Representative Publications:
 
  Book Chapter:
 
 
Worth, R.G ., A.D. Schreiber. Fc receptors and phagocytosis. In. Molecular Mechanisms of Phagocytosis. Landes Publishers. In press. See online version here.
 
  Refereed Publications:
 
 
Worth, R.G., C.D. Chien, P. Chien, M.P. Reilly, S.E. McKenzie S.E., A.D. Schreiber. 2006. Platelet FcgammaRIIA binds and internalizes IgG-containing complexes. Exp. Hematol. 34: 1490-1495.
 
 
Huang, Z.-Y., Barreda, Z.R., Worth, R.G., Indik, Z.K., Kim, M.K., Chien, P., Schreiber, A.D. 2006. Differential kinase requirements in human and mouse Fc-gamma receptor phagocytosis and endocytosis. J. Leuk. Biol. 80:1553-62. .
 
  Huang, Z.-Y., Hunter, S., Kim, M.-K., P.Chien, Worth, R.G., Indik, Z.K., and Schreiber, A.D. 2004. The monocyte Fcgamma receptors FcgammaRI/gamma and FcgammaRIIA differ in their interaction with Syk and with Src-related tyrosine kinases. J. Leuk. Biol. 76:491-499.
 
 
Worth, R.G., Kim, M.-K., Jones, B.A., Daniels, A.B., Dickstein, R., Hunter, S., Chien, P., Schreiber, A.D. 2003. Differing structural requirements for FC gammaRIIA mediated signaling events. Allergy Clin. Immunol. Int'l. Supplement 2, p197-200.
 
 
Kim, M-K, Hwang, P.-H., Huang, Z.-Y., Jones, B.A., Sato, N., Hunter, S. Kim-Han, T.-H, Worth, R.G., Indik, Z.K., Schreiber, A.D. 2003. Signal sequence Fc gamma receptor transmembrane domains: Role in cell surface expression, gamma chain interaction and phagocytosis. Blood. 101:4479-4484.
 
  *Worth, R.G., Kim, M-K., Kindzelskii, A.L., Petty, H.R., Schreiber, A.D. 2003. Signal sequence within Fc gammaRIIA controls calcium wave propagation patterns: apparent role in phagolysosome fusion. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100:4533-4538. * Reviewed in Research Roundup, “Calcium waves in membrane fusion,” J. Cell Biol. 161:221.
 
  Petty, H.R., Worth, R.G., Todd III, R.F. 2002. Interactions of integrins with their partner proteins in leukocyte membranes. Immunol. Res. 25:75-95.
 
  Worth, R.G., Esper, R.M., Warra, N.S., Rosenspire, A.J., Todd, III, R.F., Petty, H.R.  2001. Mercury inhibition of neutrophil activity: evidence of aberrant cellular signaling and incoherent cellular metabolism. Scan. J. Immunol. 53:49-55.
 
  Ben-Ozer, E.Y., Warra, N.S., Esper, R.M., Worth, R.G., Kindzelskii, A.L., McCabe, M.J., Rosenspire, A.J., Petty, H.R.  2000. Mercuric chloride damages cellular DNA by a non-apoptotic mechanism. Mut. Res. 470:19-27.
 
  Petty, H.R., R.G. Worth, A.L. Kindzelskii. 2000. Imaging sustained dissipative patterns in the metabolism of individual living cells. Phys. Rev. Let. 84:2754-2757.
 
  Worth, R.G., L. Mayo-Bond, J.G.J. van de Winkle, R.F. Todd III, H.R. Petty. 1996. CR3 ( am b2; CD11b/CD18) restores IgG-dependent phagocytosis in transfectants expressing a phagocytosis defective Fc gammaRIIA (CD32) tail minus mutant. J. Immunol. 157:5660-5665.