Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Aims and objectives
The department is responsible for education and research in areas related to innate and adaptive immunology, leukaemia, transplantation immunology, stem cell transplantation, foetomaternal bleeding, donor health, transfusion medicine and biobanking from diagnostics and treatment to follow-up of patients. The research ranges from patient-focused clinical research to molecular biological studies of disease processes.
Focus areas
Main areas are innate immunity with focus on the complement system, regulation of the inflammatory response, transplantation immunology especially humoral rejection mechanisms, minimal residual disease in leukaemia patients, characterization of immunodeficiencies and auto immune diseases, bleeding and coagulopathy in critical illness, patient blood management with focus on anaemia, health of blood donors with focus on donor iron metabolism, cell therapy including advanced therapy medicines products, adult and fetomaternal immunohematology and antenatal blood type genetics.
Disciplines, methods and tools
The Department offers a plethora of molecular, cellular, biochemical and advanced statistical methods. It harbours both animal models and state of the art laboratory equipment.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Breast cancer risk prediction with a modified BOADICEA model in Danish women
Novitski, S. I., Jacobsen, R. L., Röder, T., Holm, P. C., Schwinn, M., Vejborg, I., von Euler-Chelpin, M. C., Lynge, E., Ostrowski, S. R., Sørensen, E., Pedersen, O. B., Erikstrup, C., Aagaard, B., Hjalgrim, H., Rafnar, T., Stefansson, K., Mavaddat, N., Ficorella, L., Antoniou, A. C. & Ullum, H. & 4 others, , Jan 2026, In: British Journal of Cancer. 134, 2, p. 259-268 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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C1q and mannose-binding lectin binding and complement activation across genetically diverse Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains
Duque-Villegas, M. A., Götz, M. P., Rousseau, E., Homolka, S., Niemann, S., Garred, P., Hölscher, C., Walter, K. & Rosbjerg, A., 9 Feb 2026, In: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 215, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Case Report: Possible C3 nephritic factor-driven complement-mediated severe hemolytic anemia and acute kidney injury in a child with Bordetella parapertussis infection
Thorsen, S. U., Hansen, A. T., Hartling, H. J., Marquart, H. V., Borgwardt, L., Laustsen, M. M., Skattum, L., Nielsen, A. C. Y., Sehested, L. T., Nørgaard, H., Dziegiel, M. H. & Schmidt, I. M., 2 Oct 2026, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 16, p. 1715464 1715464.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Award Young Investigator
Pilely, K. (Recipient), 12 Sept 2017
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Activities
- 1 Organisation of and participation in conference
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European Meeting on Complement in Human Disease, Copenhagen, 2017
Pilely, K. (Organizer)
8 Sept 2017 → 12 Sept 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of and participation in conference