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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

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
Memory B-cell derived donor-specific antibodies do not predict outcome in sensitized kidney transplant recipients Dania Altulea, Joost C. van den Born, Arjan Diepstra, Laura Bungener, Dagmar Terpstra, Bouke G. Hepkema, Rosa Lammerts, Peter Heeringa, Sebastiaan Heidt, Henny Otten, Leon Reteig, Gonca E. Karahan, Stefan P. Berger, Jan Stephan Sanders
Frontiers in Immunology, 2024, vol. 15

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+