Michael T. Berton, PhD

Dr. Berton’s research program has focused on host cell signaling pathways that regulate innate and adaptive immune responses and the mechanisms that pathogens use to evade host immunity. His laboratory made early contributions to understanding how IL-4 and CD40 signaling pathways regulate germline immunoglobulin heavy chain gene transcription and heavy chain class switching. His lab also studied the role of Toll-Like Receptor signaling in regulating immune responses during infection and described novel regulatory mechanisms in TLR signaling. After directing an extramurally funded research program for 25 years at UT Health San Antonio, Dr. Berton has turned his efforts towards the administrative and educational missions of his Department and the University. He currently serves as Deputy Chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, Director of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences PhD Program in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and Scientific Director of the UT Health San Antonio/Mays Cancer Center Flow Cytometry Shared Resource.

Related diseases: Infectious disease, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disease.