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Daniel Kirchhofer

Daniel Kirchhofer

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
11712
World Ranking
10960
National Ranking
4743

Overview

Daniel Kirchhofer is affiliated with Genentech in the United States and has contributed to research across various fields related to medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans numerous subfields including molecular biology, immunology, neurology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and epidemiology.

Their research topics frequently address issues in cerebrovascular and genetic disorders, inflammasome and immune disorders, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, neutrophil, myeloperoxidase and oxidative mechanisms, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, glaucoma and retinal disorders, and phagocytosis and immune regulation.

Kirchhofer's recent scholarly papers include:

  • Vascular endothelial tissue factor contributes to trimethylamine N-oxide-enhanced arterial thrombosis, 2021, Cardiovascular Research
  • Development of a therapeutic anti-HtrA1 antibody and the identification of DKK3 as a pharmacodynamic biomarker in geographic atrophy, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Bivalent antibody pliers inhibit β-tryptase by an allosteric mechanism dependent on the IgG hinge, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Domain-Specific Antibodies Reveal Differences in the Membrane Topologies of Apolipoprotein L1 in Serum and Podocytes, 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Design of Organo-Peptides As Bipartite PCSK9 Antagonists, 2020, ACS Chemical Biology

Frequent co-authors in Kirchhofer's work are:

  • Mark Ultsch
  • Charles Eigenbrot
  • Stefan Gerhardy
  • Yan Zhang
  • Congqing Wu

Kirchhofer's publications are commonly featured in several venues including:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Communications Biology
  • Cardiovascular Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The body of work by Daniel Kirchhofer integrates interdisciplinary approaches spanning molecular biology and medicine, emphasizing antibody research and mechanisms of immune regulation. Their contributions encompass both basic science and therapeutic development, illustrating a broad engagement with biomedical research focused on molecular and cellular processes underlying human diseases.

Best Publications

  • Albumin Binding as a General Strategy for Improving the Pharmacokinetics of Proteins

    Mark S. Dennis;Min Zhang;Y. Gloria Meng;Miryam Kadkhodayan

  • The crystal structure of the complex of blood coagulation factor VIIa with soluble tissue factor.

    David W. Banner;Allan D'Arcy;Christiana Chène;Fritz K. Winkler

  • Alpha 2 beta 1 integrins from different cell types show different binding specificities.

    D Kirchhofer;L R Languino;E Ruoslahti;M D Pierschbacher

  • Tissue factor: a link between C5a and neutrophil activation in antiphospholipid antibody induced fetal injury.

    Patricia Redecha;Rachel Tilley;Michael Tencati;Jane E. Salmon

  • Inflammasome activation triggers blood clotting and host death through pyroptosis

    Congqing Wu;Wei Lu;Yan Zhang;Guoying Zhang

  • Crystal structure of the HGF β‐chain in complex with the Sema domain of the Met receptor

    Jennifer Stamos;Robert A Lazarus;Xiaoyi Yao;Daniel Kirchhofer

  • Hepsin activates pro-hepatocyte growth factor and is inhibited by hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor-1B (HAI-1B) and HAI-2.

    Daniel Kirchhofer;Mark Peek;Michael T. Lipari;Karen Billeci

  • Tumor-derived tissue factor activates coagulation and enhances thrombosis in a mouse xenograft model of human pancreatic cancer.

    Jian Guo Wang;Julia E. Geddings;Maria M. Aleman;Jessica C. Cardenas

  • Identification of a Small Peptide That Inhibits PCSK9 Protein Binding to the Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor

    Yingnan Zhang;Charles Eigenbrot;Lijuan Zhou;Steven Shia

  • anticorpo anti-pcsk9 ou um fragmento de anticorpo que se liga a pcsk9, ácido nucleico isolado, vetor, célula hospedeira, método para fabricar um anticorpo anti-pcsk9, composição farmacêutica, método de redução do nível de colesterol ldl em um sujeito e método de tratamento de hipercolesterolemia em um sujeito

    Peterson Andrew;Chiu Cecilia;Kirchhofer Daniel;Kolumam Ganesh

  • Monocyte tissue factor–dependent activation of coagulation in hypercholesterolemic mice and monkeys is inhibited by simvastatin

    A. Phillip Owens;Freda H. Passam;Silvio Antoniak;Stephanie M. Marshall

  • Inflammation drives thrombosis after Salmonella infection via CLEC-2 on platelets

    Jessica R. Hitchcock;Charlotte N. Cook;Saeeda Bobat;Ewan A. Ross

  • Local protease signaling contributes to neural tube closure in the mouse embryo.

    Eric Camerer;Eric Camerer;Adrian Barker;Daniel N. Duong;Rajkumar Ganesan

  • Tissue expression, protease specificity, and Kunitz domain functions of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor-1B (HAI-1B), a new splice variant of HAI-1.

    Daniel Kirchhofer;Mark Peek;Wei Li;Jennifer Stamos

  • Specific Accumulation of Circulating Monocytes and Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes on Platelet Thrombi in a Vascular Injury Model

    Daniel Kirchhofer;Markus A. Riederer;Hans R. Baumgartner

  • Levels of microparticle tissue factor activity correlate with coagulation activation in endotoxemic mice

    J. G. Wang;D. Manly;D. Kirchhofer;R. Pawlinski

  • PAR-1 contributes to the innate immune response during viral infection

    Silvio Antoniak;A. Phillip Owens;Martin Baunacke;Julie C. Williams

  • Cation-dependent changes in the binding specificity of the platelet receptor GPIIb/IIIa.

    D Kirchhofer;J Gailit;E Ruoslahti;J Grzesiak

  • Furin-cleaved proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is active and modulates low density lipoprotein receptor and serum cholesterol levels.

    Michael T. Lipari;Wei Li;Paul Moran;Monica Kong-Beltran

  • Structural and Functional Basis of the Serine Protease-like Hepatocyte Growth Factor β-Chain in Met Binding and Signaling

    Daniel Kirchhofer;Xiaoyi Yao;Mark Peek;Charles Eigenbrot

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel Mackman
Nigel Mackman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Christian Wiesmann
Christian Wiesmann Novartis (Switzerland)
Menno van Lookeren Campagne
Menno van Lookeren Campagne Amgen (United States)
Dan L. Eaton
Dan L. Eaton Genentech
Mark Ultsch
Mark Ultsch Genentech

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