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SØREN DEGN: Lymphocyte Biology

Søren Degn’s lab focuses on the role of B and T lymphocytes in health and disease, with a particular emphasis on tolerance and autoimmunity. B and T lymphocytes are the main constituents of the adaptive immune system, a branch of the immune system with the remarkable abilities of ‘learning’ and ‘memory’. The lab investigates these phenomena with a combination of molecular techniques, mouse models, flow and imaging cytometry, cell sorting, and advanced imaging techniques, including confocal and two-photon microscopy. This work has implications for the development of treatments for autoimmune diseases, cancer, and infectious diseases, as well as vaccine design.

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Gonzalez, S. F., Degn, S. E., Pitcher, L. A., Woodruff, M., Heesters, B. A. & Carroll, M. C. (2011). Trafficking of B cell antigen in lymph nodes. Annual Review of Immunology, 29, 215-233.
Gonzalez, S. F., Lukacs-Kornek, V., Kuligowski, M. P., Pitcher, L. A., Degn, S. E., Turley, S. J. & Carroll, M. C. (2010). Complement-dependent transport of antigen into B cell follicles. Journal of Immunology, 185, 2659-2664.
Gonzalez, S. F., Lukacs-Kornek, V., Kuligowski, M. P., Pitcher, L. A., Degn, S. E., Kim, Y.-A., Cloninger, M. J., Martinez-Pomares, L., Gordon, S., Turley, S. J. & Carroll, M. C. (2010). Capture of influenza by medullary dendritic cells via SIGN-R1 is essential for humoral immunity in draining lymph nodes. Nature Immunology, 11(5), 427-435.

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