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W Samuel Fagg

Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch
Verified email at utmb.edu
Cited by 437

Quaking and PTB control overlapping splicing regulatory networks during muscle cell differentiation

MP Hall, RJ Nagel, WS Fagg, L Shiue, MS Cline… - Rna, 2013 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Alternative splicing contributes to muscle development, but a complete set of muscle-splicing
factors and their combinatorial interactions are unknown. Previous work identified ACUAA (“…

[HTML][HTML] Quaking promotes monocyte differentiation into pro-atherogenic macrophages by controlling pre-mRNA splicing and gene expression

…, J Prins, HC De Boer, A Singh, WS Fagg… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
A hallmark of inflammatory diseases is the excessive recruitment and influx of monocytes to
sites of tissue damage and their ensuing differentiation into macrophages. Numerous stimuli …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-Free Amniotic Fluid and Regenerative Medicine: Current Applications and Future Opportunities

CM Bowen, FS Ditmars, A Gupta, JA Reems, WS Fagg - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Amniotic fluid (AF) provides critical biological and physical support for the developing fetus.
While AF is an excellent source of progenitor cells with regenerative properties, recent …

Autogenous cross-regulation of Quaking mRNA processing and translation balances Quaking functions in splicing and translation

WS Fagg, N Liu, JH Fair, L Shiue… - Genes & …, 2017 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Quaking protein isoforms arise from a single Quaking gene and bind the same RNA motif to
regulate splicing, translation, decay, and localization of a large set of RNAs. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Topoisomerase III-β is required for efficient replication of positive-sense RNA viruses

KR Prasanth, M Hirano, WS Fagg, ET McAnarney… - Antiviral research, 2020 - Elsevier
Based on genome-scale loss-of-function screens we discovered that Topoisomerase III-β (TOP3B),
a human topoisomerase that acts on DNA and RNA, is required for yellow fever virus …

The RNA helicase DDX39B activates FOXP3 RNA splicing to control T regulatory cell fate

…, SG Widen, FBS Briggs, SG Gregory, DC Ko, WS Fagg… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Genes associated with increased susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) have been identified,
but their functions are incompletely understood. One of these genes codes for the RNA …

Structural analysis of the quaking homodimerization interface

C Beuck, S Qu, WS Fagg, M Ares Jr… - Journal of molecular …, 2012 - Elsevier
Quaking (QkI) is a prototypical member of the STAR (signal transducer and activator of RNA)
protein family, which plays key roles in posttranscriptional gene regulation by controlling …

The RNA binding protein Quaking represses splicing of the Fibronectin EDA exon and downregulates the interferon response

KC Liao, V Chuo, WS Fagg, CM Modahl… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Quaking (QKI) controls RNA metabolism in many biological processes including innate
immunity, where its roles remain incompletely understood. To illuminate these roles, we …

Safety and efficacy of acellular human amniotic fluid and membrane in the treatment of non-healing wounds in a patient with chronic venous insufficiency

…, RA Lind, TC Broderick, WS Fagg - SAGE Open Medical …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic, non-healing venous ulcers of the lower extremity are often limb-threatening conditions.
Their management is characterized by a prolonged and frequently frustrating clinical …

Definition of germ layer cell lineage alternative splicing programs reveals a critical role for Quaking in specifying cardiac cell fate

WS Fagg, N Liu, U Braunschweig… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Alternative splicing is critical for development; however, its role in the specification of the
three embryonic germ layers is poorly understood. By performing RNA-Seq on human …