Mark A Wurth, MD, PhD

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Position(s):

Allergy, Immunology, & Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow, Vanderbilt

MD/PhD Alumni

Affiliation(s):

MD/PhD Program

Bio / Education:

Biochemistry PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2006

PhD Disseration Project Title:

"Role of actin dynamics in paramyxovirus F mediated membrane fusion events"

MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2008

Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Residency: University of Kentucky College of Medicine; Chief Resident, Pediatrics - 2013

Current: Allergy, Immunology, & Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow, Vanderbilt University - Expected Completion: 2018

Mentor:

RE Dutch

PubMed Publications:

Wurth, M.;Papantonakis, C.M.;Nevel, R.J.;Thomas, C.S.;Sokolow, A.G.;Moore, P.E.;Rosas-Salazar, C. "Risk Factors Associated with Asthma Development and Control in Children. Mouse Infestation, Antipyretics, Respiratory Viruses, and Allergic Sensitization." American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 196, 12 (2017): 1605-1607. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
O'Connor, M.G.;Wurth, M.;Young, L.R. "Rare Becomes More Common: Recognizing Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia of Infancy in Everyday Pulmonary Consultations." Annals of the American Thoracic Society 12, 11 (2015): 1730-2. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Wurth, M.A.;Schowalter, R.M.;Smith, E.C.;Moncman, C.L.;Dutch, R.E.;McCann, R.O. "The actin cytoskeleton inhibits pore expansion during PIV5 fusion protein-promoted cell-cell fusion." Virology 404, 1 (2010): 117-26. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Schowalter, R.M.;Wurth, M.A.;Aguilar, H.C.;Lee, B.;Moncman, C.L.;McCann, R.O.;Dutch, R.E. "Rho GTPase activity modulates paramyxovirus fusion protein-mediated cell-cell fusion." Virology 350, 2 (2006): 323-34. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Meulendyke, K.A.;Wurth, M.A.;McCann, R.O.;Dutch, R.E. "Endocytosis plays a critical role in proteolytic processing of the Hendra virus fusion protein." Journal of virology 79, 20 (2005): 12643-9. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Pager, C.T.;Wurth, M.A.;Dutch, R.E. "Subcellular localization and calcium and pH requirements for proteolytic processing of the Hendra virus fusion protein." Journal of virology 78, 17 (2004): 9154-63. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Hermel, E.;Hart, A.J.;Gunduz, I.;Acton, H.;Kim, C.;Wurth, M.;Uddin, S.;Smith, C.;Fischer Lindahl, K.;Aldrich, C.J. "Polymorphism and conservation of the genes encoding Qa1 molecules." Immunogenetics 56, 9 (2004): 639-49. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]