The Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism

On this website you will find information about people, research projects, publications, meetings at CIM.

At CIM, we have identified skeletal muscle as an endocrine organ. We have further suggested that cytokines and other peptides that are produced, expressed, and released by muscle fibers and exert either paracrine or endocrine effects should be classified as "myokines".

CIM aims at identifying new myokines and will examine the interaction between muscle, adipose tissue, and brain.

CIM is located at Rigshospitalet and cooperates closely with the University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark.

CIM is supported by