George Scott Worthen
VerifiedUniversity of Pennsylvania · Rehabilitation Medicine
Active 1983–2024
Research topics
- Biology
- Biochemistry
- Cell biology
- Pathology
- Immunology
- Medicine
Selected publications
DNA binding to TLR9 expressed by red blood cells promotes innate immune activation and anemia
Science Translational Medicine · 2021 · 201 citations
- Biology
- Immunology
- Cell biology
Red blood cells detect and bind cell-free nucleic acids, contributing to anemia and immune cell activation during acute inflammation.
Recent grants
NIH · $5.3M · 1999
CXC Chemokines and Regulation of Granulopoiesis
NIH · $2.1M · 2013–2020
NIH · $41.3M · 2018
Lung Host Defense in Microgravity
NIH · $658k · 2017–2019
NIH · $1.6M · 2016
Frequent coauthors
- 127 shared
Scott K. Young
Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates
- 100 shared
Peter M. Henson
University of Colorado Denver
- 82 shared
Jerry A. Nick
National Jewish Health
- 77 shared
Kenneth C. Malcolm
University of Colorado Denver
- 70 shared
Samithamby Jeyaseelan
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
- 70 shared
Junjie Mei
Dalian Medical University
- 56 shared
Jonathan G. Lieber
- 54 shared
Kevin K. Brown
University of Colorado Denver
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