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Joaquin Maximiliano Espinosa

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-PHARM General Operations
Phone303/724-7389

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    U2CHL156291     (RESNICK, ADAM CAIN)Sep 26, 2020 - Aug 31, 2025
    NIH
    Data Management and Portal for the INCLUDE (DAPI) Project
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R61AR077495     (ESPINOSA, JOAQUIN M.)Sep 25, 2019 - Apr 30, 2022
    NIH
    JAK Inhibition in Down Syndrome
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01AI150305     (ESPINOSA, JOAQUIN M.)Sep 18, 2019 - Mar 31, 2024
    NIH
    Understanding Down Syndrome as an Interferonopathy
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01GM120109     (ESPINOSA, JOAQUIN M.)Sep 21, 2016 - Jul 31, 2020
    NIH
    Mechanisms of gene expression control during the cellular response to hypoxia
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01CA117907     (ESPINOSA, JOAQUIN M.)May 26, 2006 - Jan 31, 2023
    NIH
    Mechanisms of gene expression control in the p53 network
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. McCurdy BL, Jewett CE, Stemm-Wolf AJ, Duc HN, Joshi M, Espinosa JM, Prekeris R, Pearson CG. Trisomy 21 increases microtubules and disrupts centriolar satellite localization. Mol Biol Cell. 2022 07 01; 33(8). PMID: 35476505.
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    2. Galbraith MD, Kinning KT, Sullivan KD, Araya P, Smith KP, Granrath RE, Shaw JR, Baxter R, Jordan KR, Russell S, Dzieciatkowska M, Reisz JA, Gamboni F, Cendali F, Ghosh T, Guo K, Wilson CC, Santiago ML, Monte AA, Bennett TD, Hansen KC, Hsieh EWY, D'Alessandro A, Espinosa JM. Specialized interferon action in COVID-19. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 03 15; 119(11). PMID: 35217532.
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    3. Klein JA, Li Z, Rampam S, Cardini J, Ayoub A, Shaw P, Rachubinski AL, Espinosa JM, Zeldich E, Haydar TF. Sonic Hedgehog Pathway Modulation Normalizes Expression of Olig2 in Rostrally Patterned NPCs With Trisomy 21. Front Cell Neurosci. 2021; 15:794675. PMID: 35058753.
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    4. Pham AT, Rachubinski AL, Enriquez-Estrada B, Worek K, Griffith M, Espinosa JM. JAK inhibition for treatment of psoriatic arthritis in Down syndrome. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 09 01; 60(9):e309-e311. PMID: 33630031.
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    5. Sullivan KD, Galbraith MD, Kinning KT, Bartsch KW, Levinsky NC, Araya P, Smith KP, Granrath RE, Shaw JR, Baxter RM, Jordan KR, Russell SA, Dzieciatkowska ME, Reisz JA, Gamboni F, Cendali FI, Ghosh T, Monte AA, Bennett TD, Miller MG, Hsieh EW, D'Alessandro A, Hansen KC, Espinosa JM. The COVIDome Explorer researcher portal. Cell Rep. 2021 08 17; 36(7):109527. PMID: 34348131.
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    6. Liggett LA, Galbraith MD, Smith KP, Sullivan KD, Granrath RE, Enriquez-Estrada B, Kinning KT, Shaw JR, Rachubinski AL, Espinosa JM, DeGregori J. Precocious clonal hematopoiesis in Down syndrome is accompanied by immune dysregulation. Blood Adv. 2021 04 13; 5(7):1791-1796. PMID: 33787858.
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    7. Sullivan KD, Galbraith MD, Kinning KT, Bartsch K, Levinsky N, Araya P, Smith KP, Granrath RE, Shaw JR, Baxter R, Jordan KR, Russell S, Dzieciatkowska M, Reisz JA, Gamboni F, Cendali F, Ghosh T, Monte AA, Bennett TD, Miller MG, Hsieh EWY, D'Alessandro A, Hansen KC, Espinosa JM. The COVIDome Explorer Researcher Portal. medRxiv. 2021 Mar 08. PMID: 33758879.
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    8. Andrysik Z, Bender H, Galbraith MD, Espinosa JM. Multi-omics analysis reveals contextual tumor suppressive and oncogenic gene modules within the acute hypoxic response. Nat Commun. 2021 03 02; 12(1):1375. PMID: 33654095.
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    9. Galbraith MD, Kinning KT, Sullivan KD, Baxter R, Araya P, Jordan KR, Russell S, Smith KP, Granrath RE, Shaw J, Dzieciatkowska M, Ghosh T, Monte AA, D'Alessandro A, Hansen KC, Bennett TD, Hsieh EWY, Espinosa JM. Seroconversion stages COVID19 into distinct pathophysiological states. medRxiv. 2020 Dec 07. PMID: 33330890.
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    10. Vita S, Di Bari V, Corpolongo A, Goletti D, Espinosa J, Petracca S, Palmieri F, Nicastri E. Down Syndrome patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: A high-risk category for unfavourable outcome. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Feb; 103:607-610. PMID: 33271290.
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    11. Tuttle KD, Waugh KA, Araya P, Minter R, Orlicky DJ, Ludwig M, Andrysik Z, Burchill MA, Tamburini BAJ, Sempeck C, Smith K, Granrath R, Tracy D, Baxter J, Espinosa JM, Sullivan KD. JAK1 Inhibition Blocks Lethal Immune Hypersensitivity in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome. Cell Rep. 2020 11 17; 33(7):108407. PMID: 33207208.
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    12. Deigendesch N, Hirsiger JR, Bigler MB, Ghosh A, Harder D, Jauch A, Espinosa JM, Recher M, Navarini A, Daikeler T, Berger CT. Tumoural soft tissue calcification in Down syndrome: association with heterozygous germline SAMD9 mutation and hyperactive type I interferon signaling. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 11 01; 59(11):e102-e104. PMID: 32594144.
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    13. Snyder HM, Bain LJ, Brickman AM, Carrillo MC, Esbensen AJ, Espinosa JM, Fernandez F, Fortea J, Hartley SL, Head E, Hendrix J, Kishnani PS, Lai F, Lao P, Lemere C, Mobley W, Mufson EJ, Potter H, Zaman SH, Granholm AC, Rosas HD, Strydom A, Whitten MS, Rafii MS. Further understanding the connection between Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome. Alzheimers Dement. 2020 07; 16(7):1065-1077. PMID: 32544310.
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    14. Espinosa JM. Down Syndrome and COVID-19: A Perfect Storm? Cell Rep Med. 2020 05 19; 1(2):100019. PMID: 32501455.
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    15. Espinosa JM. Transcriptional control by enhancers: working remotely for improved performance. Transcription. 2020 02; 11(1):1-2. PMID: 32054432.
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    16. Waugh KA, Araya P, Pandey A, Jordan KR, Smith KP, Granrath RE, Khanal S, Butcher ET, Estrada BE, Rachubinski AL, McWilliams JA, Minter R, Dimasi T, Colvin KL, Baturin D, Pham AT, Galbraith MD, Bartsch KW, Yeager ME, Porter CC, Sullivan KD, Hsieh EW, Espinosa JM. Mass Cytometry Reveals Global Immune Remodeling with Multi-lineage Hypersensitivity to Type I Interferon in Down Syndrome. Cell Rep. 2019 11 12; 29(7):1893-1908.e4. PMID: 31722205.
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    17. Powers RK, Culp-Hill R, Ludwig MP, Smith KP, Waugh KA, Minter R, Tuttle KD, Lewis HC, Rachubinski AL, Granrath RE, Carmona-Iragui M, Wilkerson RB, Kahn DE, Joshi M, Lleó A, Blesa R, Fortea J, D'Alessandro A, Costello JC, Sullivan KD, Espinosa JM. Trisomy 21 activates the kynurenine pathway via increased dosage of interferon receptors. Nat Commun. 2019 10 18; 10(1):4766. PMID: 31628327.
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    18. Steinparzer I, Sedlyarov V, Rubin JD, Eislmayr K, Galbraith MD, Levandowski CB, Vcelkova T, Sneezum L, Wascher F, Amman F, Kleinova R, Bender H, Andrysik Z, Espinosa JM, Superti-Furga G, Dowell RD, Taatjes DJ, Kovarik P. Transcriptional Responses to IFN-? Require Mediator Kinase-Dependent Pause Release and Mechanistically Distinct CDK8 and CDK19 Functions. Mol Cell. 2019 11 07; 76(3):485-499.e8. PMID: 31495563.
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    19. Wheeler LJ, Watson ZL, Qamar L, Yamamoto TM, Sawyer BT, Sullivan KD, Khanal S, Joshi M, Ferchaud-Roucher V, Smith H, Vanderlinden LA, Brubaker SW, Caino CM, Kim H, Espinosa JM, Richer JK, Bitler BG. Multi-Omic Approaches Identify Metabolic and Autophagy Regulators Important in Ovarian Cancer Dissemination. iScience. 2019 Sep 27; 19:474-491. PMID: 31437751.
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    20. Rachubinski AL, Estrada BE, Norris D, Dunnick CA, Boldrick JC, Espinosa JM. Janus kinase inhibition in Down syndrome: 2 cases of therapeutic benefit for alopecia areata. JAAD Case Rep. 2019 Apr; 5(4):365-367. PMID: 31008170.
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    21. Espinosa JM. Transcriptional CDKs in the spotlight. Transcription. 2019 04; 10(2):45-46. PMID: 30946639.
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    22. Oliphant MUJ, Vincent MY, Galbraith MD, Pandey A, Zaberezhnyy V, Rudra P, Johnson KR, Costello JC, Ghosh D, DeGregori J, Espinosa JM, Ford HL. SIX2 Mediates Late-Stage Metastasis via Direct Regulation of SOX2 and Induction of a Cancer Stem Cell Program. Cancer Res. 2019 02 15; 79(4):720-734. PMID: 30606720.
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    23. Abraham CG, Ludwig MP, Andrysik Z, Pandey A, Joshi M, Galbraith MD, Sullivan KD, Espinosa JM. ?Np63a Suppresses TGFB2 Expression and RHOA Activity to Drive Cell Proliferation in Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Cell Rep. 2018 09 18; 24(12):3224-3236. PMID: 30232004.
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    24. Fleenor CJ, Arends T, Lei H, Åhsberg J, Okuyama K, Kuruvilla J, Cristobal S, Rabe JL, Pandey A, Danhorn T, Straign D, Espinosa JM, Warming S, Pietras EM, Sigvardsson M, Hagman JR. Zinc Finger Protein 521 Regulates Early Hematopoiesis through Cell-Extrinsic Mechanisms in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment. Mol Cell Biol. 2018 09 01; 38(17). PMID: 29915154.
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    25. Galati DF, Sullivan KD, Pham AT, Espinosa JM, Pearson CG. Trisomy 21 Represses Cilia Formation and Function. Dev Cell. 2018 09 10; 46(5):641-650.e6. PMID: 30100262.
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    26. Guarnieri AL, Towers CG, Drasin DJ, Oliphant MUJ, Andrysik Z, Hotz TJ, Vartuli RL, Linklater ES, Pandey A, Khanal S, Espinosa JM, Ford HL. The miR-106b-25 cluster mediates breast tumor initiation through activation of NOTCH1 via direct repression of NEDD4L. Oncogene. 2018 07; 37(28):3879-3893. PMID: 29662198.
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    27. Fitzwalter BE, Towers CG, Sullivan KD, Andrysik Z, Hoh M, Ludwig M, O'Prey J, Ryan KM, Espinosa JM, Morgan MJ, Thorburn A. Autophagy Inhibition Mediates Apoptosis Sensitization in Cancer Therapy by Relieving FOXO3a Turnover. Dev Cell. 2018 03 12; 44(5):555-565.e3. PMID: 29533771.
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    28. Sullivan KD, Galbraith MD, Andrysik Z, Espinosa JM. Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation by p53. Cell Death Differ. 2018 01; 25(1):133-143. PMID: 29125602.
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    29. Sullivan KD, Evans D, Pandey A, Hraha TH, Smith KP, Markham N, Rachubinski AL, Wolter-Warmerdam K, Hickey F, Espinosa JM, Blumenthal T. Trisomy 21 causes changes in the circulating proteome indicative of chronic autoinflammation. Sci Rep. 2017 11 01; 7(1):14818. PMID: 29093484.
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    30. Hamlett ED, Ledreux A, Potter H, Chial HJ, Patterson D, Espinosa JM, Bettcher BM, Granholm AC. Exosomal biomarkers in Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease. Free Radic Biol Med. 2018 01; 114:110-121. PMID: 28882786.
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    31. Audetat KA, Galbraith MD, Odell AT, Lee T, Pandey A, Espinosa JM, Dowell RD, Taatjes DJ. A Kinase-Independent Role for Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 19 in p53 Response. Mol Cell Biol. 2017 07 01; 37(13). PMID: 28416637.
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    32. Liang K, Volk AG, Haug JS, Marshall SA, Woodfin AR, Bartom ET, Gilmore JM, Florens L, Washburn MP, Sullivan KD, Espinosa JM, Cannova J, Zhang J, Smith ER, Crispino JD, Shilatifard A. Therapeutic Targeting of MLL Degradation Pathways in MLL-Rearranged Leukemia. Cell. 2017 Jan 12; 168(1-2):59-72.e13. PMID: 28065413.
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    33. Andrews FH, Tong Q, Sullivan KD, Cornett EM, Zhang Y, Ali M, Ahn J, Pandey A, Guo AH, Strahl BD, Costello JC, Espinosa JM, Rothbart SB, Kutateladze TG. Multivalent Chromatin Engagement and Inter-domain Crosstalk Regulate MORC3 ATPase. Cell Rep. 2016 09 20; 16(12):3195-3207. PMID: 27653685.
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    34. Towers CG, Guarnieri AL, Micalizzi DS, Harrell JC, Gillen AE, Kim J, Wang CA, Oliphant MUJ, Drasin DJ, Guney MA, Kabos P, Sartorius CA, Tan AC, Perou CM, Espinosa JM, Ford HL. The Six1 oncoprotein downregulates p53 via concomitant regulation of RPL26 and microRNA-27a-3p. Nat Commun. 2015 Dec 21; 6:10077. PMID: 26687066.
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    35. Tentler JJ, Ionkina AA, Tan AC, Newton TP, Pitts TM, Glogowska MJ, Kabos P, Sartorius CA, Sullivan KD, Espinosa JM, Eckhardt SG, Diamond JR. p53 Family Members Regulate Phenotypic Response to Aurora Kinase A Inhibition in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Mol Cancer Ther. 2015 May; 14(5):1117-29. PMID: 25758253.
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    36. Warren CJ, Van Doorslaer K, Pandey A, Espinosa JM, Pyeon D. Role of the host restriction factor APOBEC3 on papillomavirus evolution. Virus Evol. 2015 Jan; 1(1). PMID: 27570633.
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    37. Allen MA, Andrysik Z, Dengler VL, Mellert HS, Guarnieri A, Freeman JA, Sullivan KD, Galbraith MD, Luo X, Kraus WL, Dowell RD, Espinosa JM. Global analysis of p53-regulated transcription identifies its direct targets and unexpected regulatory mechanisms. Elife. 2014 May 27; 3:e02200. PMID: 24867637.
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    38. Galbraith MD, Saxton J, Li L, Shelton SJ, Zhang H, Espinosa JM, Shaw PE. ERK phosphorylation of MED14 in promoter complexes during mitogen-induced gene activation by Elk-1. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Dec; 41(22):10241-53. PMID: 24049075.
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    39. Freeman JA, Espinosa JM. The impact of post-transcriptional regulation in the p53 network. Brief Funct Genomics. 2013 Jan; 12(1):46-57. PMID: 23242178.
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    40. Zhong L, D'Urso A, Toiber D, Sebastian C, Henry RE, Vadysirisack DD, Guimaraes A, Marinelli B, Wikstrom JD, Nir T, Clish CB, Vaitheesvaran B, Iliopoulos O, Kurland I, Dor Y, Weissleder R, Shirihai OS, Ellisen LW, Espinosa JM, Mostoslavsky R. The histone deacetylase Sirt6 regulates glucose homeostasis via Hif1alpha. Cell. 2010 Jan 22; 140(2):280-93. PMID: 20141841.
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    41. Beckerman R, Donner AJ, Mattia M, Peart MJ, Manley JL, Espinosa JM, Prives C. A role for Chk1 in blocking transcriptional elongation of p21 RNA during the S-phase checkpoint. Genes Dev. 2009 Jun 01; 23(11):1364-77. PMID: 19487575.
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    42. Knuesel MT, Meyer KD, Donner AJ, Espinosa JM, Taatjes DJ. The human CDK8 subcomplex is a histone kinase that requires Med12 for activity and can function independently of mediator. Mol Cell Biol. 2009 Feb; 29(3):650-61. PMID: 19047373.
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    43. Espinosa JM. Mechanisms of regulatory diversity within the p53 transcriptional network. Oncogene. 2008 Jul 03; 27(29):4013-23. PMID: 18278067.
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    44. Glover-Cutter K, Kim S, Espinosa J, Bentley DL. RNA polymerase II pauses and associates with pre-mRNA processing factors at both ends of genes. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2008 Jan; 15(1):71-8. PMID: 18157150.
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    45. Kalet BT, McBryde MB, Espinosa JM, Koch TH. Doxazolidine induction of apoptosis by a topoisomerase II independent mechanism. J Med Chem. 2007 Sep 06; 50(18):4493-500. PMID: 17696516.
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    46. Donner AJ, Szostek S, Hoover JM, Espinosa JM. CDK8 is a stimulus-specific positive coregulator of p53 target genes. Mol Cell. 2007 Jul 06; 27(1):121-33. PMID: 17612495.
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    47. Gomes NP, Bjerke G, Llorente B, Szostek SA, Emerson BM, Espinosa JM. Gene-specific requirement for P-TEFb activity and RNA polymerase II phosphorylation within the p53 transcriptional program. Genes Dev. 2006 Mar 01; 20(5):601-12. PMID: 16510875.
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    48. Espinosa JM, Emerson BM. Transcriptional regulation by p53 through intrinsic DNA/chromatin binding and site-directed cofactor recruitment. Mol Cell. 2001 Jul; 8(1):57-69. PMID: 11511360.
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