NANCY R. WEBB
Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, REGULAR TITLE SERIESUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER
Updated: October, 2009I. Home Address
Lexington, Kentucky 40502
Home Telephone: 859-***-****
Office Address: University of KentuckyDepartment of Internal Medicine
Division of Endocrinology900 South Limestone
535 Wethington Health Science Building
Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0200
Office Telephone: 859-***-**** x 81385
Laboratory: 859-***-**** x 81386
FAX: 859-***-****
E-mail: abo4w3@r.postjobfree.com
Social Security Number:
Birth Date:
Certifications/Licensure: N/A
Marital Status: Married Bruce A. Webb, Ph.D. Two children.
II. Education
Institution Dates Degree Subject
University of Virginia 1977-1981 B.A. (with Distinction) Biology
University of Colorado 1981-1982 Pharmacology
University of Kentucky 1995-1999 Ph.D. Microbiology and
Immunology
III. Professional Experience
9/82-8/83Department of Biochemistry, University of Kentucky,
Lexington
9/82: Research Analyst
7/83: Promoted to Senior Research Analyst
10/83-1/88Molecular Biology Department, Oncogen, Seattle, WA.
10/83: Research Technologist I
11/84: Promoted to Research Technologist II
11/85: Promoted to Senior Research Associate
1/87: Promoted to Principal Research Associate
3/88-11/90Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station
Research Associate
1/91-12/94American Cyanamid Agricultural Research Division, Princeton, NJ
Molecular Biologist
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IV. Academic Appointments
1/95-8/99Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and
Molecular Medicine, University of Kentucky, LexingtonBiomedical Scientist
9/99-6/05Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and
Molecular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Assistant Professor
7/05-6/09Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and
Molecular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Associate Professor
with tenure
7/09- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and
Molecular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Professor with tenure
V. Hospital Appointments N/A
VI. Consultative Service N/A
VII. Teaching Activities
2002-present MI615: Molecular Biology; 3 lecture contact hours
2003-present NS606: Molecular Biological Applications in Nutrition; Course
Director; 20 lecture contact hours
2003 ABT395: Molecular Genetics; 1 lecture contact hour
2004 ABT201: 1 lecture contact hour
2006 ABT201: 1 lecture contact hour
2008 Mechanisms of Human Diseases: 2 lecture contact hours
VII. Advising Activities
Mentor for C.O.B.R.E.
Whitney Browning: advisor for ABT395 research project
2001-2002 Ryan Mulligan: advisor for ABT395 research project
2002-2003Tiffany Taylor: advisor for ABT395 research project
2003-2004Joseph Slusher: advisor for ABT395 research project
2005-2007 Daniel Slusher: advisor for ABT395 research project
(recipient of Agricultural Biotech undergraduate research award)
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2008- Kayla Talbott: advisor for ABT395 research project
(recipient of AMSTEMM Summer Research Grant)
Graduate student committees
2000-2006 Bing Sun (major advisor)
2002-2006 Meredith Bostrom (major advisor)
2003-2008 Lewamy Mamadou
2003-2007 Shoba Shetty
2005-present Xia Li (major advisor)
2006-present Xuan Zhang
2006-present Melissa Zack (major advisor)
2008-present Akin Akinmusire
2008-present Nicholas Hatch
2008 Huiyun Shen (outside examiner)
2008 Phillip Owens (outside examiner)
2008 Huiyun Shen (outside examiner)
2009-present Nadeem Mohammed
IX. Administrative Activities
2000-present VA Medical Center Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
2002 Chair, VAMC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
2003-2005 Curriculum Committee, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences
2003-present Equipment Committee, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences
2003 Search Committee, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences
Director
2004-present University of Kentucky College of Medicine Non-indemnified Risk
Committee
2004-present Department of Medicine Committee on Gender Equity
2005 Search Committee, Veteran s Administration Research Service
Administrative Officer
2005 Member, University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol
Research Six Year Review Committee
2005 Member, University of Kentucky HHMI Committee
2006 Search Committee, University of Kentucky Department of Surgery
Chair
Member, University of Kentucky Department of Internal Medicine
2006-present
Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Committee
Chair-elect, VAMC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
2008
Chair, VAMC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
2009
Search Committee, University of Kentucky Center for Nutritional
2009
Sciences
XI. Special Assignments
XII. Honors and Awards
1981-1982 NIH NRSA Pre-doctoral Fellowship1999 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)
1999 American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)
2000-2001 University of Kentucky Medical Center Research Fund Award
2001-2004 American Heart Association Scientific Development Grant
2002-2003 Atorvastatin Research Award
2004 Finalist, Irvine H. Page Young Investigator Research Award
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American Heart Association, Council on Arteriosclerosis,
Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
2004-2009 Annual University of Kentucky Wethington Research Award
XII. Professional Activity and Public Service
1989-present American Society for Virology
2001-present American Heart Association
2001-present Arteriosclerosis Council of the American Heart Association
2006 Member, Program Committee, Conference on Arteriosclerosis,
Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
2006-2007 Member, Research Committee, American Heart Association
Ohio Valley Affiliate
2006-2007 Member, Steering Committee, American Heart Association
Ohio Valley Affiliate
2007-2011 Member, Research Committee, American Heart Association
Great Rivers Affiliate
2008-2010 Member, Women s Research Leadership Committee, American
Heart Association Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and
Vascular Biology
2009 Co-Chair, Southeast Lipid Research Conference, Callaway
Gardens, GA October 2009
2010 Chair, Southeast Lipid Research Conference
Grant Member, NIH Study Section, Clinical and Integrative
reviewer: Cardiovascular Science (March 2005-June 2011)
Member, NIH Special Emphasis Panel Hematology IRG, ZRg1-
HEME-C (February 2007 and December 2007)
Member, Peer Review Committee 2B, American Heart
Association, Ohio Valley Affiliate (2003-2006)
Co-chair, Peer Review Committee 2B, American Heart
Association, Great Rivers Affiliate (2007-2009)
Chair, Peer Review Committee 2B, American Heart Association,
Great Rivers Affiliate (2010)
Ad hoc reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada
Ad hoc reviewer, Austrian Science Fund
Manuscript Atherosclerosis
reviewer: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
Circulation
Circulation Research
Journal Lipid Research
Journal Clinical Investigations
Lipids
Nature Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine
Pharmacological Research
Abstract grader Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association, 2004-2007
Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular
Biology, 2005-2008
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Session chair Southeast Lipid Research Conference, 2004
Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association, 2004
Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association, 2006
Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular
Biology, 2006
Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association, 2007
Southeast Lipid Research Conference, 2008
Mentor University of Kentucky Girls in Research Program for middle
school age girls 2004-present
Judge Kentucky State Science Fair 2007
Regional Science Fair 2008
XIII. Speaking Engagements
Local
1995 Department of Internal Medicine Research Seminar Series
Viral Vectors: Tools for the Researcher and Clinician
2000 Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences Seminar Series
The HDL receptor SR-BI
2001 University of Kentucky Cardiovascular Seminar Series
The metabolic fate of high density lipoproteins after processing by
the scavenger receptor B-I.
2002 Department of Pathology Seminar Series
Charting the fate of HDL particles in vivo: Studies in mice over-
expressing the scavenger receptor B-I
2004 Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences Seminar Series
A mechanistic link between LDL and atherosclerosis
National
1996 Gordon Research Conference on Serum Amyloid A (Ventura, CA)
Adenoviral vectors in the study of SAA function
1999 American Heart Association (Atlanta, Georgia)
SR-BI over-expression results in depletion of apoB-containing
lipoproteins that accumulate in apoE-deficient, but not LDL
receptor-deficient or apoB transgenic, mice
2002 Southeast Lipid Research Conference (Callaway Gardens, GA)
The fate of HDL particles after selective lipid uptake
2003 Atorvastatin ResearchAwards Summit (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Secretory phospholipases and atherosclerosis: Local and systemic
effects
2003 Southeast Lipid Research Conference (Callaway Gardens, GA)
Group V sPLA: Potential Role in Atherosclerosis
2
th
2004 5 Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and
Vascular Biology (San Francisco, CA) Hydrolysis of low-density
lipoprotein by secretory phospholipase A results in spontaneous
2
particle aggregation and promotes macrophage foam cell
formation
2004 Gordon Research Conference on Lipoprotein Metabolism (Meriden,
NH) Role of secretory phospholipases in lipoprotein metabolism
and atherosclerosis
2005 University of California, Davis
Secretory phospholipase A enzymes: A link between LDL and
2
atherosclerosis?
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2005 Columbia University
Group V sPLA: A mechanistic link between LDL and
2
atherosclerosis?
th
2006 7 Annual Conference of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and
Vascular Biology (Denver, CO) Secretory Phospholipase A2 in
Atherosclerosis
2006 FASEB Research Conference on Phospholipases (Saxtons River,
VT) Secretory phospholipase A enzymes: A mechanistic link
2
between LDL and atherosclerosis?
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Ridgefield, CT)
2007
Secretory Phospholipase A in Atherosclerosis
2
Pfizer (Chesterfield, MO) Secretory Phospholipase A and
2007
2
Atherosclerosis
University of Cincinnati Obesity Research Center Secretory
2007
phospholipase A s and atherosclerosis
2
Scientific Sessions (Orlando, FL) Group X sPLA deficiency
2007
2
increases adiposity and adipose tissue inflammation in mice
Gordon Research Conference on Lipoprotein Metabolism
2008
(Waterville Valley, NH) Group X sPLA negatively regulates
2
lipolysis in adipose tissue
FASEB Research Conference on Phospholipid Metabolism (New
2008
Haven, CT) Group V sPLA in atherosclerosis: An update
2
Southeast Lipid Research Conference (Callaway Gardens, GA)
2008
Role of Group X sPLA in adipose tissue
2
International
1999 European Atherosclerosis Society (Athens, Greece)
Scavenger Receptor BI (SR-BI) and clearance of apoB-containing
lipoproteins in apoE-deficient mice
XIV. Research and/or Creative Productivity
PUBLICATIONS
and de Beer, F.C. (2001) The fate of HDL particles in vivo after SR-BI selective
lipid uptake. Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
(Arlington, VA).
Bostrom, M.A., de Beer, F.C., Daugherty, A., Webb, N.R. (2002) Macrophage
expression of Group IIA sPLA in LDL receptor-deficient mice increases
2
atherosclerotic lesion formation in the absence of systemic effects on lipoprotein
metabolism. Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (Salt
Lake City, UT).
Wooton-Kee, C.R., Nasser, M., deVilliers,W.J.S., de Beer, F.C., Webb, N.R. (2002)
Macrophage-expressed Group V secretory phospholipase A modifies LDL and HDL
2
particles and is present in human and mouse atherosclerotic lesions. Conference on
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (Salt Lake City, UT).
Wooton-Kee, C.R., Webb, N.R. (2003) Hydrolysis of LDL by Group V sPLA
2
results in spontaneous particle aggregation. Conference on Arteriosclerosis,
Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (Washington D.C.).
De Beer, M.C., Webb, N.R., Asztalos, B.F., van der Westhuyzen, D.R., de Beer, F.C.
(2003) Remodelling of SR-BI-generated HDL remnants. Conference on
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (Washington D.C.).
Sun, B., van der Westhuyzen, D.R., and Webb, N.R. (2004) Class B scavenger
receptors: Defining receptor and ligand trafficking. Southeast Lipid Research
Conference (Callaway Gardens, GA).
Eckhardt, E., Cai, L., Szanto, A., Webb, N.R., van der Westhuyzen, D.R. (2004)
HDL particle uptake by scavenger receptor B-II requires the carboxy-terminal di-
leucine motif. Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
(San Francisco, CA).
Bostrom, M.A., Forrest, K., Boyanovsky, B. Daugherty, A., and Webb, N.R. (2005)
Retroviral vector-mediated overexpression of Group V secretory phospholipase A in
2
hematopoietic cells promotes atherosclerosis in low density lipoprotein receptor
deficient mice. Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
(Washington D.C.).
Sun, B., van der Westhuyzen, D.R., and Webb, N.R. (2005) Class B scavenger
receptor-mediated high density lipoprotein trafficking. Conference on
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (Washington D.C.).
Boyanovsky, B., van der Westhuyzen, D.R., and Webb, N.R. (2005) Group V
secretory phospholipase A-modified low density lipoprotein promotes foam cell
2
formation by a SR-A and CD36-independent process that involves cellular
proteoglycans. Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
(Washington D.C.).
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Sun, B., van der Westhuyzen, D.R., and Webb, N.R. (2005) A quantitative analysis
of high density lipoprotein retroendocytosis by scavenger receptor class B type I.
Southeast Lipid Research Conference (Callaway Gardens, GA).
Bostrom, M.A., Forrest, K. Boyanovsky, B., Daugherty, B., and Webb, N.R. (2005)
Retrovirus-mediated Group V secretory phospholipase A expression in bone
2
marrow-derived cells promotes atherosclerosis in LDLR mice. Scientific Sessions,
American Heart Association (Dallas, TX).
Boyanovsky, B, Shridas, P., and Webb, N.R. (2006) Syndecan-3 and -4 participate in
macrophage uptake of low-density lipoproteins hydrolyzed by Group V secretory
phospholipase A. Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
2
(Denver CO).
Sun, B., van der Westhuyzen, D.R., and Webb, N.R. (2006) Distinct mechanisms for
oxLDL uptake and trafficking by class B scavenger receptors SR-BI and CD36.
Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (Denver CO).
Shridas, P. and Webb, N.R. (2007) Group X secretory phospholipase A2 plays a role
in the regulation of adrenal corticosteroid synthesis. Conference on Arteriosclerosis,
Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (Chicago, IL).
Shridas, P., Bailey, W., Oslund, R.C., Gelb, M.H., and Webb, N.R. (2007) Group X
secretory phospholipase A negatively regulates adrenal glucocorticoid synthesis.
2
Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association (Orlando, FL).
Boyanovsky, B., Zack, M., and Webb, N.R. (2008) The capacity of Group V sPLA
2
-/- -/-
to increase atherogenecity of apoE and LDLR mouse LDL in vitro predicts its
atherogenic role in vivo. Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular
Biology (Atlanta, GA).
-/- -/-
Boyanovsky, B., Zack, M., and Webb, N.R. (2008) Studies in apoE and LDLR
mice reveal multiple roles for GV sPLA in atherosclerosis. Southeast Lipid
2
Research Conference (Callaway Gardens, GA).
Li, X. and Webb, N.R. (2008) Role of Group X secretory phospholipase A in
2
adipocytes. Southeast Lipid Research Conference (Callaway Gardens, GA).
Shridas, P. and Webb, N.R. (2008) Group X secretory phospholipase A modulates
2
macrophage inflammatory responses. Southeast Lipid Research Conference
(Callaway Gardens, GA).
Shridas, P., Bailey, W. and Webb, N.R. (2009) Group X secretory phospholipase A
2
enhances macrophage inflammatory responses by modulating expression levels of
ABCA1 and ABCG1. Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular
Biology (Washington, D.C.).
Zack, M., Shridas, P., Bailey, M., Forrest, K., Howatt, D.A., Daugherty, A. and
Webb, N.R. (2009) Group X secretory phospholipase A deficiency protects apoE-
2
deficient mice from angiotensin II-induced abdominal aortic aneurysms. Conference
on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (Washington, D.C.).
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De Beer, M.C. Webb, N.R., Wroblewski, J.M., Rateri, D.L., Ji, A., van der
Westhuyzen, D.R., and de Beer, F.C. (2009) Impact of serum amyloid A on high-
density lipoprotein composition, levels, and function. Conference on Arteriosclerosis,
Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (Washington, D.C.). Conference on
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (Washington, D.C.).
Shridas, P., Bailey, W., Gizard, R., Bruemmer, D., and Webb, N.R. (2009) Group X
secretory phospholipase A negatively regulates activation of liver X receptors.
2
Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association (Orlando, FL).
GRANT AND CONTRACT ACTIVITY
Active Research Support
NIH
P.I.: N.R. Webb
Group X sPLA: Regulator of Lipolysis and Glucose Homeostasis (R01
2
DK082419)
08/01/09 - 07/31/14; $1,659,111 (Direct costs $1,132,500)
NIH
P.I. A. Daugherty
Project 3 Leader: N.R. Webb
Mechanisms of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (P01 HL080100-01A1)
04/08/06 03/31/11; $8,438,000 (Direct costs $5,760,000)
NIH
P.I.: D.R. van der Westhuyzen
Project 3 Leader: N.R. Webb
HDL function and metabolism during inflammation (P01 HL086670)
04/01/07 3/31/2012; (Direct costs, $4,081,724)
NIH
P.I.: Lisa A. Cassis
Mentor: N.R. Webb
Center of Research in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease (1P20 RR021954-01A1)
07/01/08 6/30/13; (Direct costs $7,224,657)
NIH
P.I.: Lisa Tannock
Co-Investigator: N.R. Webb
Role of serum amyloid A in atherosclerosis (R01 HL096589)
09/01/09 08/31/11 (Direct costs $524,000)
Completed Research Support
NIH
P.I.: N.R. Webb
Co-investigators: F.C. de Beer, D.R. van der Westhuyzen, A. Daugherty
Group V sPLA in Atherosclerosis (R01 HL071098)
2
04/01/03 - 09/31/08; $1,810,000 (Direct costs $1,250,000)
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NIH
P.I.: D.R. van der Westhuyzen
Co-Investigator: N.R. Webb
SR-BI and SR-BII recycling and selective lipid uptake
8/15/057/31/09; (Direct costs $1,125,000)
NIH
P.I.: S.R. Post
Co-investigators: N.R. Webb. W. Akers, C. Loftin, G.R. Post
Regulation of Ras signaling by Rlf in myocytes (R01 HL75241)
12/1/03 11/30/08; $1,416,623 (Direct costs, $1,025,000)
NIH
P.I.: F.C. de Beer
Co-investigators: N.R. Webb, D.R. van der Westhuyzen
SR-BI mediated selective cholesterol ester uptake (R01 AG17237)
03/01/01 02/28/06; $1,102,500 (Direct costs $875,000)
NIH
P.I.: F.C. de Beer
Co-investigators: N.R. Webb
SAA and sPLA: Role in atherogenesis (R01 HL69463)
2
09/30/01 07/31/05; $1,206,440 (Direct costs $1,000,000)
NIH
P.I.: D.R. van der Westhuyzen
Co-investigators: N.R. Webb, A. Daugherty, F.C. de Beer
Class B scavenger receptors and foam cell formation (R01 HL65730)
09/15/00-08/31/04; $882,000 (Direct costs $700,000)
American Heart Association, Ohio Valley Affiliate
P.I.: Boris Boyanovsky
Sponsor: N.R. Webb
Bioactive molecules generated by secretory phospholipase A Group V and Group
2
X hydrolysis of LDL (AHA 0525425B)
07/01/05 06/30/07; $82,000 (Direct costs $82,000)
American Heart Association, Ohio Valley Affiliate
P.I.: Bing Sun
Sponsor: N.R. Webb
Class B scavenger receptors: Defining receptor and ligand trafficking (AHA
0415238B)
07/01/04 06/30/06; $36,000 (Direct costs $36,000)
American Heart Association, Ohio Valley Affiliate
P.I.: Meredith Bostrom
Sponsor: N.R. Webb
Macrophage-derived GX sPLA and atherosclerosis (AHA 0315079B)
2
07/01/03 06/30/04; $36,000 (Direct costs $36,000)
American Heart Association, National Center
P.I.: N.R. Webb
Scavenger receptor BI: Distinct functional domains (AHA 0130020N)
01/01/01 12/31/04; $260,000 (Direct costs $236,364)
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Atorvastatin Research Awards Program
P.I.: N.R. Webb
Inflammatory modification of HDL promotes delivery of oxidized lipids to
macrophages
07/01/02 06/30/03; $50,000 (Direct costs $50,000)
University of Kentucky Medical Center Research Award
P.I.: N.R. Webb
Scavenger receptor B-I and remnant lipoprotein metabolism
07/01/00 6/30/01; $15,000 (Direct costs $15,000)
OTHER CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Issued patents
Cloning and expression of transforming growth factor B2 issued June 22, 1993.
Compositions and methods for detecting and treating atherosclerosis ( U.S.
patent number #7,521,198) issued April 21, 2009.