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.

Editorial Expression of Concern: Telomere dysfunction and Atm deficiency compromises organ homeostasis and accelerates ageing.
Authors: Authors: Wong KK, Maser RS, Bachoo RM, Menon J, Carrasco DR, Gu Y, Alt FW, DePinho RA.
Nature
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An engineered immunogen activates diverse HIV broadly neutralizing antibody precursors and promotes acquisition of improbable mutations.
Authors: Authors: Swanson OM, Zhang QE, Van Itallie E, Tian M, Brown AR, Harris C, Kapingidza AB, Rhodes B, Smith LM, Venkatayogi S, Cronin K, Frazier M, Parks R, Bar M, Jiang C, Martin Beem JS, Cheng HL, Davis J, McGovern K, Newman A, Edwards RJ, Cain D, Alam SM, Wiehe K, Saunders KO, Acharya P, Alt F, Haynes BF, Azoitei ML.
Sci Transl Med
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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 DW, Lu X, Venkatayogi S, Berry M, Wagh K, Korber B, Saunders KO, Tian M, Alt F, Wiehe K, Acharya P, Alam SM, Haynes BF.
Nat Commun
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Orientation Regulation of Class-switch Recombination in Human B Cells.
Authors: Authors: Du L, Oksenych V, Wan H, Ye X, Dong J, Ye AY, Abolhassani H, Vlachiotis S, Zhang X, de la Rosa K, Hammarström L, van der Burg M, Alt FW, Pan-Hammarström Q.
J Immunol
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Comparison of the immunogenicity of mRNA-encoded and protein HIV-1 Env-ferritin nanoparticle designs.
Authors: Authors: Mu Z, Whitley J, Martik D, Sutherland L, Newman A, Barr M, Parks R, Wiehe K, Cain DW, Hodges KZ, Venkatayogi S, Lee EM, Smith L, Mansouri K, Edwards RJ, Wang Y, Rountree W, Alameh M-G, Tam Y, Barbosa C, Tomai M, Lewis MG, Santrai S, Maughan M, Tian M, Alt FW, Weissman D, Saunders KO, Haynes BF.
J Virol
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Germline-targeting HIV vaccination induces neutralizing antibodies to the CD4 binding site.
Authors: Authors: Caniels TG, Medina-Ramìrez M, Zhang S, Kratochvil S, Xian Y, Koo JH, Derking R, Samsel J, van Schooten J, Pecetta S, Lamperti E, Yuan M, Carrasco MR, Del Moral Sánchez I, Allen JD, Bouhuijs JH, Yasmeen A, Ketas TJ, Snitselaar JL, Bijl TPL, Martin IC, Torres JL, Cupo A, Shirreff L, Rogers K, Mason RD, Roederer M, Greene KM, Gao H, Silva CM, Baken IJL, Tian M, Alt FW, Pulendran B, Seaman MS, Crispin M, van Gils MJ, Montefiori DC, McDermott AB, Villinger FJ, Koup RA, Moore JP, Klasse PJ, Ozorowski G, Batista FD, Wilson IA, Ward AB, Sanders RW.
Sci Immunol
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Author Correction: Vaccination induces broadly neutralizing antibody precursors to HIV gp41.
Authors: Authors: Schiffner T, Phung I, Ray R, Irimia A, Tian M, Swanson O, Lee JH, Lee CD, Marina-Zárate E, Cho SY, Huang J, Ozorowski G, Skog PD, Serra AM, Rantalainen K, Allen JD, Baboo S, Rodriguez OL, Himansu S, Zhou J, Hurtado J, Flynn CT, McKenney K, Havenar-Daughton C, Saha S, Shields K, Schultze S, Smith ML, Liang CH, Toy L, Pecetta S, Lin YC, Willis JR, Sesterhenn F, Kulp DW, Hu X, Cottrell CA, Zhou X, Ruiz J, Wang X, Nair U, Kirsch KH, Cheng HL, Davis J, Kalyuzhniy O, Liguori A, Diedrich JK, Ngo JT, Lewis V, Phelps N, Tingle RD, Spencer S, Georgeson E, Adachi Y, Kubitz M, Eskandarzadeh S, Elsliger MA, Amara RR, Landais E, Briney B, Burton DR, Carnathan DG, Silvestri G, Watson CT, Yates JR, Paulson JC, Crispin M, Grigoryan G, Ward AB, Sok D, Alt FW, Wilson IA, Batista FD, Crotty S, Schief WR.
Nat Immunol
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Clonal associations between lymphocyte subsets and functional states in rheumatoid arthritis synovium.
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Nat Commun
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Vaccination induces broadly neutralizing antibody precursors to HIV gp41.
Authors: Authors: Schiffner T, Phung I, Ray R, Irimia A, Tian M, Swanson O, Lee JH, Lee CD, Marina-Zárate E, Cho SY, Huang J, Ozorowski G, Skog PD, Serra AM, Rantalainen K, Allen JD, Baboo S, Rodriguez OL, Himansu S, Zhou J, Hurtado J, Flynn CT, McKenney K, Havenar-Daughton C, Saha S, Shields K, Schultze S, Smith ML, Liang CH, Toy L, Pecetta S, Lin YC, Willis JR, Sesterhenn F, Kulp DW, Hu X, Cottrell CA, Zhou X, Ruiz J, Wang X, Nair U, Kirsch KH, Cheng HL, Davis J, Kalyuzhniy O, Liguori A, Diedrich JK, Ngo JT, Lewis V, Phelps N, Tingle RD, Spencer S, Georgeson E, Adachi Y, Kubitz M, Eskandarzadeh S, Elsliger MA, Amara RR, Landais E, Briney B, Burton DR, Carnathan DG, Silvestri G, Watson CT, Yates JR, Paulson JC, Crispin M, Grigoryan G, Ward AB, Sok D, Alt FW, Wilson IA, Batista FD, Crotty S, Schief WR.
Nat Immunol
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Molecular basis for differential Igk versus Igh V(D)J joining mechanisms.
Authors: Authors: Zhang Y, Li X, Ba Z, Lou J, Gaertner KE, Zhu T, Lin X, Ye AY, Alt FW, Hu H.
Nature
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