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Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phone:  618-650-5168
Fax:  618-650-5145
E-mail:  rworthi@siue.edu
Personal webpage:  http://rx-genomics.pharmacy.siue.edu

Ron Worthington


Biochemistry, Pharmacogenomics
A.B., 1974, Washington University in St. Louis
Ph.D., 1982, Washington University in St. Louis
Postdoctoral, 1982-1984, Washington University in St. Louis & Texas Tech Health
Sciences Center


Research:

Human genetic variation in drug response and adverse reactions
Genomics of human commensal lactic acid bacteria

Please see the personal webpage http://rx-genomics.pharmacy.siue.edu for current research activities and opportunities for students

Representative publications:

Waterston et al., Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome., Nature, 420 (6915), 520-62, 2002

Pharr PN, Hofbauer A, Worthington RE, Longmore GD., Residual erythroid progenitors in W/W mice respond to erythropoietin in the absence of steel factor signals. Int J Hematol. 2000 Aug;72(2):178-85.

Rubinstein, E., Carroll, R.C., Worthington, R.E., and C. Boucheix. Platelet activation by  receptors for the Fc domain of IgG. Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, 21:10-22, 1995.

CD9 antigen is involved with human smooth muscle cell migration. L. C. Engel, C. Boucheix, R.  E. Worthington. Blood 82(6):246, 1993 (abstr.).

Miniswine model for antiplatelet antibody-induced thrombocyopenia mediated by Fc receptor  activation.  R. C. Carroll, J. Tyler, M. H. Goldman, S. Stevens, and R. E.Worthington.  International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 69(6):1027-1033, 1993.

Worthington, R.E., Aubry, J.P. Studies of changes in cytoplasmic pH and membrane potential  using flow cytometry. In Flow Cytometry: New Developments, A. Jacquemin-Sablon, ed.,  Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 17-28, 1993.





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