Alexander Hoffmann

Title(s)Professor, MIMG
SchoolMedicine
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    Bruins in Genomics: Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Research Training Program (BIG DOC)
    NIH R25DE030117Jan 15, 2021 - Dec 31, 2025
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    The NFkB System in Dendritic Cells
    NIH R01AI127867Apr 3, 2018 - Mar 31, 2023
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Cell decision underlying B-cell immune responses
    NIH R01AI132731Feb 1, 2018 - Jan 31, 2023
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Coordinated dynamic regulation and function of IRF transcription factors
    NIH R01AI132835Jun 20, 2017 - May 31, 2022
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Roles of RelB in tuning inflammatory and innate immune responses
    NIH R21AI128646Dec 19, 2016 - Nov 30, 2019
    Role: Principal Investigator
    NFkB Signaling in Macrophages
    NIH R01AI127864Nov 17, 2016 - Oct 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Understanding dynamical coding by NFkB
    NIH R01GM117134Feb 15, 2016 - Jan 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    NGS Data Analysis Skills for the Biosciences Pipeline
    NIH R25EB022364Sep 30, 2015 - Jun 30, 2019
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Ribonomics of Gene Regulation to predict Innate Immune Responses
    NIH U01HG007912Jan 5, 2015 - Nov 30, 2018
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Epigenomic control of RNA splicing
    NIH R01ES024995Sep 5, 2014 - Aug 31, 2017
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    San Diego Center for Systems Biology: From Maps to Models
    NIH P50GM085764Sep 18, 2010 - May 31, 2019
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Delays and variability in single-cell NFkB signaling
    NIH R01GM089976May 1, 2010 - Apr 30, 2015
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    The NF-kB signaling system as a regulator of B-cell activation
    NIH R01AI083453Dec 15, 2009 - Nov 30, 2014
    Role: Principal Investigator
    IKK:Biophysical basis of dynamic regulation
    NIH R01CA141722Jul 1, 2009 - May 31, 2015
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    NFkB during TLR signaling in macrophages
    NIH R01GM071573Jul 1, 2004 - Apr 30, 2014
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Graduate Training Program in Bioinformatics
    NIH T32GM008806Jul 1, 2001 - Jun 30, 2021
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator

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    1. Functional Hallmarks of Healthy Macrophage Responses: Their Regulatory Basis and Disease Relevance. Annu Rev Immunol. 2022 Apr 26; 40:295-321. Sheu KM, Hoffmann A. PMID: 35471841.
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    2. Pathogenic TNF-α drives peripheral nerve inflammation in an Aire-deficient model of autoimmunity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 01 25; 119(4). Wang Y, Guo L, Yin X, McCarthy EC, Cheng MI, Hoang AT, Chen HC, Patel AY, Allard Trout D, Xu E, Yakobian N, Hugo W, Howard JF, Sheu KM, Hoffmann A, Lechner MG, Su MA. PMID: 35058362; PMCID: PMC8795502.
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    3. Acute and Chronic Changes in Gene Expression After CMV DNAemia in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:750659. Ahn R, Schaenman J, Qian Z, Pickering H, Groysberg V, Rossetti M, Llamas M, Hoffmann A, Gjertson D, Deng M, Bunnapradist S, Reed EF, CMV Systems Immunobiology Group. PMID: 34867983; PMCID: PMC8634678.
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    4. Stimulus-specific responses in innate immunity: Multilayered regulatory circuits. Immunity. 2021 09 14; 54(9):1915-1932. Luecke S, Sheu KM, Hoffmann A. PMID: 34525335; PMCID: PMC8452151.
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    5. Identifying the combinatorial control of signal-dependent transcription factors. PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 06; 17(6):e1009095. Wang N, Lefaudeux D, Mazumder A, Li JJ, Hoffmann A. PMID: 34166361; PMCID: PMC8263068.
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    6. NF-κB dynamics determine the stimulus specificity of epigenomic reprogramming in macrophages. Science. 2021 06 18; 372(6548):1349-1353. Cheng QJ, Ohta S, Sheu KM, Spreafico R, Adelaja A, Taylor B, Hoffmann A. PMID: 34140389; PMCID: PMC8489855.
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    7. Melanoma dedifferentiation induced by IFN-γ epigenetic remodeling in response to anti-PD-1 therapy. J Clin Invest. 2021 06 15; 131(12). Kim YJ, Sheu KM, Tsoi J, Abril-Rodriguez G, Medina E, Grasso CS, Torrejon DY, Champhekar AS, Litchfield K, Swanton C, Speiser DE, Scumpia PO, Hoffmann A, Graeber TG, Puig-Saus C, Ribas A. PMID: 33914706; PMCID: PMC8203459.
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    8. Six distinct NFκB signaling codons convey discrete information to distinguish stimuli and enable appropriate macrophage responses. Immunity. 2021 05 11; 54(5):916-930.e7. Adelaja A, Taylor B, Sheu KM, Liu Y, Luecke S, Hoffmann A. PMID: 33979588; PMCID: PMC8184127.
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    9. High Dose IFN-β Activates GAF to Enhance Expression of ISGF3 Target Genes in MLE12 Epithelial Cells. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:651254. Kishimoto K, Wilder CL, Buchanan J, Nguyen M, Okeke C, Hoffmann A, Cheng QJ. PMID: 33897699; PMCID: PMC8062733.
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    10. Quantifying information accumulation encoded in the dynamics of biochemical signaling. Nat Commun. 2021 02 24; 12(1):1272. Tang Y, Adelaja A, Ye FX, Deeds E, Wollman R, Hoffmann A. PMID: 33627672; PMCID: PMC7904837.
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    11. An incoherent feedforward loop interprets NFκB/RelA dynamics to determine TNF-induced necroptosis decisions. Mol Syst Biol. 2020 12; 16(12):e9677. Oliver Metzig M, Tang Y, Mitchell S, Taylor B, Foreman R, Wollman R, Hoffmann A. PMID: 33314666; PMCID: PMC7734648.
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    12. Dissecting the Regulatory Strategies of NF-κB RelA Target Genes in the Inflammatory Response Reveals Differential Transactivation Logics. Cell Rep. 2020 02 25; 30(8):2758-2775.e6. Ngo KA, Kishimoto K, Davis-Turak J, Pimplaskar A, Cheng Z, Spreafico R, Chen EY, Tam A, Ghosh G, Mitchell S, Hoffmann A. PMID: 32101750; PMCID: PMC7061728.
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    13. Gene Regulatory Strategies that Decode the Duration of NFκB Dynamics Contribute to LPS- versus TNF-Specific Gene Expression. Cell Syst. 2020 02 26; 10(2):169-182.e5. Sen S, Cheng Z, Sheu KM, Chen YH, Hoffmann A. PMID: 31972132; PMCID: PMC7047529.
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    14. Stimulus-specificity in the Responses of Immune Sentinel Cells. Curr Opin Syst Biol. 2019 Dec; 18:53-61. Sheu K, Luecke S, Hoffmann A. PMID: 32864512; PMCID: PMC7450653.
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    15. Identifying determinants of persistent MRSA bacteremia using mathematical modeling. PLoS Comput Biol. 2019 07; 15(7):e1007087. Mikkaichi T, Yeaman MR, Hoffmann A, MRSA Systems Immunobiology Group. PMID: 31295255; PMCID: PMC6622483.
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    16. Signaling Crosstalk Mechanisms That May Fine-Tune Pathogen-Responsive NFκB. Front Immunol. 2019; 10:433. Adelaja A, Hoffmann A. PMID: 31312197; PMCID: PMC6614373.
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    17. An NFκB Activity Calculator to Delineate Signaling Crosstalk: Type I and II Interferons Enhance NFκB via Distinct Mechanisms. Front Immunol. 2019; 10:1425. Mitchell S, Mercado EL, Adelaja A, Ho JQ, Cheng QJ, Ghosh G, Hoffmann A. PMID: 31293585; PMCID: PMC6604663.
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    18. Substrate complex competition is a regulatory motif that allows NFκB RelA to license but not amplify NFκB RelB. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 05 21; 116(21):10592-10597. Mitchell S, Hoffmann A. PMID: 31048505; PMCID: PMC6535030.
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    19. Sequential conditioning-stimulation reveals distinct gene- and stimulus-specific effects of Type I and II IFN on human macrophage functions. Sci Rep. 2019 03 27; 9(1):5288. Cheng Q, Behzadi F, Sen S, Ohta S, Spreafico R, Teles R, Modlin RL, Hoffmann A. PMID: 30918279; PMCID: PMC6437173.
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    20. A Regulatory Circuit Controlling the Dynamics of NFκB cRel Transitions B Cells from Proliferation to Plasma Cell Differentiation. Immunity. 2019 03 19; 50(3):616-628.e6. Roy K, Mitchell S, Liu Y, Ohta S, Lin YS, Metzig MO, Nutt SL, Hoffmann A. PMID: 30850343; PMCID: PMC6955201.
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    21. Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein blocks miRNA-124 biogenesis to enforce its neuronal-specific expression in the mouse. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 11 20; 115(47):E11061-E11070. Yeom KH, Mitchell S, Linares AJ, Zheng S, Lin CH, Wang XJ, Hoffmann A, Black DL. PMID: 30401736; PMCID: PMC6255174.
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    22. Nongenetic origins of cell-to-cell variability in B lymphocyte proliferation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 03 20; 115(12):E2888-E2897. Mitchell S, Roy K, Zangle TA, Hoffmann A. PMID: 29514960; PMCID: PMC5866559.
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    23. Deriving Quantitative Cell Biological Information from Dye-Dilution Lymphocyte Proliferation Experiments. Methods Mol Biol. 2018; 1707:81-94. Roy K, Shokhirev MN, Mitchell S, Hoffmann A. PMID: 29388101; PMCID: PMC8363314.
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    24. Identifying Noise Sources governing cell-to-cell variability. Curr Opin Syst Biol. 2018 Apr; 8:39-45. Mitchell S, Hoffmann A. PMID: 29623300; PMCID: PMC5879788.
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    25. Addressing the Digital Divide in Contemporary Biology: Lessons from Teaching UNIX. Trends Biotechnol. 2017 10; 35(10):901-903. Mangul S, Martin LS, Hoffmann A, Pellegrini M, Eskin E. PMID: 28720283.
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    26. Immune Response Signaling: Combinatorial and Dynamic Control. Trends Immunol. 2016 09; 37(9):570-572. Hoffmann A. PMID: 27461000; PMCID: PMC5003693.
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    27. High-Content Quantification of Single-Cell Immune Dynamics. Cell Rep. 2016 Apr 12; 15(2):411-22. Junkin M, Kaestli AJ, Cheng Z, Jordi C, Albayrak C, Hoffmann A, Tay S. PMID: 27050527; PMCID: PMC4835544.
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    28. Signaling via the NFκB system. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Syst Biol Med. 2016 05; 8(3):227-41. Mitchell S, Vargas J, Hoffmann A. PMID: 26990581; PMCID: PMC8363188.
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    29. A stochastic spatio-temporal (SST) model to study cell-to-cell variability in HIV-1 infection. J Theor Biol. 2016 Apr 21; 395:87-96. Cheng Z, Hoffmann A. PMID: 26860658.
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    30. A multi-scale mathematical modeling framework to investigate anti-viral therapeutic opportunities in targeting HIV-1 accessory proteins. J Theor Biol. 2015 Dec 07; 386:89-104. Suryawanshi GW, Hoffmann A. PMID: 26385832; PMCID: PMC4685255.
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    31. Distinct single-cell signaling characteristics are conferred by the MyD88 and TRIF pathways during TLR4 activation. Sci Signal. 2015 Jul 14; 8(385):ra69. Cheng Z, Taylor B, Ourthiague DR, Hoffmann A. PMID: 26175492; PMCID: PMC6764925.
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    32. Training the 21st Century Immunologist. Trends Immunol. 2015 May; 36(5):283-5. Spreafico R, Mitchell S, Hoffmann A. PMID: 25911462.
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    33. Limited specificity of IRF3 and ISGF3 in the transcriptional innate-immune response to double-stranded RNA. J Leukoc Biol. 2015 Jul; 98(1):119-28. Ourthiague DR, Birnbaum H, Ortenlöf N, Vargas JD, Wollman R, Hoffmann A. PMID: 25896227; PMCID: PMC4467169.
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    34. Studying NF-κB signaling with mathematical models. Methods Mol Biol. 2015; 1280:647-61. Mitchell S, Tsui R, Hoffmann A. PMID: 25736777.
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    35. MAP kinase p38α regulates type III interferon (IFN-λ1) gene expression in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells in response to RNA stimulation. J Leukoc Biol. 2015 Feb; 97(2):307-20. Jiang M, Österlund P, Fagerlund R, Rios DN, Hoffmann A, Poranen MM, Bamford DH, Julkunen I. PMID: 25473098.
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    36. The dynamics of signaling as a pharmacological target. Cell. 2013 Oct 10; 155(2):448-61. Behar M, Barken D, Werner SL, Hoffmann A. PMID: 24120141; PMCID: PMC3856316.
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    37. Mechanisms establishing TLR4-responsive activation states of inflammatory response genes. PLoS Genet. 2011 Dec; 7(12):e1002401. Escoubet-Lozach L, Benner C, Kaikkonen MU, Lozach J, Heinz S, Spann NJ, Crotti A, Stender J, Ghisletti S, Reichart D, Cheng CS, Luna R, Ludka C, Sasik R, Garcia-Bassets I, Hoffmann A, Subramaniam S, Hardiman G, Rosenfeld MG, Glass CK. PMID: 22174696; PMCID: PMC3234212.
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    38. A unifying model for the selective regulation of inducible transcription by CpG islands and nucleosome remodeling. Cell. 2009 Jul 10; 138(1):114-28. Ramirez-Carrozzi VR, Braas D, Bhatt DM, Cheng CS, Hong C, Doty KR, Black JC, Hoffmann A, Carey M, Smale ST. PMID: 19596239; PMCID: PMC2712736.
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    39. Stimulus specificity of gene expression programs determined by temporal control of IKK activity. Science. 2005 Sep 16; 309(5742):1857-61. Werner SL, Barken D, Hoffmann A. PMID: 16166517.
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    40. A c-Rel subdomain responsible for enhanced DNA-binding affinity and selective gene activation. Genes Dev. 2005 Sep 15; 19(18):2138-51. Sanjabi S, Williams KJ, Saccani S, Zhou L, Hoffmann A, Ghosh G, Gerondakis S, Natoli G, Smale ST. PMID: 16166378; PMCID: PMC1221885.
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    41. Molecular determinants of crosstalk between nuclear receptors and toll-like receptors. Cell. 2005 Sep 09; 122(5):707-21. Ogawa S, Lozach J, Benner C, Pascual G, Tangirala RK, Westin S, Hoffmann A, Subramaniam S, David M, Rosenfeld MG, Glass CK. PMID: 16143103; PMCID: PMC1430687.
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    42. Induction of NR4A orphan nuclear receptor expression in macrophages in response to inflammatory stimuli. J Biol Chem. 2005 Aug 12; 280(32):29256-62. Pei L, Castrillo A, Chen M, Hoffmann A, Tontonoz P. PMID: 15964844.
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    43. Unique CD40-mediated biological program in B cell activation requires both type 1 and type 2 NF-kappaB activation pathways. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 May 25; 101(21):8108-13. Zarnegar B, He JQ, Oganesyan G, Hoffmann A, Baltimore D, Cheng G. PMID: 15148378; PMCID: PMC419565.
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    44. Cooperation of multiple signaling pathways in CD40-regulated gene expression in B lymphocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Feb 05; 99(3):1497-502. Dadgostar H, Zarnegar B, Hoffmann A, Qin XF, Truong U, Rao G, Baltimore D, Cheng G. PMID: 11830667; PMCID: PMC122219.
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