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Tom Eirik Mollnes

Tom Eirik Mollnes

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Immunology
Norway
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
91
Citations
29903
World Ranking
1038
National Ranking
6

Medicine

D-Index
91
Citations
30392
World Ranking
11750
National Ranking
51

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Norway Leader Award
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Medicine
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Medicine
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Medicine
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Medicine

Overview

Tom Eirik Mollnes is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway and has a research focus primarily in Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans several subfields including Immunology, Hematology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Neurology.

The scientist's research topics concentrate on key areas such as:

  • Complement system in diseases
  • Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments

Recent significant papers by Tom Eirik Mollnes include:

  • Systemic complement activation is associated with respiratory failure in COVID-19 hospitalized patients, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Therapeutic Targeting of the Complement System: From Rare Diseases to Pandemics, 2021, Pharmacological Reviews
  • Tuning gelatin-based hydrogel towards bioadhesive ocular tissue engineering applications, 2021, Bioactive Materials
  • Mitochondrial C5aR1 activity in macrophages controls IL-1β production underlying sterile inflammation, 2021, Science Immunology
  • Prevalence and Characteristics Associated With Post-COVID-19 Condition Among Nonhospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults, 2023, JAMA Network Open

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Immunobiology
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square

Collaborations have been common with co-authors such as:

  • Per H. Nilsson
  • Camilla Schjalm
  • Søren Erik Pischke
  • Thor Ueland
  • Ole-Lars Brekke

In addition to articles, Tom Eirik Mollnes has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Frontiers Media:

  • Organ Cross Talk and its Impact on the Clinical Course in Multiple Trauma and Critical Illness, 2023

Recognition for their work includes membership in the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters under the Medicine category.

Best Publications

  • Complement and coagulation: strangers or partners in crime?

    Maciej M. Markiewski;Bo Nilsson;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Tom Eirik Mollnes;Tom Eirik Mollnes

  • Essential role of the C5a receptor in E coli-induced oxidative burst and phagocytosis revealed by a novel lepirudin-based human whole blood model of inflammation

    Tom Eirik Mollnes;Ole-Lars Brekke;Michael Fung;Hilde Fure

  • The role of complement in biomaterial-induced inflammation.

    Bo Nilsson;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Tom Eirik Mollnes;John D. Lambris

  • Quantification of the Terminal Complement Complex in Human Plasma by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Based on Monoclonal Antibodies against a Neoantigen of the Complex

    T E Mollnes;T Lea;S S Frøland;M Harboe

  • The quantitative role of alternative pathway amplification in classical pathway induced terminal complement activation

    M. Harboe;G. Ulvund;L. Vien;M. Fung

  • Systemic complement activation is associated with respiratory failure in COVID-19 hospitalized patients.

    Jan Cato Holter;Jan Cato Holter;Soeren Pischke;Soeren Pischke;Eline de Boer;Eline de Boer;Andreas Lind

  • The alternative complement pathway revisited.

    Morten Harboe;Tom Eirik Mollnes

  • Functional analysis of the classical, alternative, and MBL pathways of the complement system: standardization and validation of a simple ELISA

    M.A. Seelen;A. Roos;J. Wieslander;T.E. Mollnes

  • Innate Immune Responses to Danger Signals in Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Sepsis

    A. Castellheim;O.-L. Brekke;T. Espevik;M. Harboe

  • Reduced complement activation with heparin-coated oxygenator and tubings in coronary bypass operations.

    Vibeke Videm;Jan L. Svennevig;Erik Fosse;Gudmund Semb

  • Cholesterol Crystals Induce Complement-Dependent Inflammasome Activation and Cytokine Release

    Eivind O. Samstad;Nathalie Niyonzima;Stig Nymo;Stig Nymo;Marie H. Aune

  • Age and Sex-Associated Changes of Complement Activity and Complement Levels in a Healthy Caucasian Population

    Mariana Gaya de Costa;Felix Poppelaars;Felix Poppelaars;Cees van Kooten;Tom Eirik Mollnes;Tom Eirik Mollnes;Tom Eirik Mollnes

  • Systemic inflammatory markers in COPD: results from the Bergen COPD Cohort Study

    T M L Eagan;T Ueland;P D Wagner;J A Hardie

  • Complement activation and endotoxin levels in systemic meningococcal disease.

    Petter Brandtzaeg;Tom Eirik Mollnes;Peter Kierulf

  • Exercise reduces plasma levels of the chemokines MCP-1 and IL-8 in subjects with the metabolic syndrome.

    Marius Trøseid;Knut T Lappegård;Tor Claudi;Jan K Damås

  • The Rab11a GTPase Controls Toll-like Receptor 4-Induced Activation of Interferon Regulatory Factor-3 on Phagosomes

    Harald Husebye;Marie Hjelmseth Aune;Jørgen Stenvik;Eivind Samstad

  • Hereditary porcine membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type II is caused by factor H deficiency.

    K Høgåsen;J H Jansen;T E Mollnes;J Hovdenes

  • An international serum standard for application in assays to detect human complement activation products

    Grethe Bergseth;Judith K. Ludviksen;Michael Kirschfink;Patricia C. Giclas

  • The role of complement in liver injury, regeneration and transplantation

    Ebbe Billmann Thorgersen;Andreas Barratt‐Due;Håkon Haugaa;Morten Harboe

  • Complement in inflammatory tissue damage and disease

    Tom E Mollnes;Wen-Chao Song;John D Lambris

  • Systemic Complement Activation Is Associated with Respiratory Failure in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Jan C. Holter

Frequent Co-Authors

Thor Ueland
Thor Ueland University of Oslo
Pål Aukrust
Pål Aukrust Oslo University Hospital
Terje Espevik
Terje Espevik Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Peter Garred
Peter Garred University of Copenhagen
John D. Lambris
John D. Lambris University of Pennsylvania
Bente Halvorsen
Bente Halvorsen University of Oslo
Morten Harboe
Morten Harboe Oslo University Hospital
Petter Brandtzaeg
Petter Brandtzaeg University of Oslo
Ola Didrik Saugstad
Ola Didrik Saugstad Oslo University Hospital
Arne Yndestad
Arne Yndestad Oslo University Hospital

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