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Dr John Worthington

Senior Lecturer in Infection Biology and Part I Director of Studies

  1. Published

    Loss of the TGFβ-activating integrin αvβ8 on dendritic cells protects mice from chronic intestinal parasitic infection via control of type 2 immunity

    Worthington, J. J., Klementowicz, J. E., Rahman, S., Czajkowska, B. I., Smedley, C., Waldmann, H., Sparwasser, T., Grencis, R. K. & Travis, M. A., 2013, In: PLoS Pathogens. 9, 10, 12 p., e1003675.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Mesenchymal stromal cells: inhibiting PDGF receptors or depleting fibronectin induces mesodermal progenitors with endothelial potential

    Ball, S. G., Worthington, J. J., Canfield, A. E., Merry, C. L. R. & Kielty, C. M., 03/2014, In: Stem Cells. 32, 3, p. 694-705 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Modulatory effect of long-term treatment with escitalopram and clonazepam on the expression of anxiety-related neuropeptides: neuromedin U, neuropeptide S and their receptors in the rat brain

    Piwowarczyk-Nowak, A., Pałasz, A., Bogus, K., Krzystanek, M., Błaszczyk, I., Worthington, J. J. & Grajoszek, A., 30/09/2022, In: Molecular Biology Reports. 49, 9, p. 9041-9049 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Modulatory effect of olanzapine on SMIM20/phoenixin, NPQ/spexin and NUCB2/nesfatin-1 gene expressions in the rat brainstem

    Pałasz, A., Żarczyński, P., Bogus, K., Mordecka-Chamera, K., Della Vecchia, A., Skałbania, J., Worthington, J. J., Krzystanek, M. & Żarczyńska, M., 31/08/2021, In: Pharmacological reports : PR. 73, 4, p. 1188-1194 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Molecular characterization and expression of urotensin II and its receptor in the flounder (Platichthys flesus): a hormone system supporting body fluid homeostasis in euryhaline fish

    Lu, W., Greenwood, M., Dow, L., Yuill, J., Worthington, J., Brierley, M. J., McCrohan, C. R., Riccardi, D. & Balment, R. J., 08/2006, In: Clinical Endocrinology. 147, 8, p. 3692-708 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Molecular neurochemistry of the lanthanides

    Pałasz, A., Segovia, Y., Skowronek, R. & Worthington, J. J., 1/09/2019, In: Synapse. 73, 9, 14 p., e22119.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Nesfatin-1, a unique regulatory neuropeptide of the brain

    Palasz, A., Krzystanek, M., Worthington, J., Czajkowska, B., Kostro, K., Wiaderkiewicz, R. & Bajor, G., 06/2012, In: Neuropeptides. 46, 3, p. 105-112 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLiterature reviewpeer-review

  8. Published

    Neurolight -astonishing advances in brain imaging

    Rojczyk-Gołębiewska, E., Pałasz, A., Worthington, J. J., Markowski, G. & Wiaderkiewicz, R., 02/2015, In: The International Journal of Neuroscience. 125, 2, p. 91-99 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. E-pub ahead of print

    Neuropeptides in the rat claustrum - An immunohistochemical detection

    Lipiec-Borowicz, A., Pałasz, A., Suszka-Świtek, A., Filipczyk, Ł., Della Vecchia, A., Worthington, J. J. & Piwowarczyk-Nowak, A., 30/04/2024, In: Acta histochemica. 126, 3, 152156.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Neuropeptides of the human magnocellular hypothalamus

    Pałasz, A., Della Vecchia, A., Saganiak, K. & Worthington, J. J., 30/11/2021, In: Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 117, 13 p., 102003.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Olanzapine increases neural chemorepulsant-draxin expression in the adult rat hippocampus

    Pałasz, A., Suszka-Świtek, A., Francikowski, J., Krzystanek, M., Bogus, K., Skałbania, J., Worthington, J. J. & Mrzyk, I., 27/03/2021, In: Pharmaceuticals. 14, 4, 8 p., 298.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Pharmacomodulation of brain neuromedin U signaling as a potential therapeutic strategy

    Pałasz, A., Worthington, J. J., Filipczyk, Ł. & Saganiak, K., 30/11/2023, In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. 101, 11, p. 1728-1736 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Regulation of TGFβ in the immune system: an emerging role for integrins and dendritic cells

    Worthington, J. J., Fenton, T. M., Czajkowska, B. I., Klementowicz, J. E. & Travis, M. A., 12/2012, In: Immunobiology. 217, 12, p. 1259-1265 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Seasonal changes in peptide, receptor and ion channel mRNA expression in the caudal neurosecretory system of the European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

    Lu, W., Worthington, J., Riccardi, D., Balment, R. J. & McCrohan, C. R., 15/06/2007, In: General and Comparative Endocrinology. 153, 1-3, p. 262-272 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Spexin and nesfatin-1-expressing neurons in the male human claustrum

    Pałasz, A., Lipiec-Borowicz, A., Suszka-Świtek, A., Kistowska, J., Horká, P., Kaśkosz, A., Piwowarczyk-Nowak, A., Worthington, J. J. & Mordecka-Chamera, K., 31/03/2024, In: Journal of chemical neuroanatomy. 136, 102400.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Spexin-expressing neurons in the magnocellular nuclei of the human hypothalamus

    Pałasz, A., Suszka-Świtek, A., Kaśkosz, A., Plewka, D., Bogus, K., Filipczyk, Ł., Błaszczyk, I., Bacopoulou, F., Worthington, J. J., Piwowarczyk-Nowak, A., Tyszkiewicz-Nwafor, M. & Wiaderkiewicz, R., 1/01/2021, In: Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 111, 6 p., 101883.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Staphylococcus aureus drives expansion of low-density neutrophils in diabetic mice

    Cohen, T. S., Takahashi, V., Bonnell, J., Tovchigrechko, A., Chaerkady, R., Yu, W., Jones-Nelson, O., Lee, Y., Raja, R., Hess, S., Stover, C. K., Worthington, J. J., Travis, M. A. & Sellman, B. R., 1/05/2019, In: Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129, 5, p. 2133-2144 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    TGFβ: a sleeping giant awoken by integrins

    Worthington, J. J., Klementowicz, J. E. & Travis, M. A., 01/2011, In: Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 36, 1, p. 47-54 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    TGFβ-activation by dendritic cells drives Th17 induction and intestinal contractility and augments the expulsion of the parasite Trichinella spiralis in mice

    Steel, N., Faniyi, A., Rahman, S., Swietlik, S., Czajkowska, B. I., Chan, B., Hardgrave, A., Steel, A., Sparwasser, T., Assas, M., Grencis, R. K., Travis, M. A. & Worthington, J. J., 18/04/2019, In: PLoS Pathogens. 15, 4, 25 p., e1007657.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. E-pub ahead of print

    The first identification of nesfatin-1-expressing neurons in the human bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

    Pałasz, A., Bogus, K., Suszka-Świtek, A., Kaśkosz, A., Saint-Remy, S., Piwowarczyk-Nowak, A., Filipczyk, Ł., Worthington, J. J., Mordecka-Chamera, K., Kostro, K., Bajor, G. & Wiaderkiewicz, R., 15/02/2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Neural Transmission. 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. E-pub ahead of print

    The GnRH analogues affect novel neuropeptide SMIM20/phoenixin and GPR173 receptor expressions in the female rat hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis

    Suszka-Świtek, A., Pałasz, A., Filipczyk, Ł., Menezes, I. C., Mordecka-Chamera, K., Angelone, T., Bogus, K., Bacopoulou, F., Worthington, J. J. & Wiaderkiewicz, R., 4/01/2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    The intestinal immunoendocrine axis: novel cross-talk between enteroendocrine cells and the immune system during infection and inflammatory disease

    Worthington, J. J., 3/08/2015, In: Biochemical Society Transactions. 43, 4, p. 727-733 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    The novel neuropeptide phoenixin is highly co-expressed with nesfatin-1 in the rat hypothalamus, an immunohistochemical study

    Pałasz, A., Rojczyk, E., Bogus, K., Worthington, J. J. & Wiaderkiewicz, R., 10/04/2015, In: Neuroscience Letters. 592, p. 17-21 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    The potential role of the novel hypothalamic neuropeptides nesfatin-1, phoenixin, spexin and kisspeptin in the pathogenesis of anxiety and anorexia nervosa

    Pałasz, A., Janas-Kozik, M., Borrow, A., Arias-Carrión, O. & Worthington, J. J., 02/2018, In: Neurochemistry International. 113, p. 120-136 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    The role of brain gaseous neurotransmitters in anxiety

    Pałasz, A., Menezes, I. C. & Worthington, J. J., 13/03/2021, In: Pharmacological reports : PR. 73, p. 357–371 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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