificOverexpression of Oxytocin Receptor Leads toCardiomyopathy in Mice. J Card Fail. 2018 May 23