David Westergaard

David Westergaard

Assistant Professor


  1. Published

    Identification of hyper-rewired genomic stress non-oncogene addiction genes across 15 cancer types

    Hjaltelin, Jessica Xin, Izarzugaza, J. M. G., Jensen, Lars Juhl, Russo, F., Westergaard, David & Brunak, Søren, 2019, In: npj Systems Biology and Applications. 5, 10 p., 27.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Identifying the druggable interactome of EWS-FLI1 reveals MCL-1 dependent differential sensitivities of Ewing sarcoma cells to apoptosis inducers

    Tsafou, K., Katschnig, A. M., Radic-Sarikas, B., Mutz, C. N., Iljin, K., Schwentner, R., Kauer, M. O., Mühlbacher, K., Aryee, D. N. T., Westergaard, David, Haapa-Paananen, S., Fey, V., Superti-Furga, G., Toretsky, J., Brunak, Søren & Kovar, H., 2018, In: OncoTarget. 9, 57, p. 31018-31031 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Impact of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies at delivery in women, partners and newborns

    Egerup, P., Olsen, L. F., Christiansen, A-MH., Westergaard, D., Severinsen, E. R., Hviid, K. V. R., Kolte, A. M., Boje, A. D., Bertelsen, M-LMF., Prætorius, L., Zedeler, A., Nielsen, J. R., Bang, D., Berntsen, S., Ethelberg-Findsen, J., Storm, D. M., Bello-Rodríguez, J., Ingham, A., Ollé-López, J., Hoffmann, E. R. & 7 others, Wilken-Jensen, C., Krebs, Lone, Jørgensen, F. S., Westh, Henrik T., Jørgensen, Henrik Løvendahl, Freiesleben, Nina la Cour & Nielsen, H. S., 2020, medRxiv, p. 1-20.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  4. Published

    Klinefelter syndrome comorbidities linked to increased X chromosome gene dosage and altered protein interactome activity

    Belling, K., Russo, F., Jensen, A. B., Dalgaard, M. D., Westergaard, David, Rajpert-De Meyts, E., Skakkebæk, Niels Erik, Juul, Anders & Brunak, Søren, 1 Apr 2017, In: Human Molecular Genetics. 26, 7, p. 1219-1229 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Large-scale study of Toxoplasma and Cytomegalovirus shows an association between infection and serious psychiatric disorders

    Burgdorf, K. S., Trabjerg, B., Giørtz Pedersen, M., Nissen, J., Banasik, K., Birger Pedersen, O., Sørensen, E., René Nielsen, K., Hørup Larsen, M., Erikstrup, C., Bruun-Rasmussen, P., Westergaard, D., Wegner Thørner, L., Hjalgrim, H., Martina Paarup, H., Brunak, S., Pedersen, C. B., Fuller Torrey, E., Werge, T., Bo Mortensen, P. & 2 others, Yolken, R. & Ullum, H., 2019, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 79, p. 152-158

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Lifestyle and demographic associations with 47 inflammatory and vascular stress biomarkers in 9876 blood donors

    Kjerulff, B., Dowsett, J., Jacobsen, R. L., Gladov, J., Larsen, M. H., Lundgaard, A. T., Banasik, K., Westergaard, D., Mikkelsen, S., Dinh, K. M., Hindhede, L., Kaspersen, K. A., Schwinn, M., Juul, A., Poulsen, B., Lindegaard, B., Pedersen, C. B., Sabel, C. E., Bundgaard, H., Nielsen, H. S. & 30 others, Møller, J. A., Boldsen, J. K., Burgdorf, Kristoffer Sølvsten, Kessing, Lars Vedel, Handgaard, L. J., Thørner, L. W., Didriksen, Maria, Nyegaard, Mette, Grarup, Niels, Ødum, Niels, Johansson, P. I., Jennum, Poul, Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Berger, S. S., Brunak, Søren, Jacobsen, Søren, Hansen, Thomas Folkmann, Lundquist, T. K., Hansen, Torben, Sørensen, Torben Lykke, Sigsgaard, T., Nielsen, K. R., Bruun, M. T., Hjalgrim, Henrik, Ullum, H., Rostgaard, K., Sørensen, E., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Ostrowski, Sisse Rye & Erikstrup, C., 2024, In: Communications Medicine. 4, 15 p., 50.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Linking progression patterns in ischaemic heart disease to comorbidities and genetics by integrated analysis of electronic health records and population-wide registries

    Haue, Amalie Dahl, Holm, Peter Christoffer, Siggaard, T., Jørgensen, Isabella Friis, Simone, C., Eriksson, R., Orozco, A. A., Weeke, P. E., Christensen, A. H., Westergaard, David, Banasik, Karina, Køber, Lars Valeur, Ullum, H., Bundgård, Henning & Brunak, Søren, 2020, In: European Heart Journal. 41, p. 3496 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  8. Published

    Novel variation and de novo mutation rates in population-wide de novo assembled Danish trios

    Besenbacher, S., Liu, S., Gonzalez-Izarzugaza, J. M., Grove, J., Belling, K. G., Bork-Jensen, J., Huang, S., Als, T. D., Li, S., Yadav, R., Rubio García, A., Lescai, F., Demontis, D., Rao, J., Ye, W., Mailund, T., Møllegaard Friborg, R., Pedersen, C. N. S., Xu, R., Sun, J. & 27 others, Liu, H., Wang, O., Cheng, X., Flores, D., Rydza, E. K., Rapacki, K., Sørensen, J. D., Chmura, P. J., Westergaard, David, Dworzynski, P., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Lund, O., Hansen, Torben, Xu, X., Li, N., Bolund, L., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Eiberg, Hans Rudolf Lytchoff, Krogh, Anders, Børglum, A. D., Brunak, Søren, Kristiansen, Karsten, Schierup, M. H., Wang, J., Gupta, R., Villesen, P. & Rasmussen, Simon, 2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, 9 p., 5969.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Optimizing drug selection from a prescription trajectory of one patient

    Aguayo-Orozco, A., Haue, Amalie Dahl, Jørgensen, Isabella Friis, Westergaard, David, Moseley, P. L., Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Brunak, Søren, 2021, In: npj Digital Medicine. 4, 1, 150.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Pancreatic cancer symptom trajectories from Danish registry data and free text in electronic health records

    Hjaltelin, Jessica Xin, Novitski, Sif Ingibergsdóttir, Jørgensen, Isabella Friis, Siggaard, T., Vulpius, S. A., Westergaard, David, Johansen, Julia Sidenius, Chen, I. M., Jensen, Lars Juhl & Brunak, Søren, 2023, In: eLife. 12, 15 p., e84919.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Phenome-Wide Analysis of Short- and Long-Run Disease Incidence Following Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Using Data From a 39-Year Period

    Westergaard, David, Nielsen, A. P., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre & Brunak, Søren, 2020, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 9, 8, 15 p., e015069.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Population-wide analysis of differences in disease progression patterns in men and women

    Westergaard, David, Moseley, P., Sørup, Freja Karuna Hemmingsen, Baldi, P. & Brunak, Søren, 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 1, 14 p., 666.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Population-wide disease trajectories in ischaemic heart disease

    Haue, Amalie Dahl, Jørgensen, Isabella Friis, Christensen, A. H. C., Simon, C. S., Haakonsen, M. L. H., Russo, F. R., Rodriguez, C. L. R., Orozco, A. A. O., Siggard, T. S., Banasik, Karina, Weeke, P. E. W., Westergaard, David, Moseley, P. L. M., Bundgård, Henning & Brunak, Søren, Oct 2019, In: European Heart Journal. 40, S1, p. 1214-1214 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  14. Published

    Prediction of pancreatic fat and analysis of its determining factors using multi-omics datasets: an IMI DIRECTstudy

    Karaderi, Tugce, Mazzoni, G., Brorsson, C., Westergaard, David, Banasik, Karina, Koivula, R., Thomas, L., Bell, J., Franks, P., Pearson, E. & Brunak, Søren, 2019, In: Diabetologia. 62, p. S166-S166

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  15. Published

    Pregnancy Loss and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, and All-Cause Mortality: A Nationwide Partner Comparison Cohort Study

    Mikkelsen, A. P., Egerup, P., Kolte, A. M., Westergaard, David, Torp-Pedersen, Christian, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre & Lidegaard, Øjvind, 2023, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 12, 15, 17 p., e028620.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Pregnancy loss and risk of multiple sclerosis and autoimmune neurological disorder: A nationwide cohort study

    Mikkelsen, A. P., Egerup, P., Kolte, A. M., Westergaard, David, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre & Lidegaard, Øjvind, 2022, In: Plos One. 17, 3, 13 p., e0266203.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Pregnancy loss is associated with type 2 diabetes: a nationwide case-control study

    Egerup, P., Mikkelsen, A. P., Kolte, A. M., Westergaard, David, Rasmussen, S., Knop, Filip Krag, Lidegaard, Øjvind & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2020, In: Diabetologia. 63, 8, p. 1521-1529

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Pregnancy outcomes and lifetime fecundity - a nationwide, registry-based cohort study

    Kolte, A. M., Westergaard, David, Lidegaard, Øjvind, Brunak, Søren & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2020, In: Human Reproduction. 35, Suppl. 1, p. i40 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  19. Published

    Pregnancy-Associated Bleeding and Genetics: Five Sequence Variants in the Myometrium and Progesterone Signaling Pathway are associated with postpartum hemorrhage

    Westergaard, D., Steinthorsdottir, V., Stefansdottir, L., Rohde, P. D., Wu, X., Geller, F., Tyrmi, J., Havulinna, A. S., Navais, P. S., Flatley, C., Ostrowski, S. R., Pedersen, O. B., Erikstrup, C., Sørensen, E., Mikkelsen, C., Brun, M. T., Jensen, B. A., Brodersen, T., Ullum, H., Magnus, P. & 8 others, Andreassen, O. A., Njolstad, P. R., Krebs, Lone, Hansen, Thomas Folkmann, Banasik, Karina, Brunak, Søren, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre & FinnGen, F., 2023, medRxiv, 51 p. (medRxiv).

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  20. Published

    Rare variants with large effects provide functional insights into the pathology of migraine subtypes, with and without aura

    Bjornsdottir, G., Chalmer, M. A., Stefansdottir, L., Skuladottir, A. T., Einarsson, G., Andresdottir, M., Beyter, D., Ferkingstad, E., Gretarsdottir, S., Halldorsson, B. V., Halldorsson, G. H., Helgadottir, A., Helgason, H., Hjorleifsson Eldjarn, G., Jonasdottir, A., Jonasdottir, A., Jonsdottir, I., Knowlton, K. U., Nadauld, L. D., Lund, S. H. & 30 others, Magnusson, O. T., Melsted, P., Moore, K. H. S., Oddsson, A., Olason, P. I., Sigurdsson, A., Banasik, Karina, Brunak, Søren, Didriksen, Maria, Kogelman, L. J. A., Nielsen, K. R., Sørensen, E., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Ullum, H., Bay, J., Burgdorf, Kristoffer Sølvsten, Dowsett, J., Hjalgrim, Henrik, Jacobsen, R. L., Louloudis, Ioannis, Lundgaard, Agnete Troen, Mikkelsen, Christina, Nyegaard, Mette, Henriksen, Alexander Pil, Werge, Thomas, Westergaard, David, Olesen, Jes, Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Hansen, Thomas Folkmann & DBDS Genetic Consortium, D. G. C., 2023, In: Nature Genetics. 55, 11, p. 1843-1853

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Reply of the Authors: Endometriosis and pregnancy loss: the importance of mitigating sources of bias

    Boje, A. D., Egerup, P., Westergaard, David, Mathilde Friis Bertelsen, M. L., Nyegaard, M., Hartwell, D., Lidegaard, Øjvind & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2023, In: Fertility and Sterility. 120, 2, p. 393-394 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearch

  22. Published

    SARS-CoV-2 in first trimester pregnancy: a cohort study

    la Cour Freiesleben, N., Egerup, P., Vauvert Römmelmayer Hviid, K., Rosenbek Severinsen, E., Kolte, A. M., Westergaard, D., Fich Olsen, L., Prætorius, L., Zedeler, A., Hellerung Christiansen, A-M., Reinhardt Nielsen, J., Bang, D., Berntsen, S., Ollé-López, J., Ingham, A., Bello-Rodríguez, J., Marie Storm, D., Ethelberg-Findsen, J., Hoffmann, E. R., Wilken-Jensen, C. & 4 others, Stener Jørgensen, F., Westh, Henrik T., Løvendahl Jørgensen, H. & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2021, In: Human Reproduction. 36, 1, p. 40-47

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Sequencing and de novo assembly of 150 genomes from Denmark as a population reference

    Sørensen, L. M., Jensen, J. M., Petersen, B., Sibbesen, J. A., Liu, S., Villesen, P., Skov, L., Belling, K. G., Have, C. T., Izarzugaza, J. M. G., Grosjean, M., Bork-Jensen, J., Grove, J., Als, T. D., Huang, S., Chang, Y., Xu, R., Ye, W., Rao, J., Guo, X. & 39 others, Sun, J., Cao, H., Ye, C., van Beusekom, J., Espeseth, T., Flindt, E., Friborg, R. M., Halager, A. E., Le Hellard, S., Hultman, C. M., Lescai, F., Li, S., Lund, O., Løngren, P., Mailund, T., Matey-Hernandez, M. L., Mors, O., Pedersen, C. N. S., Sicheritz-Pontén, T., Sullivan, P., Syed, A., Westergaard, David, Yadav, R., Li, N., Xu, X., Hansen, Torben, Krogh, Anders, Bolund, L., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Gupta, R., Rasmussen, Simon, Besenbacher, S., Børglum, A. D., Wang, J., Eiberg, Hans Rudolf Lytchoff, Kristiansen, Karsten, Brunak, Søren & Schierup, M. H., 2017, In: Nature. 548, 7665, p. 87-91 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Antibodies at Delivery in Women, Partners, and Newborns

    Egerup, P., Fich Olsen, L., Christiansen, A-M. H., Westergaard, D., Severinsen, E. R., Hviid, K. V. R., Kolte, A. M., Boje, A. D., Bertelsen, M-L. M. F., Prætorius, L., Zedeler, A., Nielsen, J. R., Bang, D., Berntsen, S., Ethelberg-Findsen, J., Storm, D. M., Bello-Rodríguez, J., Ingham, A., Ollé-López, J., Hoffmann, E. R. & 7 others, Wilken-Jensen, C., Krebs, Lone, Jørgensen, Finn Stener, Westh, Henrik T., Jørgensen, Henrik Løvendahl, Freiesleben, Nina la Cour & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2021, In: Obstetrics and Gynecology. 137, 1, p. 49-55

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Sex differences in text-mined possible adverse drug events associated with drugs for psychosis

    Sørup, Freja Karuna Hemmingsen, Eriksson, R., Westergaard, David, Hallas, J., Brunak, Søren & Andersen, Stig Ejdrup, 2020, In: Journal of Psychopharmacology. 34, 5, p. 532-539 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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