Frederick W. Alt

Frederick Alt, Ph.D.

Charles A. Janeway Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
Professor of Genetics, Boston Children's Hospital
Charles A. Janeway Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics, Harvard Medical School
617-919-2539
Frederick Alt Website

The Alt laboratory studies mechanisms that maintain genomic stability in mammalian cells. The programmed recombination and hypermutation events in lymphocytes and the general DNA repair mechanisms involved in these processes are a focus. The laboratory also studies mechanisms that promote and prevent oncogenic translocations. Approaches range from molecular genetics and biochemistry to animal models.

The lipid globotriaosylceramide promotes germinal center B cell responses and antiviral immunity.
Authors: Authors: Sharma P, Zhang X, Ly K, Zhang Y, Hu Y, Ye AY, Hu J, Kim JH, Lou M, Wang C, Celuzza Q, Kondo Y, Furukawa K, Bundle DR, Furukawa K, Alt FW, Winau F.
Science
View full abstract on Pubmed
Corrigendum: Abnormalities of thymic stroma may contribute to immune dysregulation in murine models of leaky severe combined immunodeficiency.
Authors: Authors: Rucci F, Poliani PL, Caraffi S, Paganini T, Fontana E, Giliani S, Alt FW, Notarangelo LD.
Front Immunol
View full abstract on Pubmed
Engineering immunogens that select for specific mutations in HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies.
Authors: Authors: Henderson R, Anasti K, Manne K, Stalls V, Saunders C, Bililign Y, Williams A, Bubphamala P, Montani M, Kachhap S, Li J, Jaing C, Newman A, Cain D, Lu X, Venkatayogi S, Berry M, Wagh K, Korber B, Saunders KO, Tian M, Alt F, Wiehe K, Acharya P, Alam SM, Haynes BF.
bioRxiv
View full abstract on Pubmed
Mapping the dynamic genetic regulatory architecture of HLA genes at single-cell resolution.
Authors: Authors: Kang JB, Shen AZ, Gurajala S, Nathan A, Rumker L, Aguiar VRC, Valencia C, Lagattuta KA, Zhang F, Jonsson AH, Yazar S, Alquicira-Hernandez J, Khalili H, Ananthakrishnan AN, Jagadeesh K, Dey K, Daly MJ, Xavier RJ, Donlin LT, Anolik JH, Powell JE, Rao DA, Brenner MB, Gutierrez-Arcelus M, Luo Y, Sakaue S, Raychaudhuri S.
Nat Genet
View full abstract on Pubmed
Deconstruction of rheumatoid arthritis synovium defines inflammatory subtypes.
Authors: Authors: Zhang F, Jonsson AH, Nathan A, Millard N, Curtis M, Xiao Q, Gutierrez-Arcelus M, Apruzzese W, Watts GFM, Weisenfeld D, Nayar S, Rangel-Moreno J, Meednu N, Marks KE, Mantel I, Kang JB, Rumker L, Mears J, Slowikowski K, Weinand K, Orange DE, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Deane KD, Tabechian D, Ceponis A, Firestein GS, Maybury M, Sahbudin I, Ben-Artzi A, Mandelin AM, Nerviani A, Lewis MJ, Rivellese F, Pitzalis C, Hughes LB, Horowitz D, DiCarlo E, Gravallese EM, Boyce BF, Moreland LW, Goodman SM, Perlman H, Holers VM, Liao KP, Filer A, Bykerk VP, Wei K, Rao DA, Donlin LT, Anolik JH, Brenner MB, Raychaudhuri S.
Nature
View full abstract on Pubmed
The lipid Gb3 promotes germinal center B cell responses and anti-viral immunity.
Authors: Authors: Sharma P, Zhang X, Ly K, Zhang Y, Hu Y, Ye AY, Hu J, Kim JH, Lou M, Wang C, Celuzza Q, Kondo Y, Furukawa K, Bundle DR, Furukawa K, Alt FW, Winau F.
bioRxiv
View full abstract on Pubmed
Clonally expanded CD38hi cytotoxic CD8 T cells define the T cell infiltrate in checkpoint inhibitor-associated arthritis.
Authors: Authors: Wang R, Singaraju A, Marks KE, Shakib L, Dunlap G, Adejoorin I, Greisen SR, Chen L, Tirpack AK, Aude C, Fein MR, Todd DJ, MacFarlane L, Goodman SM, DiCarlo EF, Massarotti EM, Sparks JA, Jonsson AH, Brenner MB, Postow MA, Chan KK, Bass AR, Donlin LT, Rao DA.
Sci Immunol
View full abstract on Pubmed
Contribution of the IGCR1 regulatory element and the 3'Igh CTCF-binding elements to regulation of Igh V(D)J recombination.
Authors: Authors: Liang Z, Zhao L, Ye AY, Lin SG, Zhang Y, Guo C, Dai HQ, Ba Z, Alt FW.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
View full abstract on Pubmed
Adipocytes regulate fibroblast function, and their loss contributes to fibroblast dysfunction in inflammatory diseases.
Authors: Authors: Faust HJ, Cheng TY, Korsunsky I, Watts GFM, Gal-Oz ST, Trim W, Kongthong K, Jonsson AH, Simmons DP, Zhang F, Padera R, Chubinskaya S, Wei K, Raychaudhuri S, Lynch L, Moody DB, Brenner MB.
bioRxiv
View full abstract on Pubmed
Mesoscale DNA feature in antibody-coding sequence facilitates somatic hypermutation.
Authors: Authors: Wang Y, Zhang S, Yang X, Hwang JK, Zhan C, Lian C, Wang C, Gui T, Wang B, Xie X, Dai P, Zhang L, Tian Y, Zhang H, Han C, Cai Y, Hao Q, Ye X, Liu X, Liu J, Cao Z, Huang S, Song J, Pan-Hammarström Q, Zhao Y, Alt FW, Zheng X, Da LT, Yeap LS, Meng FL.
Cell
View full abstract on Pubmed