Peter M Henson
MD, PhD
- Department of Pediatrics
- Integrated Department of Immunology
- Professor
- Phone
- 303-398-1380
- Fax
- 303-398-1381
- Email
- hensonp@njhealth.org
- Gender
- Male
Specialties
Research
Autoimmunity/Rheumatology, Basic Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, COPD/Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease/Emphysema, Infectious Diseases, Inflammation, Other Pulmonary Disease Research
Affiliation with University of Colorado Denver
Professor of Pathology, Medicine, Immunology and Pharmacology
Publications by This Author
Link to Faculty Publications
Link to PubMed for more papers
Education & Training
Education
- University of Cambridge
- PhD, 1967
- University of Edinburgh
- BSc with Honors, Microbiology, 1964
- University of Edinburgh
- BVM&S, 1963
Awards & Recognition
2005: ATS Burns Amberson Lectureship
2002: Honorary Doctorate of Medicine, Edinburgh
1980: AAP Park Davis Award
Recent or Important Publications
Gardai SJ, Hildeman DA., Frankel SK, Whitlock BB, Frasch SC, Borregaard N, Marrack P, Bratton DL, Henson PM. Phosphorylation of Bax serine 184 by Akt regulates its activity and apoptosis in neutrophils. J Biol Chem, 279:21085-21095, 2004.
Henson PM. Possible roles for apoptosis and apoptotic cell recognition in inflammation and fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 29:S70-6, 2003.
Gardai SH, Xiao Y-Q, Dickinson M, Nick J, Voelker D, Greene K, Henson P. By binding SIRP or calreticulin/CD91, lung collectins act as dual function surveillance molecules to suppress or enhance inflammation. Cell. 115:13-23, 2003.
Huynh, M-LN, Fadok VA, Henson PM. Phosphatidylserine-dependent ingestion of apoptotic cells promotes TGF1 secretion and resolution of inflammation. J Clin Invest 109:41-50, 2002.
Hoffmann PR, deCathelineau AM, Ogden CA, Leverrier Y, Bratton DL, Daleke DL, Ridley AJ, Fadok VA, Henson PM. Phosphatidylserine (PS) induces PS receptor-mediated macropinocytosis and promotes clearance of apoptotic cells. J Cell Biol 155(4):649-659, 2001.
