Daniel Hollern, PhD

Assistant Professor

NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Frederick B. Rentschler Developmental Chair

Daniel Hollern
Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Publications

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Hollern, D.P., Xu, N., Thennavan, A., Glodowski, C., Garcia-Recio, S., Mott, K.R., He, X., Garay, J.P., Carey-Ewend, K., Marron, D., Ford, J., Liu, S., Vick, S.C., Martin, M., Parker, J.S., Vincent, B.G., Serody, J.S., Perou, C.M. B Cells and T Follicular Helper Cells Mediate Response to Checkpoint Inhibitors in High Mutation Burden Mouse Models of Breast Cancer. (2019) Cell. 179(5):1191-1206.e21. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.028

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Mukherjee, A., Kakati, R.T., Van Alsten, S.C., Laws, T., Ebbs, A.L., Hollern, D.P., Spanheimer, P.M., Hoadley, K.A., Troester, M.A., Simon, J.M., Baldwin, A.S. DAB2IP Loss in Luminal A Breast Cancer Leads to NF-kB Associated Aggressive Oncogenic Phenotypes. (2024) JCI Insight. DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.171705

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To, B., Broeker, C., Jhan, J.R., Garcia-Lerena, J., Vusich, J., Rempel, R., Rennhack, J.P., Hollern, D., Jackson, L., Judah, D., Swiatnicki, M., Bylett, E., Kubiak, R., Honeysett, J., Nevins, J., Andrechek, E. Insight into mammary gland development and tumor progression in an E2F5 conditional knockout mouse model. (2024) Oncogene. DOI: 10.1038/s41388-024-03172-4

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Hollern, D. Memory B cell fitness and anergy has significant links to cancer lethality. (2024) Cell. 187(17):4551-4553. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.07.037

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Ramos, M.J., Lui, A.J., Hollern, D.P. The Evolving Landscape of B Cells in Cancer Metastasis. (2023) Cancer Research. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-0620

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Swiatnicki, M.R., Rennhack, J.P., Ortiz, M.M.O., Hollern, D.P., Perry, A.V., Kubiak, R., Riveria Riveria, S.M., O'Reilly, S., Andrechek, E.R. Elevated phosphorylation of EGFR in NSCLC due to mutations in PTPRH. (2022) PLOS Genetics. 18(9):e1010362. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010362

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Laumont, C.M., Banville, A.C., Gilardi, M., Hollern, D.P., Nelson, B.H. Tumour-infiltrating B cells: immunological mechanisms, clinical impact and therapeutic opportunities. (2022) Nature Reviews Cancer. DOI: 10.1038/s41568-022-00466-1

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Singh, S., Lee, N., Pedroza, D.A., Bado, I.L., Hamor, C., Zhang, L., Aguirre, S., Hu, J., Shen, Y., Xu, Y., Gao, Y., Zhao, N., Chen, S.H., Wan, Y.W., Liu, Z., Chang, J.T., Hollern, D., Perou, C.M., Zhang, X.H.F., Rosen, J.M. Chemotherapy coupled to macrophage inhibition induces T-cell and B-cell infiltration and durable regression in triple-negative breast cancer. (2022) Cancer Research. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-21-3714

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Bai, F., Wang, C., Liu, X., Hollern, D., Liu, S., Fan, C., Liu, C., Ren, S., Herschkowitz, J.I., Zhu, W.G., Pei, X.H. Loss of function of BRCA1 promotes EMT in mammary tumors through activation of TGFβR2 signaling pathway. (2022) Cell Death & Disease. 13(3):195. DOI: 10.1038/s41419-022-04646-7

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Gilardi, M., Saddawi-Konefka, R., Wu, V.H., Lopez-Ramirez, M.A., Wang, Z., Soto, F., Ramms, D.J., Proietto, M., Mikulski, Z., Miki, H., Sharabi, A.B., Kupor, D., Rueda, R., Hollern, D., Wang, J., Gutkind, J.S. Microneedle-mediated intratumoral delivery of anti-CTLA-4 promotes cDC1-dependent eradication of oral squamous cell carcinoma with limited irAEs. (2022) Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-21-0234

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Gilardi, M., Ramos, M., Hollern, D. B cells secrete GABA, which provokes a pro-tumor immune microenvironment. (2021) Cancer Cell. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2021.12.007

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Garay, J.P., Smith, R., Devlin, K., Hollern, D.P., Liby, T., Liu, M., Boddapati, S., Watson, S.S., Esch, A., Zheng, T., Thompson, W., Babcock, D., Kwon, S., Chin, K., Heiser, L., Gray, J.W., Korkola, J.E. Sensitivity to targeted therapy differs between HER2-amplified breast cancer cells harboring kinase and helical domain mutations in PIK3CA. (2021) Breast Cancer Research. 23(1):81. DOI: 10.1186/s13058-021-01457-0

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He, Y., Wang, L., Wei, T., Xiao, Y.T., Sheng, H., Su, H., Hollern, D.P., Zhang, X., Ma, J., Wen, S., Xie, H., Yan, Y., Pan, Y., Hou, X., Tang, X., Suman, V.J., Carter, J.M., Weinshilboum, R., Wang, L., Kalari, K.R., Weroha, S.J., Bryce, A.H., Boughey, J.C., Dong, H., Perou, C.M., Ye, D., Goetz, M.P., Ren, S., Huang, H. FOXA1 overexpression suppresses interferon signaling and immune response in cancer. (2021) Journal of Clinical Investigation. DOI: 10.1172/JCI147025

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Bai, F., Liu, S., Liu, X., Hollern, D.P., Scott, A., Wang, C., Zhang, L., Fan, C., Fu, L., Perou, C.M., Zhu, W.G., Pei, X.H. PDGFRβ is an essential therapeutic target for BRCA1-deficient mammary tumors. (2021) Breast Cancer Research. 23(1):10. DOI: 10.1186/s13058-021-01387-x

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Garcia-Recio, S., Thennavan, A., East, M.P., Parker, J.S., Cejalvo, J.M., Garay, J.P., Hollern, D.P., He, X., Mott, K.R., Galván, P., Fan, C., Selitsky, S.R., Coffey, A.R., Marron, D., Brasó-Maristany, F., Burgués, O., Albanell, J., Rojo, F., Lluch, A., de Dueñas, E.M., Rosen, J.M., Johnson, G.L., Carey, L.A., Prat, A., Perou, C.M. FGFR4 regulates tumor subtype differentiation in luminal breast cancer and metastatic disease. (2020) Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(9):4871-4887. DOI: 10.1172/JCI130323

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Crosby, E.J., Acharya, C.R., Haddad, A.F., Rabiola, C.A., Lei, G., Wei, J.P., Yang, X.Y., Wang, T., Liu, C.X., Wagner, K.U., Muller, W.J., Chodosh, L.A., Broadwater, G., Hyslop, T., Shepherd, J.H., Hollern, D.P., He, X., Perou, C.M., Chai, S., Ashby, B.K., Vincent, B.G., Snyder, J.C., Force, J., Morse, M.A., Lyerly, H.K., Hartman, Z.C. Stimulation of Oncogene-Specific Tumor-Infiltrating T Cells through Combined Vaccine and αPD-1 Enable Sustained Antitumor Responses against Established HER2 Breast Cancer. (2020) Clinical Cancer Research. 26(17):4670-4681. DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-0389

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Williams, M., Liu, X., Zhang, Y., Reske, J., Bahal, D., Gohl, T.G., Hollern, D., Ensink, E., Kiupel, M., Luo, R., Das, R., Xiao, H. NCOA5 deficiency promotes a unique liver protumorigenic microenvironment through p21 overexpression, which is reversed by metformin. (2020) Oncogene. 39(19):3821-3836. DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-1256-x

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Selitsky, S.R., Marron, D., Hollern, D., Mose, L.E., Hoadley, K.A., Jones, C., Parker, J.S., Dittmer, D.P., Perou, C.M. Virus expression detection reveals RNA-sequencing contamination in TCGA. (2020) BMC Genomics. 21(1):79. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6483-6

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Hollern, D.P., Xu, N., Thennavan, A., Glodowski, C., Garcia-Recio, S., Mott, K.R., He, X., Garay, J.P., Carey-Ewend, K., Marron, D., Ford, J., Liu, S., Vick, S.C., Martin, M., Parker, J.S., Vincent, B.G., Serody, J.S., Perou, C.M. B Cells and T Follicular Helper Cells Mediate Response to Checkpoint Inhibitors in High Mutation Burden Mouse Models of Breast Cancer. (2019) Cell. 179(5):1191-1206.e21. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.028

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Hollern, D.P., Swiatnicki, M.R., Rennhack, J.P., Misek, S.A., Matson, B.C., McAuliff, A., Gallo, K.A., Caron, K.M., Andrechek, E.R. E2F1 Drives Breast Cancer Metastasis by Regulating the Target Gene FGF13 and Altering Cell Migration. (2019) Scientific Reports. 9(1):10718. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47218-0

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Hollern, D.P., Contreras, C.M., Dance-Barnes, S., Silva, G.O., Pfefferle, A.D., Xiong, J., Darr, D.B., Usary, J., Mott, K.R., Perou, C.M. A mouse model featuring tissue-specific deletion of p53 and Brca1 gives rise to mammary tumors with genomic and transcriptomic similarities to human basal-like breast cancer. (2019) Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 174(1):143-155. DOI: 10.1007/s10549-018-5061-y

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Tanioka, M., Mott, K.R., Hollern, D.P., Fan, C., Darr, D.B., Perou, C.M. Identification of Jun loss promotes resistance to histone deacetylase inhibitor entinostat through Myc signaling in luminal breast cancer. (2018) Genome Medicine. 10(1):86. DOI: 10.1186/s13073-018-0597-3

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An, Y., Adams, J.R., Hollern, D.P., Zhao, A., Chang, S.G., Gams, M.S., Chung, P.E.D., He, X., Jangra, R., Shah, J.S., Yang, J., Beck, L.A., Raghuram, N., Kozma, K.J., Loch, A.J., Wang, W., Fan, C., Done, S.J., Zacksenhaus, E., Guidos, C.J., Perou, C.M., Egan, S.E. Cdh1 and Pik3ca Mutations Cooperate to Induce Immune-Related Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast. (2018) Cell Reports. 25(3):702-714.e6. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.09.056

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Mukherjee, A., Hollern, D.P., Williams, O.G., Rayburn, T.S., Byrd, W.A., Yates, C., Jones, J.D. A Review of Regulation of Development and Possible Roles in Cancer Progression and Metastasis. (2018) Front Cell Dev Biol. 6:69. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2018.00069

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Shen, H., Shih, J., Hollern, D.P., Wang, L., Bowlby, R., Tickoo, S.K., Thorsson, V., Mungall, A.J., Newton, Y., Hegde, A.M., Armenia, J., Sánchez-Vega, F., Pluta, J., Pyle, L.C., Mehra, R., Reuter, V.E., Godoy, G., Jones, J., Shelley, C.S., Feldman, D.R., Vidal, D.O., Lessel, D., Kulis, T., Cárcano, F.M., Leraas, K.M., Lichtenberg, T.M., Brooks, D., Cherniack, A.D., Cho, J., Heiman, D.I., Kasaian, K., Liu, M., Noble, M.S., Xi, L., Zhang, H., Zhou, W., ZenKlusen, J.C., Hutter, C.M., Felau, I., Zhang, J., Schultz, N., Getz, G., Meyerson, M., Stuart, J.M., , Akbani, R., Wheeler, D.A., Laird, P.W., Nathanson, K.L., Cortessis, V.K., Hoadley, K.A. Integrated Molecular Characterization of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors. (2018) Cell Reports. 23(11):3392-3406. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.05.039

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Hollern, D.P., Swiatnicki, M.R., Andrechek, E.R. Histological subtypes of mouse mammary tumors reveal conserved relationships to human cancers. (2018) PLOS Genetics. 14(1):e1007135. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007135

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Acosta, D., Bagchi, S., Broin, P., Hollern, D., Racedo, S.E., Morrow, B., Sellers, R.S., Greally, J.M., Golden, A., Andrechek, E., Wood, T., Montagna, C. LPA receptor activity is basal specific and coincident with early pregnancy and involution during mammary gland postnatal development. (2016) Scientific Reports. 6:35810. DOI: 10.1038/srep35810

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Lunt, S.Y., Muralidhar, V., Hosios, A.M., Israelsen, W.J., Gui, D.Y., Newhouse, L., Ogrodzinski, M., Hecht, V., Xu, K., Acevedo, P.N., Hollern, D.P., Bellinger, G., Dayton, T.L., Christen, S., Elia, I., Dinh, A.T., Stephanopoulos, G., Manalis, S.R., Yaffe, M.B., Andrechek, E.R., Fendt, S.M., Vander Heiden, M.G. Pyruvate kinase isoform expression alters nucleotide synthesis to impact cell proliferation. (2015) Molecular Cell. 57(1):95-107. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.10.027

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Hollern, D.P., Honeysett, J., Cardiff, R.D., Andrechek, E.R. The E2F transcription factors regulate tumor development and metastasis in a mouse model of metastatic breast cancer. (2014) Molecular and Cellular Biology. 34(17):3229-43. DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00737-14

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Hollern, D.P., Andrechek, E.R. A genomic analysis of mouse models of breast cancer reveals molecular features of mouse models and relationships to human breast cancer. (2014) Breast Cancer Research. 16(3):R59. DOI: 10.1186/bcr3672

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Chen, F., Li, A., Gao, S., Hollern, D., Williams, M., Liu, F., VanSickle, E.A., Andrechek, E., Zhang, C., Yang, C., Luo, R., Xiao, H. Tip30 controls differentiation of murine mammary luminal progenitor to estrogen receptor-positive luminal cell through regulating FoxA1 expression. (2014) Cell Death & Disease. 5:e1242. DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.224

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Hollern, D.P., Yuwanita, I., Andrechek, E.R. A mouse model with T58A mutations in Myc reduces the dependence on KRas mutations and has similarities to claudin-low human breast cancer. (2013) Oncogene. 32(10):1296-304. DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.142

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Zhou, X., Hollern, D., Liao, J., Andrechek, E., Wang, H. NMDA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity depends on the coactivation of synaptic and extrasynaptic receptors. (2013) Cell Death & Disease. 4:e560. DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2013.82

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Fujiwara, K., Yuwanita, I., Hollern, D.P., Andrechek, E.R. Prediction and genetic demonstration of a role for activator E2Fs in Myc-induced tumors. (2011) Cancer Research. 71(5):1924-32. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-2386

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Education

PhD, Cell and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina
BS, Biology, Grand Valley State University


Awards & Honors

  • 2019 Joseph S. Pagano Award
  • 2015 NIH NCI F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
  • 2014 NIH NCI F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
  • 2014 Aitch Foundation Award

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