Entry Year: 1995
Graduation Year: 2003
Currently: Instructor in Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, John Hopkins School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Baylor University
Email: mwest12@jhmi.edu
Laboratory: Dr. Van Wilson, Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Thesis: "Molecular interactions between the bovine papillomavirus E1 helicase and origin of replication"
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Endocrinology, John Hopkins School of Medicine

Abstracts and Presentations 

•  Rodriguez, A., E. Greason, C.G. Roberts, M. West, A. Kolmakova, and T. Pollin.  Abstract 1389: “The Association Of Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I (SR-BI) Protein With HDL-C Levels In Humans With Hyperalphalipoproteinemia. “ Circulation 116:II_285, 2007.
• West, M., B. Asztalos, T. Pollin, W. Post, and A. Rodriguez. Abstract 1096: “Predictors Of Carotid Intima-media Thickness In Subjects With Hyperalphalipoproteinemia.” Circulation 116:II_220, 2007.
• Constantineau, J. A., E. D. Greason E. D., M. West, M. Filbin, J.S. Kieft, M.Z. Carletti, L.K. Christenson, and A. Rodriguez.  “The synonymous variant (RS5888/A350) within the scavenger receptor, class B, type I gene is associated with lower SR-BI protein expression. “ Atherosclerosis 9(1): S34, 2008.

Publications

• Gonzalez, A., C. Bazaldua-Hernandez, M. West, K. Woytek, and V.G. Wilson. "Identification of a short, hydrophilic amino acid sequence critical for origin recognition by the bovine papillomavirus E1 protein". J. Virol. 74: 245-253, 2000.
• West, M., D. Flanery, K. Woytek, D. Rangasamy, V.G. Wilson. "Functional mapping of the DNA binding domain of bovine papillomavirus E1 protein." J Virol 75:11948-60, 2001.
• Woytek, K., D. Rangasamy, C. Bazaldua-Hernandez, M. West, and V.G. Wilson. "Effects of mutations within two hydrophilic regions of the bovine papillomavirus type 1 E1 DNA-binding domain on E1-E2 interaction." J Gen Virol 82:2341-51, 2001.
• Wilson, V.G., M. West, K. Woytek, and D. Rangasamy. "Papillomavirus E1 proteins: form, function, and features." Virus Genes 24: 275-90, 2002.
• West, M. and V.G. Wilson. "Hydrophobic residue contributions to sequence-specific DNA binding by the bovine papillomavirus helicase E1." Virology 296:52-61, 2002.
• West, M. and V.G. Wilson. "Method for transferring mutations between plasmids." Biotechniques 32:44-46, 2002.
• West, M., E. Greason, A. Kolmakova, A. Jahangiri, B. Asztalos, T. Pollin, and A. Rodriguez. "The association of scavenger receptor class B type I protein with HDL cholesterol in subjects with hyperalphalipoproteinemia." J Clin Endo Metab 94: 1451-1457. 2009.
• West, M.  Dead adipocytes and metabolic dysfunction: recent progress. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 16: 178-182, 2009.
• Constantineau, J., E. Greason, M. West, M. Filbin, J.S. Kieft, M.Z. Caretti, L.K. Christenson and A. Rodriguez. The synonymous exon 8 variant (rs5888) within the scavenger receptor class B type I gene is associated with lower SR-BI protein expression and function in vitro. In revision.
• Naj, A.C., M. West, S.S. Rich, W. Post, W.H.L. Kao, D.M. Herrington, and A. Rodriguez. Association of scavenger receptor class B type I (SCARB1) polymorphisms with subclinical atherosclerosis: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Submitted.
• West, M., A. Kolmakova, and A. Rodriguez. 2009. The lipoprotein receptor, SR-BI, as a novel candidate gene for obesity. Manuscript in preparation.