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Henny Otten

Associate Professor

Strategic program(s):

Biography

Appointed as associate professor Immunology and head of the ImmunoSerology laboratory at the University Medical Center Utrecht. Main research interests include the immunological risk assessment in kidney transplantation and improving diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases and allergies. Leads two sequential national consortium studies with all Dutch University Medical Centers, aiming to define the impact of humoral allo- and auto-immunity in >15.000 kidney transplantations. In close collaboration with clinicians, more than 7 million euro’s for research funding has been acquired in the last six years, and (co-) authorship in >140 peer-reviewed papers with translational objectives.

Recent publications

The combined impact of HLA and non-HLA mismatch between donors and recipients on kidney transplant survival Michael Kammer, Andreas Heinzel, Stephen Shoebridge, Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer, Karin Hu, Hao Shan Chen, Alexander Kainz, Ismail Daoudi, Ana F. David, Gottfried Fischer, Brendan Keating, Matthias Niemann, Rainer Oberbauer, Brian Piening, Alexa Dowdell, Mario Deng, Martin Cadeiras, Mengqi Zhang, Matthew B. Lanktree, Krzysztof Kiryluk, Francesca Zanoni, Sangho Lee, Ajay Israni, Brendan Keating, Rainer Oberbauer, Goran B. Klintmalm, Jacqueline O'Leary, Kim M. Olthoff, Elizabeth Rand, Abraham Shaked, John A. Belperio, Marc Buijsrogge, Jason D. Christie, Paul Corris, Andrew Fisher, Allan R. Glanville, Samuel Goldfarb, David Lederer, Keith C. Meyer, Henny G. Otten, Scott M. Palmer, David Wilkes, Nathan Pankratz, Pam Jacobson, Loren Gragert,
EBioMedicine, 2026, vol. 131
Blockade of Complement Cell Lysis and C3d Fixation by Patient HLA-A1 Antibodies Tineke Kardol-Hoefnagel, Dilara Akharman-Oztoprak, Els van der Meijden, Frans H. Claas, Frank J. Beurskens, Henny G. Otten
HLA, 2026, vol. 107
Clara cell 16 kDa protein Tineke Kardol-Hoefnagel, Bart Luijk, Leon Reteig, Saskia Haitjema, Helen L. Leavis, Henny G. Otten
Frontiers in Immunology, 2025, vol. 16
Autoimmune Encephalitis and Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes Jeroen Kerstens, Marco W J Schreurs, Juna M de Vries, Rinze F Neuteboom, Juliette Brenner, Yvette S Crijnen, Robin W van Steenhoven, Marienke A A M de Bruijn, Agnes van Sonderen, Marleen H van Coevorden-Hameete, Anna E M Bastiaansen, Marie R Vermeiren, Jan G M C Damoiseaux, Henny G Otten, Catharina J M Frijns, Bob Meek, Anouk C M Platteel, Alina van de Mortel, Cathérine C S Delnooz, Maarten A C Broeren, Marcel M Verbeek, Erik I Hoff, Sanae Boukhrissi, Suzanne C Franken, Mariska M P Nagtzaam, Manuela Paunovic, Sharon Veenbergen, Peter A E Sillevis Smitt, Maarten J Titulaer
Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, 2024, vol. 11
Using established biorepositories for emerging research questions Lente J.S. Lerink, Christopher W. Sutton, Henny G. Otten, Letizia Lo Faro, Rutger J. Ploeg, Jan H.N. Lindeman, Sadr Shaheed,
Clinical Proteomics, 2024, vol. 21
Association of autoantibodies with the IFN signature and NETosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus Ellen D. Kaan, Tammo E. Brunekreef, Julia Drylewicz, Lucas L. van den Hoogen, Maarten van der Linden, Helen L. Leavis, Jacob M. van Laar, Michiel van der Vlist, Henny G. Otten, Maarten Limper
Journal of translational autoimmunity, 2024, vol. 9

External positions

Consultant - Geven van consultancy voor contractueel uitgevoerd laboratoriumwerk in het UMCU - Argenx

Lid van de European Autoimmunity Standardization Initiative - op inhoudelijk vla als Medisch Immunoloog - EASI - MUMC+