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Allan Randrup Thomsen

Allan Randrup Thomsen

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Immunology

D-Index
52
Citations
10055
World Ranking
4057
National Ranking
40

Overview

Allan Randrup Thomsen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with focused contributions in immunology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, neurology, and public health.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Thomsen's frequent publication venues consist of:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • eLife
  • Viruses
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Vaccines to prevent COVID-19: A living systematic review with Trial Sequential Analysis and network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Long-term maintenance of lung resident memory T cells is mediated by persistent antigen, 2020, Mucosal Immunology
  • Vaccines to prevent COVID-19: a protocol for a living systematic review with network meta-analysis including individual patient data (The LIVING VACCINE Project), 2020, Systematic Reviews
  • Prevention of respiratory virus transmission by resident memory CD8+ T cells, 2023, Nature
  • MHC class II invariant chain-adjuvanted viral vectored vaccines enhances T cell responses in humans, 2020, Science Translational Medicine

Frequent co-authors working with Thomsen include:

  • Jan Pravsgaard Christensen
  • Ida Uddbäck
  • Jacob E. Kohlmeier
  • Steven Kwasi Korang
  • Christian Gluud

Best Publications

  • Lambda Interferon (IFN-λ), a Type III IFN, Is Induced by Viruses and IFNs and Displays Potent Antiviral Activity against Select Virus Infections In Vivo

    Nina Ank;Hans West;Christina Bartholdy;Kristina Eriksson

  • Sensing of RNA Viruses: a Review of Innate Immune Receptors Involved in Recognizing RNA Virus Invasion

    Søren Jensen;Allan Randrup Thomsen

  • An important role for type III interferon (IFN-lambda/IL-28) in TLR-induced antiviral activity.

    Nina Ank;Marie B. Iversen;Christina Bartholdy;Peter Staeheli

  • Functional epistasis on a common MHC haplotype associated with multiple sclerosis

    Jon W. Gregersen;Kamil R. Kranc;Xiayi Ke;Pia Svendsen

  • Exhaustion of CTL memory and recrudescence of viremia in lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-infected MHC class II-deficient mice and B cell-deficient mice.

    A R Thomsen;J Johansen;O Marker;J P Christensen

  • TLR2 and TLR9 Synergistically Control Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in the Brain

    Louise N. Sørensen;Line S. Reinert;Lene Malmgaard;Christina Bartholdy

  • The importance of lytic and nonlytic immune responses in viral infections

    Dominik Wodarz;Jan Pravsgaard Christensen;Allan Randrup Thomsen

  • Role of CD40 ligand and CD28 in induction and maintenance of antiviral CD8+ effector T cell responses.

    Susanne Ørding Andreasen;Jeanette Erbo Christensen;Ole Marker;Allan Randrup Thomsen

  • TLR3 deficiency renders astrocytes permissive to herpes simplex virus infection and facilitates establishment of CNS infection in mice

    Line Reinert;Louis Andreas Harder;Christian Holm;Marie Beck Iversen

  • CXCL10 Is the Key Ligand for CXCR3 on CD8+ Effector T Cells Involved in Immune Surveillance of the Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus-Infected Central Nervous System

    Jeanette Erbo Christensen;Carina de Lemos;Torben Moos;Jan Pravsgaard Christensen

  • Persistent Virus Infection despite Chronic Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Activation in Gamma Interferon-Deficient Mice Infected with Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus

    Christina Bartholdy;Jan Pravsgaard Christensen;Dominik Wodarz;Allan Randrup Thomsen

  • CXCR3 Directs Antigen-Specific Effector CD4+ T Cell Migration to the Lung During Parainfluenza Virus Infection

    Jacob E. Kohlmeier;Tres Cookenham;Shannon C. Miller;Alan D. Roberts

  • Vaccines to prevent COVID-19: A living systematic review with Trial Sequential Analysis and network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

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  • Changes in cell adhesion molecule expression on T cells associated with systemic virus infection.

    E C Andersson;J P Christensen;O Marker;A R Thomsen

  • CD11b expression as a marker to distinguish between recently activated effector CD8(+) T cells and memory cells.

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  • Cooperation of B cells and T cells is required for survival of mice infected with vesicular stomatitis virus.

    Allan Randrup Thomsen;Anneline Nansen;Camilla Andersen;Jørn Johansen

  • The role of CC chemokine receptor 5 in antiviral immunity.

    Anneline Nansen;Jan Pravsgaard Christensen;Susanne Ørding Andreasen;Christina Bartholdy

  • Efficient T-Cell Surveillance of the CNS Requires Expression of the CXC Chemokine Receptor 3

    Jeanette Erbo Christensen;Anneline Nansen;Torben Moos;Bao Lu

  • Compromised virus control and augmented perforin-mediated immunopathology in IFN-gamma-deficient mice infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.

    Anneline Nansen;Teis Jensen;Jan Pravsgaard Christensen;Susanne Ørding Andreasen

  • CCR2+ and CCR5+ CD8+ T cells increase during viral infection and migrate to sites of infection.

    Anneline Nansen;Ole Marker;Christina Bartholdy;Allan Randrup Thomsen;Allan Randrup Thomsen

  • MHC class II-associated invariant chain linkage of antigen dramatically improves cell-mediated immunity induced by adenovirus vaccines.

    Peter Johannes Holst;Maria Rathmann Sorensen;Camilla Maria Mandrup Jensen;Cathrine Orskov

  • CD4 and CD8 T cell responses to the M. tuberculosis Ag85B-TB10.4 promoted by adjuvanted subunit, adenovector or heterologous prime boost vaccination.

    Tara Elvang;Tara Elvang;Jan P. Christensen;Rolf Billeskov;Truc Thi Kim Thanh Hoang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Pravsgaard Christensen
Jan Pravsgaard Christensen University of Copenhagen
Søren Buus
Søren Buus University of Copenhagen
Dominik Wodarz
Dominik Wodarz University of California, Irvine
Søren R. Paludan
Søren R. Paludan Aarhus University
Niels Ødum
Niels Ødum University of Copenhagen
Carsten Geisler
Carsten Geisler University of Copenhagen
Anders Woetmann
Anders Woetmann University of Copenhagen
Torben Moos
Torben Moos Aalborg University
Peter E. Andersen
Peter E. Andersen Technical University of Denmark
Steen Seier Poulsen
Steen Seier Poulsen University of Copenhagen

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