Catherine Brennan

Contact Information

Office: DBH 112A

Phone: 657-278-3637

Email: cbrennan@fullerton.edu

Catherine Brennan

associate Professor

Degrees

PhD, University of Southern California

MS, University of Southern California

BA, Williams College

Research Areas

Innate immunity; Phagocytosis; Genetic Approaches to Cell Biology; Blood Cells; Drosophila

Courses Regularly Taught

Cellular Basis of Life, Intermediate Cell Biology, Advances in Cell Biology, Immunology

Publications

Myers, A.L., Harris, C.M.,Choe, K-M., and Brennan, C.A. (2018) Inflammatory production of reactive oxygen species by Drosophila hemocytes activates cellular immune defenses.  Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm.  505:726-732. 
 
Park, S.H.,Lee, C.W., Park, J.Y., Roshandell, M.,Brennan, C.A., and Choe, K-M. (2018)  Requirement for and polarized localization of integrin proteins during Drosophila wound closure.  Mol Biol Cell.  29:2137-47.

Brennan, C. A., Ibarrondo, F.J., Shih, R., Sugar, C.A., Detels, R., Rinaldo, C.R., Margolick, J.B., Phair, J., Jacobson, L., Yang, O.O., and Jamieson, B.D. (2012) Early HLA-B*57-restricted CD8+ T lymphocyte responses predict subsequent HIV-1 disease progression. J. Virol. 86:10505-16. (cover article)


Brennan, C. A., Delaney, J.R., Schneider, D.S., and Anderson, K.V. (2007) Psidin is required in Drosophila blood cells for both phagocytic degradation and immune activation of the fat body. Curr. Biol. 17:67-72.
• Research Highlight:  Ahmad, S. (2007) Insect immunity: the psidin adventure. Nature Rev. Immunol. 7:90.
• Dispatch:  Hultmark, D. and Borge-Renberg, K. (2007) Drosophila immunity: Is antigen processing the first step? Curr Biol. 17: R22-R24.

Brennan, C. A., Anderson, K. V. (2004) Drosophila: the genetics of innate immune recognition and response. Annu. Rev. Immunol. 22: 457-83.