2026 Søren K. Moestrup: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	102	1400	1259	16	14	289	30074

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Denmark Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Søren K. Moestrup is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. Their work spans various subfields including immunology, molecular biology, cell biology, neurology, and epidemiology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

Immune cells in cancer
Hemoglobin structure and function
Neonatal health and biochemistry
Liver disease diagnosis and treatment
Phagocytosis and immune regulation
Erythrocyte function and pathophysiology
Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms

Recent publications by Søren K. Moestrup include:

Tissue-resident macrophages in omentum promote metastatic spread of ovarian cancer, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
Targeting of CD163+ Macrophages in Inflammatory and Malignant Diseases, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
APOL1 C-Terminal Variants May Trigger Kidney Disease through Interference with APOL3 Control of Actomyosin, 2020, Cell Reports
Hemolysis in the spleen drives erythrocyte turnover, 2020, Blood
Haemoglobin causes neuronal damage in vivo which is preventable by haptoglobin, 2020, Brain Communications

Frequent co-authors of Søren K. Moestrup include:

Jonas Heilskov Graversen
Anders Etzerodt
Maria Kløjgaard Skytthe
Pia Svendsen
Holger Jon Møller

Their work has appeared in various scientific venues, particularly:

Scientific Reports
Gastro Hep Advances
Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Best Publications

Identification of the haemoglobin scavenger receptor.

Mette Kristiansen;Jonas H. Graversen;Christian Jacobsen;Ole Sonne

1982
Citations
Identification of the receptor scavenging hemopexin-heme complexes

Vibeke Hvidberg;Maciej B Maniecki;Maciej B Maniecki;Maciej B Maniecki;Christian Jacobsen;Christian Jacobsen;Christian Jacobsen;Peter Højrup

531
Citations
Distribution of the alpha 2-macroglobulin receptor/low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein in human tissues.

Søren K. Moestrup;Jørgen Gliemann;Gorm Pallesen

522
Citations
CD163 and inflammation: biological, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects.

Anders Etzerodt;Søren K Moestrup

518
Citations
CD163: a regulated hemoglobin scavenger receptor with a role in the anti‐inflammatory response

Søren K Moestrup;Holger J Møller

507
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MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL CANDIDATE SORTING RECEPTOR PURIFIED FROM HUMAN BRAIN BY RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY

Claus M. Petersen;Morten S. Nielsen;Anders Nykjær;Linda Jacobsen

492
Citations
Vitamin B12 transport from food to the body's cells--a sophisticated, multistep pathway.

Marianne Jensby Nielsen;Mie Rostved Rasmussen;Christian Brix Folsted Andersen;Ebba Nexø

422
Citations
Evidence that epithelial glycoprotein 330/megalin mediates uptake of polybasic drugs.

S. K. Moestrup;Shiying Cui;H. Vorum;C. Bregengard

421
Citations
The endocytic receptor megalin binds the iron transporting neutrophil-gelatinase-associated lipocalin with high affinity and mediates its cellular uptake

Vibeke Hvidberg;Christian Jacobsen;Roland K. Strong;Jack B. Cowland

405
Citations
Evidence that the newly cloned low-density-lipoprotein receptor related protein (LRP) is the α2-macroglobulin receptor

Torsten Kristensen;Søren K. Moestrup;Jørgen Gliemann;Lone Bendtsen

402
Citations
The intrinsic factor-vitamin B12 receptor, cubilin, is a high-affinity apolipoprotein A-I receptor facilitating endocytosis of high-density lipoprotein.

Renata Kozyraki;John Fyfe;Mette Kristiansen;Christian Gerdes

388
Citations
A Consensus Definitive Classification of Scavenger Receptors and Their Roles in Health and Disease

Mercy R. PrabhuDas;Cynthia L. Baldwin;Paul L. Bollyky;Dawn M.E. Bowdish

362
Citations
Cubilin is an albumin binding protein important for renal tubular albumin reabsorption

Henrik Birn;John C. Fyfe;Christian Jacobsen;Francoise Mounier

361
Citations
Cubilin dysfunction causes abnormal metabolism of the steroid hormone 25(OH) vitamin D(3).

Anders Nykjaer;John C. Fyfe;Renata Kozyraki;Jörg Robert Leheste

357
Citations
The functional cobalamin (vitamin B12)-intrinsic factor receptor is a novel complex of cubilin and amnionless.

John C Fyfe;Mette Madsen;Peter Hojrup;Erik I Christensen

350
Citations
Megalin/gp330 mediates uptake of albumin in renal proximal tubule.

S. Cui;P. J. Verroust;S. K. Moestrup;E. I. Christensen

338
Citations
CD163: a signal receptor scavenging haptoglobin-hemoglobin complexes from plasma.

Jonas Heilskov Graversen;Mette Madsen;Søren K Moestrup

313
Citations
Megalin-dependent cubilin-mediated endocytosis is a major pathway for the apical uptake of transferrin in polarized epithelia

Renata Kozyraki;John Fyfe;Pierre J. Verroust;Christian Jacobsen

312
Citations
Molecular Characterization of a Novel Human Hybrid-type Receptor That Binds the α2-Macroglobulin Receptor-associated Protein

Linda Jacobsen;Peder Madsen;Søren K. Moestrup;Anders H. Lund

304
Citations
Identification of the receptor scavenging hemopexin-heme complexes. Commentary

Vibeke Hvidberg;Maciej B. Maniecki;Christian Jacobsen;Peter Højrup

3
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