van der Poel, C. E., Bajic, G., Macaulay, C. W., van den Broek, T., Ellson, C. D., Bouma, G. ... Carroll, M. C. (2019). Follicular Dendritic Cells Modulate Germinal Center B Cell Diversity through FcγRIIB. Cell Reports, 29(9), 2745-2755.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.10.086

Wittenborn, T. R., Hagert, C. & Degn, S. E. (2019). Interrogating Individual Autoreactive Germinal Centers by Photoactivation in a Mixed Chimeric Model of Autoimmunity. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, (146), [e59397]. https://doi.org/10.3791/59397

Degn, S. E., Alicot, E. & Carroll, M. C. (2018). B cell tolerance to epidermal ribonuclear-associated neo-autoantigen in vivo. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 191(2), 151-165. https://doi.org/10.1111/cei.13066

Firl, D. J., Degn, S. E., Padera, T. & Carroll, M. C. (2018). Capturing change in clonal composition amongst single mouse germinal centers. eLife, 7, [e33051]. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.33051

Psianou, K., Panagoulias, I., Papanastasiou, A. D., de Lastic, A-L., Rodi, M., Spantidea, P. I. ... Mouzaki, A. (2018). Clinical and immunological parameters of Sjögren's syndrome. Autoimmunity Reviews, 17(10), 1053-1064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2018.05.005

Degn, S. E., van der Poel, C. E., Firl, D. J., Ayoglu, B., Al Qureshah, F. A., Bajic, G. ... Carroll, M. C. (2017). Clonal Evolution of Autoreactive Germinal Centers. Cell, 170(5), 913-926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.07.026

Mortensen, S. A., Skov, L. L., Kjaer-Sorensen, K., Hansen, A. G., Hansen, S., Dagnæs-Hansen, F. ... Degn, S. E. (2017). Endogenous Natural Complement Inhibitor Regulates Cardiac Development. Journal of Immunology, 198(8), 3118-3126. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1601958

Degn, S. E., van der Poel, C. E. & Carroll, M. C. (2017). Targeting autoreactive germinal centers to curb autoimmunity. OncoTarget, 8(53), 90624. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.21701

Bajic, G., Degn, S. E., Thiel, S. & Andersen, G. R. (2015). Complement activation, regulation, and molecular basis for complement-related diseases. E M B O Journal, 34(22), 2735-2757. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.201591881

Degn, S. E., Kjaer, T. R., Kidmose, R. T., Jensen, L., Hansen, A. G., Tekin, M. ... Thiel, S. (2014). Complement activation by ligand-driven juxtaposition of discrete pattern recognition complexes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(37), 13445-13450. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1406849111

Degn, S. E., Jensenius, J. C. & Thiel, S. (2014). The pro-factor D cleaving activity of MASP-1/-3 is not required for alternative pathway function. Journal of Immunology, 192(12), 5447-8. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1400777

Degn, S. E., Jensen, L., Olszowski, T., Jensenius, J. C. & Thiel, S. (2013). Co-complexes of MASP-1 and MASP-2 associated with the soluble pattern-recognition molecules drive lectin pathway activation in a manner inhibitable by MAp44. Journal of Immunology, 191(3), 1334-45. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1300780

Chatterjee, P., Agyemang, A. F., Alimzhanov, M. B., Degn, S. E., Tsiftsoglou, S. A., Alicot, E. ... Carroll, M. C. (2013). Complement C4 maintains peripheral B-cell tolerance in a myeloid cell dependent manner. European Journal of Immunology, 43(9), 2441-50. https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.201343412

Degn, S. E. & Thiel, S. (2013). Humoral pattern recognition and the complement system. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 78(2), 181-93. https://doi.org/10.1111/sji.12070

Brinkmann, C. R., Jensen, L., Dagnaes-Hansen, F., Holm, I. E., Endo, Y., Fujita, T. ... Degn, S. E. (2013). Mitochondria and the lectin pathway of complement. Journal of Biological Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M112.430249

Degn, S. E., Thiel, S. & Jensenius, J. C. (2013). Recombinant expression of the autocatalytic complement protease MASP-1 is crucially dependent on co-expression with its inhibitor, C1 inhibitor. Protein Expression and Purification, 88(2), 173-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2013.01.002

Degn, S. E., Jensenius, J. C. & Thiel, S. (2013). Response to comment on "Mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease (MASP)-1 is crucial for lectin pathway activation in human serum, whereas neither MASP-1 nor MASP-3 is required for alternative pathway function". Journal of Immunology, 190(6), 2477-8. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1390003

Degn, S. E., Jensen, L., Hansen, A. G., Duman, D., Tekin, M., Jensenius, J. C. & Thiel, S. (2012). Mannan-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease (MASP)-1 Is Crucial for Lectin Pathway Activation in Human Serum, whereas neither MASP-1 nor MASP-3 Is Required for Alternative Pathway Function. Journal of Immunology, 189(8), 3957-69. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1201736

Thiel, S., Jensen, L., Degn, S. E., Nielsen, H. J., Gál, P., Dobó, J. & Jensenius, J. C. (2012). Mannan-binding lectin (MBL)-associated serine protease-1 (MASP-1), a serine protease associated with humoral pattern-recognition molecules: normal and acute-phase levels in serum and stoichiometry of lectin pathway components. Clinical and Experimental Immunology. Supplement, 169(1), 38-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04584.x

Degn, S. E., Andersen, S. H., Jensen, L., Thiel, S. & Jensenius, J. C. (2011). Assay interference caused by antibodies reacting with rat kappa light-chain in human sera. Journal of Immunological Methods, 372(1-2), 204-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2011.06.030

Degn, S. E., Jensenius, J. C. & Thiel, S. (2011). Disease-causing mutations in genes of the complement system. American Journal of Human Genetics, 88(6), 689-705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.05.011

Degn, S. E., Thiel, S., Nielsen, O., Hansen, A. G., Steffensen, R. & Jensenius, J. C. (2011). MAp19, the alternative splice product of the MASP2 gene. Journal of Immunological Methods, 373(1-2), 89-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2011.08.006

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.

Degn, S. E., Jensen, L., Gál, P., Dobó, J., Holmvad, S. H., Jensenius, J. C. & Thiel, S. (2010). Biological variations of MASP-3 and MAp44, two splice products of the MASP1 gene involved in regulation of the complement system. Journal of Immunological Methods, 361(1-2), 37-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2010.07.006

Gonzalez, S. F., Lukacs-Kornek, V., Kuligowski, M. P., Pitcher, L. A., Degn, S. E., Kim, Y-A. ... 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.

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.

Degn, S. E., Jensenius, J. C. & Bjerre, M. (2010). The lectin pathway and its implications in coagulation, infections and auto-immunity. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOT.0b013e32834253df

Degn, S. E., Hansen, A., Steffensen, R., Jacobsen, C., Jensenius, J. C. & Thiel, S. (2009). MAp44, a human protein associated with pattern recognition molecules of the complement system and regulating the lectin pathway of complement activation. Journal of Immunology, 183(11), 7371-8. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0902388

Thiel, S., Kolev, M., Degn, S. E., Steffensen, R., Hansen, A., Ruseva, M. & Jensenius, J. C. (2009). Polymorphisms in mannan-binding lectin (MBL)-associated serine protease 2 affect stability, binding to MBL, and enzymatic activity. Journal of Immunology, 182(5), 2939-47. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0802053

Degn, S. E., Thiel, S. & Jensenius, J. C. (2007). New perspectives on mannan-binding lectin-mediated complement activation. Immunobiology, 212, 301-11.