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Michael J. Thomas, Ph.D.

Michael J. Thomas, Ph.D.

Professor, Biochemistry
Translational Science Institute
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Translational Science Institute

Contact Information

Department: 336-716-2313

Email: mthomas@wakehealth.edu

Education & Training

  • Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles , 1973
  • B.S., Indiana University-Bloomington , 1969

Memberships

  • Am Assn Of Advancement Of Scie
  • Oxygen Society
  • Sigma Xi Society
  • Am Chemical Society
  • Am Soc Of Biochem & Mol Biolog
  • Am Soc Of Mass Spectrometry

NPI Number

  • 1124008073
Michael J. Thomas, Ph.D.

Michael J. Thomas, Ph.D.

Professor, Biochemistry Translational Science Institute
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Translational Science Institute

Research Interests

biotechnology, immunology/allergy/inflammatio, molecular biology/molecular me, structural biology

Contact Information

Department: 336-716-2313

Email: mthomas@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Scott KEN, Wheeler FB, Davis AL, Thomas MJ, Ntambi JM, Seals DF, Kridel SJ. Metabolic regulation of invadopodia and invasion by acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 and de novo lipogenesis. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(1):e29761.

Wang S, Wu J, Suburu J, Gu Z, Cai J, Axanova LS, Cramer SD, Thomas MJ, Perry DL, Edwards IJ, Mucci LA, Sinnott JA, Loda MF, Sui G, Berquin IM, Chen YQ. Effect of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids on castration-resistant Pten-null prostate cancer. Carcinogenesis. 2012;33(2):404-412.

Sorci-Thomas MG, Zabalawi M, Bharadwaj MS, Wilhelm AJ, Owen JS, Asztalos BF, Bhat S, Thomas MJ. Dysfunctional HDL containing L159R ApoA-I leads to exacerbation of atherosclerosis in hyperlipidemic mice. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012;1821(3):502-512.

Youm Y-H, Kanneganti T-D, Vandanmagsar B, Zhu X, Ravussin A, Adijiang A, Owen JS, Thomas MJ, Francis J, Parks JS, Dixit VD. The NLRP3 inflammasome promotes age-related thymic demise and immunosenescence. Cell Rep. 2012;1(1):56-68.

Miller CD, Thomas MJ, Hiestand B, Samuel MP, Wilson MD, Sawyer J, Rudel LL. Cholesteryl esters associated with acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase-2 predict coronary arter stenosis in patients with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome [abstract]. Acad Emerg Med. 2012;19(Suppl 1):S150.

Miller CD, Thomas MJ, Hiestand B, Samuel MP, Wilson MD, Sawyer J, Rudel LL. Cholesteryl esters associated with Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase predict coronary artery disease in patients with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome. Acad Emerg Med. 2012;19(6):673-682.

Bowlby SC, Thomas MJ, D'Agostino RB Jr, Kridel SJ. Nicotinamide phosphoribosyl transferase (Nampt) is required for de novo lipogenesis in tumor cells. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(6):e40195.

Sorci-Thomas MG, Owen JS, Fulp B, Bhat S, Zhu X, Parks JS, Shah D, Jerome WG, Gerelus M, Zabalawi M, Thomas MJ. Nascent high density lipoproteins formed by ABCA1 resemble lipid rafts and are structurally organized by three apoA-I monomers. J Lipid Res. 2012;53(9):1890-1909.

O'Flaherty JT, Hu Y, Wooten RE [deceased], Horita DA, Samuel MP, Thomas MJ, Sun H, Edwards IJ. 15-Lipoxygenase metabolites of docosahexaenoic acid inhibit prostate cancer cell proliferation and survival. PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e45480.

Sorci-Thomas MG, Thomas MJ. High density lipoprotein biogenesis, cholesterol efflux, and immune cell function. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012;32(11):2561-2565.

Potteaux S, Gautier EL, Hutchison SB, van Rooijen N, Rader DJ, Thomas MJ, Sorci-Thomas MG, Randolph GJ. Suppressed monocyte recruitment drives macrophage removal from atherosclerotic plaques of Apoe-/- mice during disease regression. J Clin Invest. 2011;121(5):2025-2036.

Wang L, Chen W, Feng Y, Ren Y, Gu Z, Chen H, Wang H, Thomas MJ, Zhang B, Berquin IM, Li Y, Wu J, Zhang H, Song Y, Liu X, Norris JS, Wang S, Du P, Shen J, Wang N, Yang Y, Wang W, Feng L, Ratledge C, Zhang H, Chen YQ. Genome characterization of the oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina. PLoS ONE. 2011;6(12):e28319.

Bhat S, Sorci-Thomas MG, Calabresi L, Samuel MP, Thomas MJ. Conformation of dimeric apolipoprotein A-I milano on recombinant lipoprotein particles. Biochemistry. 2010;49(25):5213-5224.

Zhu X, Owen JS, Wilson MD, Li H, Griffiths GL, Thomas MJ, Hiltbold EM, Fessler MB, Parks JS. Macrophage ABCA1 reduces MyD88-dependent Toll-like receptor trafficking to lipid rafts by reduction of lipid raft cholesterol. J Lipid Res. 2010;51(11):3196-3206.

Wilhelm AJ, Zabalawi M, Owen JS, Shah D, Grayson JM, Major AS, Bhat S, Gibbs DP Jr, Thomas MJ, Sorci-Thomas MG. Apolipoprotein A-I modulates regulatory T cells in autoimmune LDLr-/-, ApoA-I-/- mice. J Biol Chem. 2010;285(46):36158-69.

Bhat S, Bhat S [sic], Sorci-Thomas MG, Shah DP, Owen JS, Zabalawi M, Samuel MP, Thomas MJ. Biosynthesis of nascent HDL by ABCA1: what does lipid composition tell us about their formation? [abstract]. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010;30(11):e281.

Wilhelm AJ, Zabalawi M, Grayson JM, Major AS, Owen JS, Bhat S, Gibbs DP, Thomas MJ, Sorci-Thomas MG. Apolipoprotein A-I improves the regulatory T-cell response in autoimmune LDLr-/-, ApoA-I-/- mice [abstract]. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010;30(11):e269.

Mizel SB, Graff AH, Sriranganathan N, Ervin S, Lees CJ, Lively MO, Hantgan RR, Thomas MJ, Wood J, Bell B. Flagellin-F1-V fusion protein is an effective plague vaccine in mice and two species of nonhuman primates. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2009;16(1):21-28.

Sorci-Thomas MG, Bhat S, Thomas MJ. Activation of lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase by HDL ApoA-I central helices. Future Med: Clin Lipidol. 2009;4(1):113-124.

Wilhelm AJ, Zabalawi M, Grayson JM, Weant AE, Major AS, Owen J, Bharadwaj M, Walzem R, Thomas MJ, Sorci-Thomas MG, et al. Apolipoprotein A-I and its role in lymphocyte cholesterol homeostasis and autoimmunity. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009;29(6):843-849.

Cui Z, Thomas MJ. Phospholipid profiling by tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2009;877(26):2709-2715.

Thomas MJ, Bhat S, Sorci-Thomas MG. Three-dimensional models of HDL apoA-I: implications for its assembly and function. J Lipid Res. 2008;49(9):1875-1883.

Owen JS, Bharadwaj MS, Thomas MJ, Bhat S, Samuel MP, Sorci-Thomas MG. Ratio determination of plasma wild-type and L159R apoA-1 using mass spectrometry: tools for studying apoA-1Fin. J Lipid Res. 2007;48(1):226-234.

Zabalawi M, Bharadwaj M, Horton H, Cline M, Willingham M, Thomas MJ, Sorci-Thomas MG. Inflammation and skin cholesterol in LDLr-/-, apoA-I-/- mice: link between cholesterol homeostasis and self-tolerance?. J Lipid Res. 2007;48(1):52-65.

Berquin IM, Min Y, Wu R, Wu J, Perry D, Cline JM, Thomas MJ, Thornburg T, Kulik G, Edwards IJ, D'Agostino R Jr, Chen YQ, et al. Modulation of prostate cancer genetic risk by omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. J Clin Invest. 2007;117(7):1866-1875.

Witzenrath M, Gutbier B, Owen JS, Schmeck B, Mitchell TJ, Mayer K, Thomas MJ, Ishii S, Rosseau S, Suttorp N, et al. Role of platelet-activating factor in pneumolysin-induced acute lung injury. Crit Care Med. 2007;35(7):1756-1762.

Bhat S, Sorci-Thomas MG, Tuladhar R, Samuel MP, Thomas MJ. Conformational adaptation of apolipoprotein A-I to discretely sized phospholipid complexes. Biochemistry. 2007;46(26):7811-7821.

Mulya A, Lee J-Y, Gebre AK, Thomas MJ, Colvin PL, Parks JS. Minimal lipidation of pre-beta HDL by ABCA1 results in reduced ability to interact with ABCA1. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2007;27(8):1828-1836.

Owen JS, Thomas MJ, Wykle RL. Platelet-activating factor. Methods Enzymol. 2007;434():105-116.

Poole LB, Klomsiri C, Knaggs SA, Furdui CM, Nelson KJ, Thomas MJ, Fetrow JS, Daniel LW, King SB. Fluorescent and affinity-based tools to detect cysteine sulfenic acid formation in proteins. Bioconjug Chem. 2007;18(6):2004-2017.

Chen YQ, Berquin IM, Daniel LW, Edwards IJ, O'Flaherty JT, Thomas MJ, Tooze JA, Wykle B. Omega-3 fatty acids and cancer risk [letter]. JAMA. 2006;296(3):282.

Hicks AM, DeLong CJ, Thomas MJ, Samuel M, Cui Z. Unique molecular signatures of glycerophospholipid species in different rat tissues analyzed by tandem mass spectrometry. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2006;1761(9):1022-1029.

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Professor, Biochemistry

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