Selected Publications
Ahlers-Dannen, KE., Spicer, MM. & Fisher, RA. RGS proteins as critical regulators of motor function and their implications in Parkinson's disease. Molecular pharmacology, 98:730-738, 2020. PMID: 32015009. DOI: 10.1124/mol.119.118836.
Perschbacher KJ, Deng G, Sandgren JA, Walsh JW, Witcher PC, Sapouckey SA, Owens CE, Zhang SY, Scroggins SM, Pearson NA, Devor EJ, Sebag JA, Pierce GL, Fisher RA, Kwitek AE, Santillan DA, Gibson-Corley KN, Sigmund CD, Santillan MK, Grobe JL.: Reduced mRNA Expression of RGS2 (Regulator of G Protein Signaling-2) in the Placenta Is Associated With Human Preeclampsia and Sufficient to Cause Features of the Disorder in Mice. Hypertension. 2019 Dec 23:HYPERTENSIONAHA11914056. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14056. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31865781
Chakravarti B, Yang J, Ahlers-Dannen KE, Luo Z, Flaherty HA, Meyerholz DK, Anderson ME, Fisher RA. Essentiality of Regulator of G Protein Signaling 6 and Oxidized Ca/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II in Notch Signaling and Cardiovascular Development. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2017; 6(11). PMID: 29079565, PMCID: PMC5721783
Rorabaugh BR, Chakravarti B, Mabe NW, Seeley SL, Bui AD, Yang J, Watts SW, Neubig RR, Fisher RA. Regulator of G Protein Signaling 6 Protects the Heart from Ischemic Injury. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics. 2017; 360(3):409-416. PMID: 28035008, PMCID: PMC5325075
Yang J, Platt LT, Maity B, Ahlers KE, Luo Z, Lin Z, Chakravarti B, Ibeawuchi SR, Askeland RW, Bondaruk J, Czerniak BA, Fisher RA. RGS6 is an essential tumor suppressor that prevents bladder carcinogenesis by promoting p53 activation and DNMT1 downregulation. Oncotarget. 2016; 7(43):69159-69172. PMID: 27713144, PMCID: PMC5342467
Ahlers KE, Chakravarti B, Fisher RA. RGS6 as a Novel Therapeutic Target in CNS Diseases and Cancer. The AAPS journal. 2016; 18(3):560-72. PMID: 27002730, PMCID: PMC5256616
Stewart A, Fisher RA. Introduction: G Protein-coupled Receptors and RGS Proteins. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 2015; 133:1-11. PMID: 26123299
Stewart A, Maity B, Fisher RA. Two for the Price of One: G Protein-Dependent and -Independent Functions of RGS6 In Vivo. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 2015; 133:123-51. PMID: 26123305
Stewart A, Maity B, Anderegg SP, Allamargot C, Yang J, Fisher RA. Regulator of G protein signaling 6 is a critical mediator of both reward-related behavioral and pathological responses to alcohol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015; 112(7):E786-95. PMID: 25646431, PMCID: PMC4343156
Fisher RA. Preface. RGS Protein Physiology and Pathophysiology. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 2015; 133:xi-xii.PMID: 26123308
Bifsha P, Yang J, Fisher RA, Drouin J. Rgs6 is required for adult maintenance of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral substantia nigra. PLoS genetics. 2014; 10(12):e1004863. PMID: 25501001, PMCID: PMC4263397
Huang J, Stewart A, Maity B, Hagen J, Fagan RL, Yang J, Quelle DE, Brenner C, Fisher RA. RGS6 suppresses Ras-induced cellular transformation by facilitating Tip60-mediated Dnmt1 degradation and promoting apoptosis. Oncogene. 2014; 33(27):3604-11. NIHMSID: NIHMS633989 PMID: 23995786, PMCID: PMC4232305