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Donna L Bratton MD

  • Department of Pediatrics
  • Senior Faculty Member
  • Professor
Website Address
CgD
Gender
Female

Board Certified

National Board Certification
Pediatric Board Certification - Written exam
Colorado Medical License
Pediatric Board Certification - Oral exam
Academy of Allergy/Immunology Board

Service

Education & Training

Education

Vanderbilt University Medical School (Nashville, TN)
MD, 1976-1980

Residencies

Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Intern and Resident: Pediatric, 1980-1983

Fellowships

National Jewish Health for Immunology
Allergy/Immunology, 1984-1987
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Neonatology, 1983-1984

Recent or Important Publications

Fernandez-Boyanapalli R, Frasch SC, McPhillips K, Vandivier RW, Harry BL, Riches DWH, Henson PM, Bratton DL. Impaired apoptotic cell clearance In CGD due to altered macrophage programming Is reversed by phosphatidylserine dependent production of IL-4. Blood. PMC Journal in Process. In Press. 2009.

Frasch SC, Zemski Berry K, Fernandez-Boyanapalli R, Jin H-S, Leslie CC, Henson PM, Murphy RC, Bratton DL. Activation of the NADPH oxidase generates lyso-phosphatidylserine and enhances clearance of activated and dying neutrophils via macrophage G2A. J Biol Chem. 283(48):33736-49, 2008.

Xiao YQ, Freire-de-Lima C, Schiemann WP, Bratton DL, Henson PM. Transcriptional and translational regulation of transforming growth factor-b production in response to apoptotic cells. 181(5):3575-85 PMCID: 2008.

Bratton DL, Henson PM. Apoptotic Cell Recognition: Will the Real Phosphatidylserine Receptor(s) Please Stand Up? Current Biology 18:R76-79, 2008.

Frasch SC, Zemski-Berry K, Murphy RC, Borregaard N, Henson PM, Bratton DL. Lysophospholipids of different classes mobilize neutrophil secretory vesicles and induce redundant signaling through G2A. J Immunol 178:6540-6548, 2007.

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