Aikawa-Aikawa Laboratories

Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Krohn, Jona

Krohn, Jona

Medical Student

Jona Krohn is a final year medical student at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Having been interested in the field of Internal Medicine and Cardiology throughout medical school, his focus lies in the study of calcification in heart valves and arteriosclerosis. For his project on mitral valve adaptation, he works in collaboration with the Bischoff laboratory at Children’s Hospital Boston. Previous experiences in academic research include assistant positions at the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology and the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at University Hospital Heidelberg. His research is supported by the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds MD Fellowship.

Publications

Krohn JB, Aikawa E, Aikawa M, Hutcheson JD, Sahoo S, Fish JE
Editorial: Extracellular vesicles in cardiovascular inflammation and calcification.
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022;9:1077124 - PMID: 36426218 - PMCID: PMC9680153 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1077124
Krohn JB, Hutcheson JD, Martínez-Martínez E, Aikawa E
Extracellular vesicles in cardiovascular calcification: Expanding current paradigms.
J Physiol. 2016;594(11):2895-903 - PMID: 26824781 - PMCID: PMC4887674 - DOI: 10.1113/JP271338
Krohn JB, Hutcheson JD, Martínez-Martínez E, Irvin WS, Bouten CV, Bertazzo S, Bendeck MP, Aikawa E
Discoidin Domain Receptor-1 Regulates Calcific Extracellular Vesicle Release in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Fibrocalcific Response via Transforming Growth Factor-? Signaling.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016;36(3):525-33 - PMID: 26800565 - PMCID: PMC4767541 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.115.307009