Karin M. Hoffmeister, M.D.
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- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Medicine/Hematology
- Institution
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University
- Address
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Karp Family Research Building 6th Floor
1 Blackfan Circle - City, State, ZIP
- Boston, MA 02115
- Phone
- (617) 355-9010
- [email protected]
- Website
- http://translationalmedicine.bwh.harvard.edu/Team_Hoffmeister.htm
- Research field
- Immunology
- Award year
- 2005
Research
We characterize Golgi glycosyltransferase enzymes expressed in platelets, their possible extracellular targets and their delivery mechanism(s) from megakaryocytes to platelets. We also investigate the role of extracellular platelet glycan remodeling in platelet survival, function and interaction between platelets and/or with other blood cells. We also study platelet clearance mechanisms, with focus on carbohydrate-lectin mediated platelet clearance.
Scholar Keywords
2005 Search Pew Scholars
- Gonçalo R. Abecasis, D.Phil.
- Stephen A. Baccus, Ph.D.
- Craig H. Bassing, Ph.D.
- Laura M. Calvi, M.D.
- Shane P. Crotty, Ph.D.
- Jenny E. Gumperz, Ph.D.
- Martin W. Hetzer, Ph.D.
- Karin M. Hoffmeister, M.D.
- Deborah A. Hogan, Ph.D.
- Soo-Kyung Lee, Ph.D.
- Katsuhiko Murakami, Ph.D.
- Franck Polleux, Ph.D.
- Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck, M.D., Ph.D.
- Lambertus van den Berg, Ph.D.
- Rachel I. Wilson, Ph.D.