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Sonali J. Bracken

Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine
Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine · 2025 - Present Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology, Medicine

Recent Scholarly Works


Revisiting the CD40-CD40L axis: from mechanistic insight to therapeutic renewal in autoimmune disease.

Journal article Curr Opin Rheumatol · May 1, 2026 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: CD40 ligand (CD40L, CD154) is a costimulatory molecule required for adaptive immune responses. It arms CD4 + T cells to provide critical "help" to B cells, dendritic cells, and other antigen-presenting cells through interactions with CD4 ... Full text Link to item Cite

What's atypical about human B cells after allogeneic stem cell transplantation?

Journal article J Leukoc Biol · May 7, 2025 Atypical B cells or age-associated B cells represent an alternative lineage of memory B cells. Emerging evidence suggests that context influences the apparent functional heterogeneity of age-associated B cells. While data support a protective role for age- ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


B Cell-Fibroblast Crosstalk Promotes Chronic GVHD of the Lung

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024 - 2026

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Education


University of Connecticut, School of Medicine · 2017 M.D.
University of Connecticut · 2017 Ph.D.