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Marlena Moors Westcott, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

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Department: 336-716-2011

Email: mwestcot@wakehealth.edu

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Education & Training

Ph.D., Temple University School of Medicine , 1987
B.S., Dickinson College , 1985

Marlena Moors Westcott, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-2207 | Department: 336-716-2011

Email: mwestcot@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Zhu X, Westcott MM, Bi X, Liu M, Gowdy KM, Seo J, Cao Q, Gebre AK, Fessler MB, Hiltbold EM, Parks JS. Myeloid cell-specific ABCA1 deletion protects mice from bacterial infection. Circ Res. 2012;111(11):1398-1409.

Mitchell LM, Brzoza-Lewis KL, Henry CJ, Grayson JM, Westcott MM, Hiltbold EM. Distinct responses of splenic dendritic cell subsets to infection with Listeria monocytogenes: maturation phenotype, level of infection, and T cell priming capacity ex vivo. Cell Immunol. 2011;268(2):79-86.

Henry CJ, Grayson JM, Brzoza-Lewis K, Mitchell LM, Westcott MM, Cook AS, Hiltbold EM. The roles of IL-12 and IL-23 in CD8+ T cell-mediated immunity against Listeria monocytogenes: insights from a DC vaccination model. Cell Immunol. 2010;264(1):23-31.

Westcott MM, Henry CJ, Amis JE, Hiltbold EM. Dendritic cells inhibit the progression of Listeria monocytogenes intracellular infection by retaining bacteria in major histocompatibility complex class II-rich phagosomes and by limiting cytosolic growth. Infect Immun. 2010;78(7):2956-2965.

Westcott MM, Henry CJ, Cook AS, Grant KW, Hiltbold EM. Differential susceptibility of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells and macrophages to productive infection with Listeria monocytogenes. Cell Microbiol. 2007;9(6):1397-1411.

Cook AS, Westcott M, Hiltbold E. Establishing the relationship between Listeria monocytogenes infection and dendritic cell maturation [abstract]. J Immunol. 2006;176(Suppl):S110.