Brandon Holmes, MD, PhD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Neurology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1700 4th Street, #504
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-353-2273
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-1153-840X Additional info
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    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


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    Oberlin College, Oberlin, OhioBA05/2007Neuroscience
    Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MOMD05/2017Medicine
    Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MOPhD05/2017Neuroscience
    UCSF, San Francisco, CA06/2021Neurology Residency
    UCSF, San Francisco, CA06/2023Behavioral Neurology
    UCSF, San Francisco, CAPostdoctoral Scholar, Wells Lab
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    UCSF2023Weill Award for Clinician-Scientists in the Neurosciences

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    Interrogating and Targeting Microglia Phagocytosis in Alzheimer’s Disease
    NIH 1K08NS133290-01Aug 1, 2023 - May 31, 2028
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Interrogating and Targeting the Microglia Cell-Surface in Alzheimer’s Disease
    BrightFocus Foundation A2022008FJul 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Neuroinflammation in Neurodegeneration: A Microglia Perspective
    UCSF ADRC Jul 1, 2022 - Jul 1, 2024
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R25 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Elucidating the Microglia Surfaceome
    NIH 2R25NS070680-11Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2023
    Tracking the Propagation of Misfolded Tau: A Study of Cellular Uptake and Traffic
    NIH F31NS079039Apr 1, 2012 - Mar 31, 2015
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Jugular Foramen Syndrome Caused by Varicella Zoster Virus Infection. Neurohospitalist. 2023 Jul; 13(3):290-293. Adjepong KO, LaHue SC, Ha D, Holmes BB. PMID: 37441204; PMCID: PMC10334059.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1  
    2. A striking dichotomy. J Hosp Med. 2022 06; 17(6):485-488. Thomas NJ, Shekarchian S, Bock MA, Holmes BB, Geha RM, Shah MP. PMID: 35535948; PMCID: PMC9197992.
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    3. Author Response: Amnestic Syndrome and Bilateral Hippocampal Diffusion Abnormalities From Opioid Use. Neurol Clin Pract. 2021 Oct; 11(5):600. Holmes BB, Ahlbach C, Narvid J, Rosendale N. PMID: 34840872; PMCID: PMC8610551.
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    4. Amnestic Syndrome and Bilateral Hippocampal Diffusion Abnormalities From Opioid Use. Neurol Clin Pract. 2021 Oct; 11(5):e801-e802. Ahlbach C, Holmes BB, Narvid J, Rosendale N. PMID: 34840916; PMCID: PMC8610555.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2  
    5. Clinical Reasoning: A 2-Day-Old Boy With Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Encephalopathy. Neurology. 2021 10 26; 97(17):e1743-e1746. Holmes BB, Russ JB, Wu YW, Gallagher RC, Gano D. PMID: 34158382; PMCID: PMC10513875.
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    6. Hyper-Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy-Like Syndrome in Early Pregnancy. Neurohospitalist. 2022 Jan; 12(1):90-95. Holmes BB, Nolan A, Wong C, Sun CH. PMID: 34950393; PMCID: PMC8689535.
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    7. An isolated ruptured spinal aneurysm presents with a thalamic Infarct: case report. BMC Neurol. 2021 Feb 03; 21(1):52. Tenorio A, Holmes BB, Abla AA, Amans M, Meisel K. PMID: 33535981; PMCID: PMC7856767.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. A synthetic heparinoid blocks Tau aggregate cell uptake and amplification. J Biol Chem. 2020 03 06; 295(10):2974-2983. Stopschinski BE, Thomas TL, Nadji S, Darvish E, Fan L, Holmes BB, Modi AR, Finnell JG, Kashmer OM, Estill-Terpack S, Mirbaha H, Luu HS, Diamond MI. PMID: 31974166; PMCID: PMC7062170.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    9. Adult-Onset Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis With a 30-Year Latent Period. Neurohospitalist. 2020 Apr; 10(2):127-132. Holmes BB, Conell-Price J, Kreple CJ, Ashraf D, Betjemann J, Rosendale N. PMID: 32373277; PMCID: PMC7191669.
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    10. Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy have distinct α-synuclein seed characteristics. J Biol Chem. 2019 01 18; 294(3):1045-1058. Yamasaki TR, Holmes BB, Furman JL, Dhavale DD, Su BW, Song ES, Cairns NJ, Kotzbauer PT, Diamond MI. PMID: 30478174; PMCID: PMC6341389.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 91     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    11. Specific glycosaminoglycan chain length and sulfation patterns are required for cell uptake of tau versus α-synuclein and β-amyloid aggregates. J Biol Chem. 2018 07 06; 293(27):10826-10840. Stopschinski BE, Holmes BB, Miller GM, Manon VA, Vaquer-Alicea J, Prueitt WL, Hsieh-Wilson LC, Diamond MI. PMID: 29752409; PMCID: PMC6036193.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 81     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Causing An Optic Tract Syndrome. J Neuroophthalmol. 2017 06; 37(2):179-181. Holmes BB, Green WC, Kung NH, Goebel JA, Van Stavern GP. PMID: 28350571.
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    13. Cellular Models for the Study of Prions. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2017 Feb 01; 7(2). Holmes BB, Diamond MI. PMID: 27815306; PMCID: PMC5287063.
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    14. Tau reduction prevents neuronal loss and reverses pathological tau deposition and seeding in mice with tauopathy. Sci Transl Med. 2017 01 25; 9(374). DeVos SL, Miller RL, Schoch KM, Holmes BB, Kebodeaux CS, Wegener AJ, Chen G, Shen T, Tran H, Nichols B, Zanardi TA, Kordasiewicz HB, Swayze EE, Bennett CF, Diamond MI, Miller TM. PMID: 28123067; PMCID: PMC5792300.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 194     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    15. Prions and Protein Assemblies that Convey Biological Information in Health and Disease. Neuron. 2016 Feb 03; 89(3):433-48. Sanders DW, Kaufman SK, Holmes BB, Diamond MI. PMID: 26844828; PMCID: PMC4748384.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 45     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    16. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans mediate Aβ-induced oxidative stress and hypercontractility in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells. Mol Neurodegener. 2016 Jan 22; 11:9. Reynolds MR, Singh I, Azad TD, Holmes BB, Verghese PB, Dietrich HH, Diamond M, Bu G, Han BH, Zipfel GJ. PMID: 26801396; PMCID: PMC4722750.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    17. Sensitive Detection of Proteopathic Seeding Activity with FRET Flow Cytometry. J Vis Exp. 2015 Dec 08; (106):e53205. Furman JL, Holmes BB, Diamond MI. PMID: 26710240; PMCID: PMC4692784.
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    18. Tau Trimers Are the Minimal Propagation Unit Spontaneously Internalized to Seed Intracellular Aggregation. J Biol Chem. 2015 Jun 12; 290(24):14893-903. Mirbaha H, Holmes BB, Sanders DW, Bieschke J, Diamond MI. PMID: 25887395; PMCID: PMC4463437.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 111     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    19. Proteopathic tau seeding predicts tauopathy in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Oct 14; 111(41):E4376-85. Holmes BB, Furman JL, Mahan TE, Yamasaki TR, Mirbaha H, Eades WC, Belaygorod L, Cairns NJ, Holtzman DM, Diamond MI. PMID: 25261551; PMCID: PMC4205609.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 294     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    20. Prion-like properties of Tau protein: the importance of extracellular Tau as a therapeutic target. J Biol Chem. 2014 Jul 18; 289(29):19855-61. Holmes BB, Diamond MI. PMID: 24860099; PMCID: PMC4106306.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 104     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    21. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans mediate internalization and propagation of specific proteopathic seeds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Aug 13; 110(33):E3138-47. Holmes BB, DeVos SL, Kfoury N, Li M, Jacks R, Yanamandra K, Ouidja MO, Brodsky FM, Marasa J, Bagchi DP, Kotzbauer PT, Miller TM, Papy-Garcia D, Diamond MI. PMID: 23898162; PMCID: PMC3746848.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 417     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    22. An N-terminal nuclear export signal regulates trafficking and aggregation of Huntingtin (Htt) protein exon 1. J Biol Chem. 2013 Mar 01; 288(9):6063-71. Zheng Z, Li A, Holmes BB, Marasa JC, Diamond MI. PMID: 23319588; PMCID: PMC3585045.
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    23. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor acts as a neurotrophin in the developing inner ear. Development. 2012 Dec; 139(24):4666-74. Bank LM, Bianchi LM, Ebisu F, Lerman-Sinkoff D, Smiley EC, Shen YC, Ramamurthy P, Thompson DL, Roth TM, Beck CR, Flynn M, Teller RS, Feng L, Llewellyn GN, Holmes B, Sharples C, Coutinho-Budd J, Linn SA, Chervenak AP, Dolan DF, Benson J, Kanicki A, Martin CA, Altschuler R, Koch AE, Koch AE, Jewett EM, Germiller JA, Barald KF. PMID: 23172918; PMCID: PMC3509728.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 20     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    24. Cellular mechanisms of protein aggregate propagation. Curr Opin Neurol. 2012 Dec; 25(6):721-6. Holmes BB, Diamond MI. PMID: 23108252; PMCID: PMC3564233.
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    25. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and organ donation: is there risk of disease transmission? Ann Neurol. 2012 Dec; 72(6):832-6. Holmes BB, Diamond MI. PMID: 23280834; PMCID: PMC3569489.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Trans-cellular propagation of Tau aggregation by fibrillar species. J Biol Chem. 2012 Jun 01; 287(23):19440-51. Kfoury N, Holmes BB, Jiang H, Holtzman DM, Diamond MI. PMID: 22461630; PMCID: PMC3365982.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 294     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    27. In vivo microdialysis reveals age-dependent decrease of brain interstitial fluid tau levels in P301S human tau transgenic mice. J Neurosci. 2011 Sep 14; 31(37):13110-7. Yamada K, Cirrito JR, Stewart FR, Jiang H, Finn MB, Holmes BB, Binder LI, Mandelkow EM, Diamond MI, Lee VM, Holtzman DM. PMID: 21917794; PMCID: PMC4299126.
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