Andreas M. Hoff

  • Scientist; PhD
  • +47 2278 1710

Research focus:

My research involves both wet lab work and the use of bioinformatics. I use these tools to study qualitative transcript variants and fusion genes that are involved in cancer biology and may ultimately have the potential as cancer biomarkers. More specifically:

 

1.Fusion transcripts involving the TCF7L2 gene in colorectal cancer and chimeric transcript overexpression in tumour versus normal.

2.Assessment of transcript structures and potential fusion genes in colorectal cancer by using a new custom targeted RNA sequencing approach.

3.Analysis of RNA sequencing data from embryonal carcinoma and embryonic stem cell lines in a testicular germ cell tumour setting.

 

Academic degrees:

2015: PhD, Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Norway. Identification of novel fusion genes and transcript variants in cancer

2011: Msc in Molecular biology, University of Oslo, Norway. “Transcript variation and protein expression in testicular germ cell tumours”

 

Original articles

Carm KT, Hoff AM, Bakken AC, Axcrona U, Axcrona K, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI, Løvf M (2019)
Interfocal heterogeneity challenges the clinical usefulness of molecular classification of primary prostate cancer
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 13579
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-49964-7, PubMed 31537872

Smeby J, Sveen A, Eilertsen IA, Danielsen SA, Hoff AM, Eide PW, Johannessen B, Hektoen M, Skotheim RI, Guren MG, Nesbakken A, Lothe RA (2019)
Transcriptional and functional consequences of TP53 splice mutations in colorectal cancer
Oncogenesis, 8 (6), 35
DOI 10.1038/s41389-019-0141-3, PubMed 31092812

Løvf M, Zhao S, Axcrona U, Johannessen B, Bakken AC, Carm KT, Hoff AM, Myklebost O, Meza-Zepeda LA, Lie AK, Axcrona K, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2018)
Multifocal Primary Prostate Cancer Exhibits High Degree of Genomic Heterogeneity
Eur Urol, 75 (3), 498-505
DOI 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.08.009, PubMed 30181068

Viswanathan SR, Ha G, Hoff AM, Wala JA, Carrot-Zhang J, Whelan CW, Haradhvala NJ, Freeman SS, Reed SC, Rhoades J, Polak P, Cipicchio M, Wankowicz SA, Wong A, Kamath T, Zhang Z, Gydush GJ, Rotem D, PCF/SU2C International Prostate Cancer Dream Team, Love JC, Getz G, Gabriel S, Zhang CZ, Dehm SM, Nelson PS et al. (2018)
Structural Alterations Driving Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Revealed by Linked-Read Genome Sequencing
Cell, 174 (2), 433-447.e19
DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.036, PubMed 29909985

Celestino R, Nome T, Pestana A, Hoff AM, Gonçalves AP, Pereira L, Cavadas B, Eloy C, Bjøro T, Sobrinho-Simões M, Skotheim RI, Soares P (2018)
CRABP1, C1QL1 and LCN2 are biomarkers of differentiated thyroid carcinoma, and predict extrathyroidal extension
BMC Cancer, 18 (1), 68
DOI 10.1186/s12885-017-3948-3, PubMed 29321030

Lågstad S, Zhao S, Hoff AM, Johannessen B, Lingjærde OC, Skotheim RI (2017)
chimeraviz: a tool for visualizing chimeric RNA
Bioinformatics, 33 (18), 2954-2956
DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx329, PubMed 28525538

Zhao S, Løvf M, Carm KT, Bakken AC, Hoff AM, Skotheim RI (2017)
Novel transcription-induced fusion RNAs in prostate cancer
Oncotarget, 8 (30), 49133-49143
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.17099, PubMed 28467780

Hoff AM, Alagaratnam S, Zhao S, Bruun J, Andrews PW, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2015)
Identification of Novel Fusion Genes in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors
Cancer Res, 76 (1), 108-16
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-15-1790, PubMed 26659575

Hoff AM, Johannessen B, Alagaratnam S, Zhao S, Nome T, Løvf M, Bakken AC, Hektoen M, Sveen A, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2015)
Novel RNA variants in colorectal cancers
Oncotarget, 6 (34), 36587-602
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.5500, PubMed 26474385

Nome T, Hoff AM, Bakken AC, Rognum TO, Nesbakken A, Skotheim RI (2014)
High frequency of fusion transcripts involving TCF7L2 in colorectal cancer: novel fusion partner and splice variants
PLoS One, 9 (3), e91264
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0091264, PubMed 24608966

Nome T, Thomassen GO, Bruun J, Ahlquist T, Bakken AC, Hoff AM, Rognum T, Nesbakken A, Lorenz S, Sun J, Barros-Silva JD, Lind GE, Myklebost O, Teixeira MR, Meza-Zepeda LA, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2013)
Common fusion transcripts identified in colorectal cancer cell lines by high-throughput RNA sequencing
Transl Oncol, 6 (5), 546-53
DOI 10.1593/tlo.13457, PubMed 24151535

Alagaratnam S, Harrison N, Bakken AC, Hoff AM, Jones M, Sveen A, Moore HD, Andrews PW, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2013)
Transforming pluripotency: an exon-level study of malignancy-specific transcripts in human embryonal carcinoma and embryonic stem cells
Stem Cells Dev, 22 (7), 1136-46
DOI 10.1089/scd.2012.0369, PubMed 23137282

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