Nephrology & Hypertension Division

Florian Toegel, M.D., Ph.D. Research Associate in Medicine

Dr. Toegel’s current research interests include: 1) treatment of ischemic acute kidney injury (AKI) with novel cell based treatment approaches; 2) mechanism of action of mesenchymal stem cells in AKI; 3) role of the chemokine SDF-1 in the kidney after AKI; 4) homing mechanisms of stem cells in AKI; 5) clinical scale expansion systems for mesenchymal stem cells; 6) in vivo tracking of administered stem cell populations; and 7) influence of uremic environment on growth and differentiation properties of mesenchymal stem cells. He works closely with Dr. Westenfelder.