Becky Worthylake, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
1100 Florida Avenue
Room 6305 Clinic Building
New Orleans, LA 70119
Phone: (504) 619-1076
bworth@lsuhsc.edu
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.

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