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Overview

Karsten Skjødt is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on several subfields including Oncology, Neurology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their scholarly work covers multiple main topics such as:

  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Karsten Skjødt include:

  • Localization and regulation of claudin-14 in experimental models of hypercalcemia, 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
  • Differential localization patterns of claudin 10, 16, and 19 in human, mouse, and rat renal tubular epithelia, 2021, American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
  • Novel immunotherapeutics against LGR5 to target multiple cancer types, 2024, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Calcium-Sensing Receptor in the Thick Ascending Limb and Renal Response to Hypercalcemia, 2025, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Mannan-binding lectin serine protease-2 (MASP-2) in human kidney and its relevance for proteolytic activation of the epithelial sodium channel, 2022, Scientific Reports

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Karsten Skjødt are Henrik Dimke, Hung-Chang Chen, Nico Mueller, Katherine Stott, and Chrysa Kapeni.

The primary publication venues where Karsten Skjødt's work has appeared include:

  • American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
  • EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Localization of Lung Surfactant Protein D on Mucosal Surfaces in Human Tissues

    Jens Madsen;Anette Kliem;Ida Tornøe;Karsten Skjødt

  • Reversible epigenetic down-regulation of MHC molecules by devil facial tumour disease illustrates immune escape by a contagious cancer.

    Hannah V. Siddle;Alexandre Kreiss;Cesar Tovar;Chun Kit Yuen

  • Collectin 11 (CL-11, CL-K1) Is a MASP-1/3–Associated Plasma Collectin with Microbial-Binding Activity

    Soren Hansen;Lana Selman;Nades Palaniyar;Karel Ziegler

  • Cloning of gp-340, a putative opsonin receptor for lung surfactant protein D

    Uffe Holmskov;Jan Mollenhauer;Jens Madsen;Lars Vitved

  • The impact of FCN2 polymorphisms and haplotypes on the Ficolin-2 serum levels.

    L. Munthe-Fog;T. Hummelshøj;B. E. Hansen;C. Koch

  • Protein structure of fetal antigen 1 (FA1). A novel circulating human epidermal-growth-factor-like protein expressed in neuroendocrine tumors and its relation to the gene products of dlk and pG2.

    C. Harken Jensen;Thomas N. Krogh;Peter Højrup;Per P. Clausen

  • A Novel Mannose-binding Lectin/Ficolin-associated Protein Is Highly Expressed in Heart and Skeletal Muscle Tissues and Inhibits Complement Activation

    Mikkel-Ole Skjoedt;Tina Hummelshoj;Yaseelan Palarasah;Christian Honore

  • Peptide motifs of the single dominantly expressed class I molecule explain the striking MHC-determined response to Rous sarcoma virus in chickens

    Hans-Joachim Wallny;David Avila;Lawrence G. Hunt;Timothy J. Powell

  • Characterization of a polymorphism in the coding sequence of FCN3 resulting in a Ficolin-3 (Hakata antigen) deficiency state.

    Lea Munthe-Fog;Tina Hummelshøj;Ying Jie Ma;Bjarke E Hansen

  • Different features of the MHC class I heterodimer have evolved at different rates. Chicken B-F and beta 2-microglobulin sequences reveal invariant surface residues.

    J Kaufman;R Andersen;D Avila;J Engberg

  • Studies on the isolation, structural analysis and tissue localization of fetal antigen 1 and its relation to a human adrenal-specific cDNA, pG2

    C.H. Jensen;B. Teisner;P. Højrup;H.B. Rasmussen

  • Aberrations of the p53 pathway components p53, MDM2 and CDKN2A appear independent in diffuse large B cell lymphoma

    M B Møller;Y Ino;A M Gerdes;K Skjødt

  • The dominantly expressed class I molecule of the chicken MHC is explained by coevolution with the polymorphic peptide transporter (TAP) genes.

    Brian A. Walker;Lawrence G. Hunt;Anna K. Sowa;Karsten Skjødt

  • Tapasin-related protein TAPBPR is an additional component of the MHC class I presentation pathway

    Louise H. Boyle;Clemens Hermann;Jessica M. Boname;Keith M. Porter

  • The homologue of mannose-binding lectin in the carp family Cyprinidae is expressed at high level in spleen, and the deduced primary structure predicts affinity for galactose.

    Lars Vitved;Uffe Holmskov;Claus Koch;Børge Teisner

  • Two CD1 genes map to the chicken MHC, indicating that CD1 genes are ancient and likely to have been present in the primordial MHC

    Jan Salomonsen;Maria Rathmann Sørensen;Denise A. Marston;Sally L. Rogers

  • Experimental evidence for direct in situ binding of IgM and IgT to early trophonts of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Fouquet) in the gills of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)

    L von Gersdorff Jørgensen;Rasmus D Heinecke;K Skjødt;K J Rasmussen

  • Chicken major histocompatibility complex-encoded B-G antigens are found on many cell types that are important for the immune system.

    Jan Salomonsen;Dominique Dunon;Karsten Skjodt;Diane Thorpe

  • Disrupted p53 function as predictor of treatment failure and poor prognosis in B- and T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

    Michael B. Møller;Anne-Marie Gerdes;Karsten Skjødt;Leif S. Mortensen

  • CRP-ductin, the mouse homologue of gp-340/deleted in malignant brain tumors 1 (DMBT1), binds gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and interacts with lung surfactant protein D.

    Jens Madsen;Ida Tornøe;Ole Nielsen;Mette Lausen

Frequent Co-Authors

Claus Koch
Claus Koch University of Southern Denmark
James C. Kaufman
James C. Kaufman University of Connecticut
Uffe Holmskov
Uffe Holmskov University of Southern Denmark
Peter Garred
Peter Garred University of Copenhagen
Peter Højrup
Peter Højrup University of Southern Denmark
Søren Buus
Søren Buus University of Copenhagen
Ole Haagen Nielsen
Ole Haagen Nielsen University of Copenhagen
Karen G. Welinder
Karen G. Welinder Aalborg University
Hans O. Madsen
Hans O. Madsen Copenhagen University Hospital
John Trowsdale
John Trowsdale University of Cambridge

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