Read Pukkila-Worley

Ausubel Lab


Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical Center


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Publications
    2012
  1. Uppuluri P, Chaturvedi AK, Jani N, Pukkila-Worley R, Monteagudo C, Mylonakis E, Köhler JR, Lopez Ribot JL. Physiologic Expression of the Candida albicans Pescadillo Homolog Is Required for Virulence in a Murine Model of Hematogenously Disseminated Candidiasis. Eukaryotic Cell 2012 Dec; 11(12):1552-6.

  2. Pukkila-Worley R, Feinbaum R, Kirienko NV, Larkins-Ford J, Conery AL, Ausubel FM. Stimulation of Host Immune Defenses by a Small Molecule Protects C. elegans from Bacterial Infection. PLoS Genet. 2012 Jun; 8(6):e1002733.

  3. Pukkila-Worley R, Ausubel FM. Immune defense mechanisms in the Caenorhabditis elegans intestinal epithelium. Curr. Opin. Immunol. 2012 Feb; 24(1):3-9.

    4. 2011
  4. Pukkila-Worley R, Ausubel FM, Mylonakis E. Candida albicans infection of Caenorhabditis elegans induces antifungal immune defenses. PLoS Pathog. 2011 Jun; 7(6):e1002074.

    5. 2010
  5. Pukkila-Worley R, Mylonakis E. From the outside in and the inside out: Antifungal immune responses in Caenorhabditis elegans. Virulence ; 1(3):111-2.

    6. 2009
  6. Pukkila-Worley R, Peleg AY, Tampakakis E, Mylonakis E. Candida albicans hyphal formation and virulence assessed using a Caenorhabditis elegans infection model. Eukaryotic Cell 2009 Nov; 8(11):1750-8.

  7. Means TK, Mylonakis E, Tampakakis E, Colvin RA, Seung E, Puckett L, Tai MF, Stewart CR, Pukkila-Worley R, Hickman SE, Moore KJ, Calderwood SB, Hacohen N, Luster AD, El Khoury J. Evolutionarily conserved recognition and innate immunity to fungal pathogens by the scavenger receptors SCARF1 and CD36. J. Exp. Med. 2009 Mar 16; 206(3):637-53.

  8. Pukkila-Worley R, Holson E, Wagner F, Mylonakis E. Antifungal drug discovery through the study of invertebrate model hosts. Curr. Med. Chem. 2009; 16(13):1588-95.

    9. 2008
  9. Pukkila-Worley R, Mylonakis E. Epidemiology and management of cryptococcal meningitis: developments and challenges. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2008 Mar; 9(4):551-60.

    10. 2005
  10. Fraser JA, Huang JC, Pukkila-Worley R, Alspaugh JA, Mitchell TG, Heitman J. Chromosomal translocation and segmental duplication in Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryotic Cell 2005 Feb; 4(2):401-6.

  11. Pukkila-Worley R, Gerrald QD, Kraus PR, Boily MJ, Davis MJ, Giles SS, Cox GM, Heitman J, Alspaugh JA. Transcriptional network of multiple capsule and melanin genes governed by the Cryptococcus neoformans cyclic AMP cascade. Eukaryotic Cell 2005 Jan; 4(1):190-201.

    12. 2004
  12. Pukkila-Worley R, Alspaugh JA. Cyclic AMP signaling in Cryptococcus neoformans. FEMS Yeast Res. 2004 Jan; 4(4-5):361-7.

    13. 2002
  13. Alspaugh JA, Pukkila-Worley R, Harashima T, Cavallo LM, Funnell D, Cox GM, Perfect JR, Kronstad JW, Heitman J. Adenylyl cyclase functions downstream of the Galpha protein Gpa1 and controls mating and pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryotic Cell 2002 Feb; 1(1):75-84.

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