Anthony Valance Washington

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ph.D., 1998; Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Academic Department(s)

Anatomy and Cell Biology

Research Area

Molecular Biology

Research Interest

Platelet function

Publications

Soluble TLT-1 modulates platelet-endothelial cell interactions and actin polymerization. Morales J, Villa K, Gattis J, Castro W, Colon K, Lubkowski J, Sanabria P, Hunter R, Washington AV. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2010 Apr;21(3):229-36. PMID: 20093931

TREM-like transcript-1 protects against inflammation-associated hemorrhage by facilitating platelet aggregation in mice and humans. Washington AV, Gibot S, Acevedo I, Gattis J, Quigley L, Feltz R, De La Mota A, Schubert RL, Gomez-Rodriguez J, Cheng J, Dutra A, Pak E, Chertov O, Rivera L, Morales J, Lubkowski J, Hunter R, Schwartzberg PL, McVicar DW. J Clin Invest. 2009 Jun;119(6):1489-501. PMID: 19436112

Phenotypic heterogeneity in the Gray platelet syndrome extends to the expression of TREM family member, TLT-1. Nurden AT, Nurden P, Bermejo E, Combrié R, McVicar DW, Washington AV. Thromb Haemost. 2008 Jul;100(1):45-51. PMID: 18612537

Combined resveratrol, quercetin, and catechin treatment reduces breast tumor growth in a nude mouse model. Schlachterman A, Valle F, Wall KM, Azios NG, Castillo L, Morell L, Washington AV, Cubano LA, Dharmawardhane SF. Transl Oncol. 2008 Mar;1(1):19-27. PMID: 18607509

The structure of the extracellular domain of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells like transcript-1 and evidence for a naturally occurring soluble fragment. Gattis JL, Washington AV, Chisholm MM, Quigley L, Szyk A, McVicar DW, Lubkowski J. J Biol Chem. 2006 May 12;281(19):13396-403. Epub 2006 Feb 27. PMID: 16505478

Contact Information

Universidad Central del Caribe

P.O. Box 60327

Bayamón, PR 00960-6032

Tel.: (787) 798-3001 x 2159

e-mail: anthony.washington@uccaribe.edu