Profesor
Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Celular
Presidente de la Fundación J.W. Kieckhefer
Chung, H.K., Liu, C., Battu, A., Jambor, A.N., Pratt, B.M., Xie, F., Riesenberg, B.P., Casillas, E., Sun, M., Landoni, E., Li, Y., Ye, Q., Joo, D., Green, J., Syed, Z., Brown, N.J., Smith, M., Ma, S., Tan, S., Chick, B., Tripple, V., Wang, Z.A., Wang, J., Mcdonald, B., He, P., Yang, Q., Chen, T., Varanasi, S.K., LaPorte, M., Mann, T.H., Chen, D., Hoffmann, F., Ho, J., Modliszewski, J., Williams, A., Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Liu, J., Gao, Y., Hu, Z., Cho, U.H., Liu, L., Wang, Y., Hargreaves, D.C., Dotti, G., Savoldo, B., Thaxton, J.E., Milner, J.J., Kaech, S.M., Wang, W. Atlas-guided discovery of transcription factors for T cell programming. (2026) Naturaleza. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09989-7
Labarta-Bajo, L., Thanawalla, A.R., Gutierrez, I.L., Lei Soe, S.M., Chick, B.Y., Andritsogianni, I., Metanat, S., Hargreaves, D.C., Kaech, S.M., Azim, E., Allen, N.J. The antiviral Interferon pathway drives astrocyte aging and motor decline. (2025) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.12.688147
Wu, Z., Pope, S.D., Ahmed, N.S., Leung, D.L., Hong, Y., Hajjar, S., Krabak, C., Zhong, Z., Raghunathan, K., Yue, Q., Anand, D.M., Kopp, E.B., Okin, D., Ma, W., Zanoni, I., Kagan, J.C., Thiagarajah, J.R., Hargreaves, D.C., Medzhitov, R., Zhou, X. Regulation of inflammatory responses by pH-dependent transcriptional condensates. (2025) Móvil. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.06.033
McRae, H.M., Hargreaves, D.C. Transcription factor dependencies identify BAF-dependent cancers. (2024) Célula cancerosa. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.013
Maxwell, M.B., Hom-Tedla, M.S., Yi, J., Li, S., Rivera, S.A., Yu, J., Burns, M.J., McRae, H.M., Stevenson, B.T., Coakley, K.E., Ho, J., Gastelum, K.B., Bell, J.C., Jones, A.C., Eskander, R.N., Dykhuizen, E.C., Shadel, G.S., Kaech, S.M., Hargreaves, D.C. ARID1A suprime la activación de la vía STING tipo I de interferón mediada por R-loops de la inmunidad antitumoral. (2024) Móvil. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.04.025
Wu, Z., Pope, S.D., Ahmed, N.S., Leung, D.L., Hajjar, S., Yue, Q., Anand, D.M., Kopp, E.B., Okin, D., Ma, W., Kagan, J.C., Hargreaves, D.C., Medzhitov, R., Zhou, X. Control of Inflammatory Response by Tissue Microenvironment. (2024) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.10.592432
Liao, J., Ho, J., Burns, M., Dykhuizen, E.C., Hargreaves, D.C. Collaboration between distinct SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes directs enhancer selection and activation of macrophage inflammatory genes. (2024) Inmunidad. DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.05.008
Liao, J., Hargreaves, D.C. Coordination of transcription factors and SWI-SNF complexes regulates chromatin priming in developing T cells. (2024) Naturaleza Inmunológica. DOI: 10.1038/s41590-024-01822-z
Chick, B.Y., Hargreaves, D.C. RNA polymerase II promoter-proximal pausing promotes BAF chromatin binding and remodeling. (2023) Nature Genetics. DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01628-z
McDonald, B., Chick, B.Y., Hargreaves, D.C., Kaech, S.M. Early Chromatin Remodeling Events in Acutely Stimulated CD8 T Cells. (2023) Yale J Biol Med. 96(4):467-473. DOI: 10.59249/AXGU7370
Mangalhara, K.C., Varanasi, S.K., Johnson, M.A., Burns, M.J., Rojas, G.R., Esparza Moltó, P.B., Sainz, A.G., Tadepalle, N., Abbott, K.L., Mendiratta, G., Chen, D., Farsakoglu, Y., Kunchok, T., Hoffmann, F.A., Parisi, B., Rincon, M., Vander Heiden, M.G., Bosenberg, M., Hargreaves, D.C., Kaech, S.M., Shadel, G.S. Manipular el flujo de electrones mitocondrial mejora la inmunogenicidad tumoral. (2023) Ciencia. 381(6664):1316-1323. DOI: 10.1126/science.abq1053
McDonald, B., Chick, B.Y., Ahmed, N.S., Burns, M., Ma, S., Casillas, E., Chen, D., Mann, T.H., O'Connor, C., Hah, N., Hargreaves, D.C., Kaech, S.M. Canonical BAF complex activity shapes the enhancer landscape that licenses CD8 T cell effector and memory fates. (2023) Inmunidad. 56(6):1303-1319.e5. DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.05.005
Ferguson, L.P., Gatchalian, J., McDermott, M.L., Nakamura, M., Chambers, K., Rajbhandari, N., Lytle, N.K., Rosenthal, S.B., Hamilton, M., Albini, S., Wartenberg, M., Zlobec, I., Galván, J.A., Karamitopoulou, E., Vavinskaya, V., Wascher, A., Lowy, A.M., Schürch, C.M., Puri, P.L., Bruneau, B.G., Hargreaves, D.C., Reya, T. Smarcd3 is an epigenetic modulator of the metabolic landscape in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. (2023) Nature Communications. 14(1):292. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-35796-7
Chick, B.Y., Hargreaves, D.C. Switching under selection: how CoREST controls endocrine therapy resistance in ER breast cancer. (2022) Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. DOI: 10.1038/s41594-022-00858-9
Hishida, T., Yamamoto, M., Hishida-Nozaki, Y., Shao, C., Huang, L., Wang, C., Shojima, K., Xue, Y., Hang, Y., Shokhirev, M., Memczak, S., Sahu, S.K., Hatanaka, F., Ros, R.R., Maxwell, M.B., Chavez, J., Shao, Y., Liao, H.K., Martinez-Redondo, P., Guillen-Guillen, I., Hernandez-Benitez, R., Esteban, C.R., Qu, J., Holmes, M.C., Yi, F., Hickey, R.D., Garcia, P.G., Delicado, E.N., Castells, A., Campistol, J.M., Yu, Y., Hargreaves, D.C., Asai, A., Reddy, P., Liu, G.H., Izpisua Belmonte, J.C. In vivo partial cellular reprogramming enhances liver plasticity and regeneration. (2022) Cell Reports. 39(4):110730. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110730
McRae, H.M., Hargreaves, D.C. Old macrophages lose their (circadian) rhythm. (2022) Tendencias en Inmunología. DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2022.02.005
Ahmed, N.S., Gatchalian, J., Ho, J., Burns, M.J., Hah, N., Wei, Z., Downes, M., Evans, R.M., Hargreaves, D.C. BRD9 regulates interferon-stimulated genes during macrophage activation via cooperation with BET protein BRD4. (2022) Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de los Estados Unidos de América. 119(1). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2110812119
Maxwell, M.B., Hargreaves, D.C. Down, but Not Out: A Role for SMARCB1 in Synovial Sarcoma. (2021) Descubrimiento del cáncer. 11(10):2375-2377. DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-0591
Wang, L., Oh, T.G., Magida, J., Estepa, G., Obayomi, S.M.B., Chong, L.W., Gatchalian, J., Yu, R.T., Atkins, A.R., Hargreaves, D., Downes, M., Wei, Z., Evans, R.M. Bromodomain containing 9 (BRD9) regulates macrophage inflammatory responses by potentiating glucocorticoid receptor activity. (2021) Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de los Estados Unidos de América. 118(35). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2109517118
Hargreaves, D.C. Chromatin openness requires continuous SWI/SNF activity. (2021) Nature Genetics. DOI: 10.1038/s41588-021-00781-7
Liao, J., Hargreaves, D.C. The alternative macrophage relay: STAT6 passes the baton to EGR2. (2020) Genes y Desarrollo. 34(21-22):1407-1409. DOI: 10.1101/gad.345140.120
Loo, C.S., Gatchalian, J., Liang, Y., Leblanc, M., Xie, M., Ho, J., Venkatraghavan, B., Hargreaves, D.C., Zheng, Y. Una pantalla CRISPR a nivel del genoma revela un papel para el complejo BAF de remodelación de nucleosomas no canónico en la expresión de Foxp3 y la función de las células T reguladoras. (2020) Inmunidad. DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.06.011
Cortez, J.T., Montauti, E., Shifrut, E., Gatchalian, J., Zhang, Y., Shaked, O., Xu, Y., Roth, T.L., Simeonov, D.R., Zhang, Y., Chen, S., Li, Z., Woo, J.M., Ho, J., Vogel, I.A., Prator, G.Y., Zhang, B., Lee, Y., Sun, Z., Ifergan, I., Van Gool, F., Hargreaves, D.C., Bluestone, J.A., Marson, A., Fang, D. CRISPR screen in regulatory T cells reveals modulators of Foxp3. (2020) Naturaleza. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2246-4
Gatchalian, J., Liao, J., Maxwell, M.B., Hargreaves, D.C. Control of Stimulus-Dependent Responses in Macrophages by SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes. (2020) Tendencias en Inmunología. DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2019.12.002
Gao, F., Elliott, N.J., Ho, J., Sharp, A., Shokhirev, M.N., Hargreaves, D.C. Heterozygous Mutations in SMARCA2 Reprogram the Enhancer Landscape by Global Retargeting of SMARCA4. (2019) Biología Celular Molecular. 75(5):891-904. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.06.024
Hargreaves, D.C. Tuning the chromatin landscape of embryonic stem cells. (2019) Stem Cell Investigation. 6:16. DOI: 10.21037/sci.2019.06.02
Gatchalian, J., Malik, S., Ho, J., Lee, D.S., Kelso, T.W.R., Shokhirev, M.N., Dixon, J.R., Hargreaves, D.C. A non-canonical BRD9-containing BAF chromatin remodeling complex regulates naive pluripotency in mouse embryonic stem cells. (2018) Nature Communications. 9(1):5139. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07528-9
Gatchalian, J., Hargreaves, D.C. Racheting Up Repair. (2018) Inmunidad. 49(4):577-579. DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2018.09.012
Marian, C.A., Stoszko, M., Wang, L., Leighty, M.W., de Crignis, E., Maschinot, C.A., Gatchalian, J., Carter, B.C., Chowdhury, B., Hargreaves, D.C., Duvall, J.R., Crabtree, G.R., Mahmoudi, T., Dykhuizen, E.C. Small Molecule Targeting of Specific BAF (mSWI/SNF) Complexes for HIV Latency Reversal. (2018) Biología Química Celular. DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2018.08.004
Kelso, T.W.R., Porter, D.K., Amaral, M.L., Shokhirev, M.N., Benner, C., Hargreaves, D.C. Chromatin accessibility underlies synthetic lethality of SWI/SNF subunits in ARID1A-mutant cancers. (2017) Elife. 6. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.30506
Miller, E.L., Hargreaves, D.C., Kadoch, C., Chang, C.Y., Calarco, J.P., Hodges, C., Buenrostro, J.D., Cui, K., Greenleaf, W.J., Zhao, K., Crabtree, G.R. TOP2 synergizes with BAF chromatin remodeling for both resolution and formation of facultative heterochromatin. (2017) Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 24(4):344-352. DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3384
Kadoch, C., Hargreaves, D.C., Hodges, C., Elias, L., Ho, L., Ranish, J., Crabtree, G.R. Proteomic and bioinformatic analysis of mammalian SWI/SNF complexes identifies extensive roles in human malignancy. (2013) Nature Genetics. 45(6):592-601. DOI: 10.1038/ng.2628
Dykhuizen, E.C., Hargreaves, D.C., Miller, E.L., Cui, K., Korshunov, A., Kool, M., Pfister, S., Cho, Y.J., Zhao, K., Crabtree, G.R. BAF complexes facilitate decatenation of DNA by topoisomerase IIα. (2013) Naturaleza. 497(7451):624-7. DOI: 10.1038/nature12146
Hargreaves, D.C., Crabtree, G.R. ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling: genetics, genomics and mechanisms. (2011) Cell Research. 21(3):396-420. DOI: 10.1038/cr.2011.32
Hargreaves, D.C., Horng, T., Medzhitov, R. Control of inducible gene expression by signal-dependent transcriptional elongation. (2009) Móvil. 138(1):129-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.05.047
Foster, S.L., Hargreaves, D.C., Medzhitov, R. Gene-specific control of inflammation by TLR-induced chromatin modifications. (2007) Naturaleza. 447(7147):972-8. DOI: 10.1038/nature05836
Hargreaves, D.C., Medzhitov, R. Innate sensors of microbial infection. (2005) J. Clin. Immunol. 25(6):503-10. DOI: 10.1007/s10875-005-8065-4
Luther, S.A., Bidgol, A., Hargreaves, D.C., Schmidt, A., Xu, Y., Paniyadi, J., Matloubian, M., Cyster, J.G. Differing activities of homeostatic chemokines CCL19, CCL21, and CXCL12 in lymphocyte and dendritic cell recruitment and lymphoid neogenesis. (2002) Journal of immunology. 169(1):424-33.
Cyster, J.G., Ansel, K.M., Ngo, V.N., Hargreaves, D.C., Lu, T.T. Traffic patterns of B cells and plasma cells. (2002) Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 512:35-41.
Hargreaves, D.C., Hyman, P.L., Lu, T.T., Ngo, V.N., Bidgol, A., Suzuki, G., Zou, Y.R., Littman, D.R., Cyster, J.G. A coordinated change in chemokine responsiveness guides plasma cell movements. (2001) Revista de Medicina Experimental. 194(1):45-56.
BS, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Haverford College
PhD, Department of Immunobiology, Yale University
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University