Becky Worthylake, PhD

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	Becky Worthylake, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacology LSUHSC School of Dentistry 1100 Florida Avenue Room 6305 Clinic Building New Orleans, LA 70119 Phone: (504) 619-1076 bworth@lsuhsc.edu Dr. Worthylake's Lab
Degrees	BS Chemistry - 1989 University Of Oregon PhD Cell Biology & Experimental Pathology - 1998 University of Utah
Selected Publications	Wittchen ES, Worthylake RA, Kelly P, Casey PJ, Quilliam LA and Burridge K, Rap1 GTPase inhibits leukocyte transmigration by promoting endothelial barrier function, J. Biol. Chem. 10.1074/jbc.M412595200 epub, 2005. Wittchen ES, van Buul JD, Burridge K and Worthylake RA, Trading spaces: Rap, Rac and Rho as architechts of transendothelial migration", Curr. Opin. Hematol. 12:14-21, 2005. Worthylake RA and Burridge K, RhoA and ROCK Limit Membrane Protrusions during Directed Migration, J. Biol. Chem 278:13578-13584, 2003. Worthylake RA and Burridge K, Leukocyte Transendothelial Migration: Orchestrating the Underlying Molecular Machinery, Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 13:569-577, 2001. Worthylake RA, Lemoine S, Watson JM and Burridge K, RhoA is required for monocyte tail retraction during transendothelial migration, J. Cell Biol 154:147-160, 2001.
Additional Info	Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology