In April 2017 Priv.Doz. Dr. Johannes Holfeld was awarded the DIGEST – Deutschsprachige Internationale Gesellschaft für Extrakorporale Stoßwellentherapie – prize 2017 for his publication of the mechanisms of Toll-like receptor 3 in shock wave therapy.
Title of the publication:
Holfeld J, Tepeköylü C, Reissig C, Lobenwein D, Scheller B, Kirchmair E, Kozaryn R, Albrecht-Schgoer K, Krapf C, Zins K, Urbschat A, Zacharowski K, Grimm M, Kirchmair R, Paulus P.
Toll-like receptor 3 signalling mediates angiogenic response upon shock wave treatment of ischaemic muscle.
Cardiovasc Res. 2016 Feb 1;109(2):331-43. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvv272.