Billy Tsai

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicineAgricultural and Biological Sciences

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Driven by 31 papers. Top paper: “Integration of ER protein quality control mechanisms defines β cell function and ER architecture”.

Integration of ER protein quality control mechanisms defines β cell function and ER architecture

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2022)10.1172/jci163584

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0.590DataRank · unranked

50 citations

Mauricio Torres, Jason Zhang, You Lu, Leena Haataja, Rachel B. Reinert +8 more

Selective EMC subunits act as molecular tethers of intracellular organelles exploited during viral entry

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-14967-w

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0.494DataRank · unranked

26 citations

Mauricio Torres, Ling Qi, Billy Tsai, Parikshit Bagchi

Non-enveloped virus membrane penetration: New advances leading to new insights

PLoS Pathogens(2022)10.1371/journal.ppat.1010948

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0.470DataRank · unranked

22 citations

Billy Tsai, Madison Pletan

Autophagy of the ER: the secretome finds the lysosome

FEBS Journal(2023)10.1111/febs.16986

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0.464DataRank · unranked

21 citations

Madison Pletan, Peter Arvan, Billy Tsai, Jeffrey Knupp

Sigma-1 receptor recruits LC3 mRNA to ER-associated omegasomes to promote localized LC3 translation enabling functional autophagy

Cell Reports(2024)10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114619

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0.406DataRank · unranked

14 citations

Yujie Chen, Emily Wang, Peter Arvan, Billy Tsai, Jeffrey Knupp

The BICD2 dynein cargo adaptor binds to the HPV16 L2 capsid protein and promotes HPV infection

PLoS Pathogens(2024)10.1371/journal.ppat.1012289

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0.385DataRank · unranked

12 citations

Jeongjoon Choi, Daniel DiMaio, Billy Tsai, Kaitlyn Speckhart

How host ER membrane chaperones and morphogenic proteins support virus infection

Journal of Cell Science(2023)10.1242/jcs.261121

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0.312DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Jeffrey M. Williams, Billy Tsai, Tai-Ting Woo

Rab6a enables BICD2/dynein-mediated trafficking of human papillomavirus from the trans- Golgi network during virus entry

mBio(2024)10.1128/mbio.02811-24

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0.292DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Kaitlyn Speckhart, Billy Tsai, Daniel DiMaio, Jeongjoon Choi

The atlastin ER morphogenic proteins promote formation of a membrane penetration site during non-enveloped virus entry

Journal of Virology(2023)10.1128/jvi.00756-23

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0.241DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Xiaofang Liu, Grace Cha, Yu-Jie Chen, Jeffrey Knupp, Billy Tsai +1 more

Distinct states of proinsulin misfolding in MIDY

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.05.10.442447

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Anoop Arunagiri, Anis Hassan, Kaitlin Regan, Billy Tsai, Balamurugan Dhayalan +4 more

Components of the LINC and NPC complexes coordinately target and translocate a virus into the nucleus to promote infection

PLoS Pathogens(2022)10.1371/journal.ppat.1010824

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9 citations

Grace Cha, Jiaqian Li, Billy Tsai, Chelsey C. Spriggs

A specific EMC subunit supports Dengue virus infection by promoting virus membrane fusion essential for cytosolic genome delivery

PLoS Pathogens(2022)10.1371/journal.ppat.1010717

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7 citations

Kaitlyn Speckhart, Andrew A. Kennedy, Andrew W. Tai, Billy Tsai, Parikshit Bagchi

Proteasomal degradation of WT proinsulin in pancreatic beta cells

Journal of Biological Chemistry(2022)10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102406

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7 citations

Anoop Arunagiri, Leena Haataja, Maroof Alam, Shuhui Ji, Ling Qi +4 more

Reticulons promote formation of ER-derived double-membrane vesicles that facilitate SARS-CoV-2 replication

The Journal of Cell Biology(2023)10.1083/jcb.202203060

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44 citations

Yu-Jie Chen, Woo Jung Cho, Andrew W. Tai, Billy Tsai, Jeffrey M. Williams

HPV is a cargo for the COPI sorting complex during virus entry

Science Advances(2023)10.1126/sciadv.adc9830

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21 citations

Tai-Ting Woo, Yuka Takeo, Daniel DiMaio, Billy Tsai, Mara C. Harwood

Nutrient-dependent regulation of β-cell proinsulin content

Journal of Biological Chemistry(2023)10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104836

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6 citations

Anoop Arunagiri, Maroof Alam, Leena Haataja, Charles R. Evans, Ivy Yan Zhao +8 more

Role of Sec61α2 Translocon in Insulin Biosynthesis

Diabetes(2024)10.2337/db24-0115

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6 citations

Thomas W. Bell, Truc Le, Ivy Yan Zhao, Emily M. Walker, Yiqin Wang +8 more

SIGMAR1/Sigma-1 receptor: a key regulator in stabilizing and translating LC3B mRNA for autophagosome formation

Autophagy(2024)10.1080/15548627.2024.2413313

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3 citations

Jeffrey Knupp, Emily Wang, Peter Arvan, Billy Tsai, Yu-Jie Chen

An ER-associated structure sequesters misassembled FG-rich nucleoporins to help maintain nuclear pore complex function

Journal of Cell Science(2025)10.1242/jcs.263659

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3 citations

Emily Wang, Luke Gohmann, Billy Tsai, Madison Pletan

Golgi-associated nuclear import receptor importin-7 targets HPV from the Golgi to the nucleus to promote infection

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.01.08.631933

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1 citations

Yuka Takeo, Mara C. Harwood, Ethan T. Houck, Daniel DiMaio, Billy Tsai +1 more

In situ cryo-ET redefines HPV disassembly and transport paradigms

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.09.06.674660

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0 citations

Jaimin K Rana, Billy Tsai, Shyamal Mosalaganti, Renaldo Sutanto

Golgi-associated BICD adaptors couple ER membrane penetration and disassembly of a viral cargo

The Journal of Cell Biology(2020)10.1083/jcb.201908099

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13 citations

Somayesadat Badieyan, Kristen J. Verhey, Michael A. Cianfrocco, Billy Tsai, Chelsey C. Spriggs

Limiting ER-associated degradation capacity triggers acute and chronic effects on insulin biosynthesis

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2025)10.1172/jci187341

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0 citations

Leena Haataja, Maroof Alam, Noah Gleason, Emma Mastroianni, Chen Cheng +10 more

Ubqln4 Facilitates Endoplasmic Reticulum-to-Cytosol Escape of a Nonenveloped Virus during Infection

Journal of Virology(2020)10.1128/jvi.00103-20

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9 citations

Billy Tsai, Xiaofang Liu

Reticulon protects the integrity of the ER membrane during ER escape of large macromolecular protein complexes

The Journal of Cell Biology(2020)10.1083/jcb.201908182

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27 citations

Jeffrey M. Williams, Peter Arvan, Billy Tsai, Yujie Chen

p120 catenin recruits HPV to γ-secretase to promote virus infection

PLoS Pathogens(2020)10.1371/journal.ppat.1008946

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27 citations

Allison Dupzyk, Takamasa Inoue, Daniel DiMaio, Billy Tsai, Mara C. Harwood

Normal and defective pathways in biogenesis and maintenance of the insulin storage pool

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2021)10.1172/jci142240

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68 citations

Yumeng Huang, Xiaoxi Xu, Xin Li, Maroof Alam, Anoop Arunagiri +9 more

PGRMC1 acts as a size-selective cargo receptor to drive ER-phagic clearance of mutant prohormones

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-26225-8

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51 citations

Jeffrey Knupp, Anoop Arunagiri, Leena Haataja, Peter Arvan, Billy Tsai +1 more

Distinct states of proinsulin misfolding in MIDY

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences(2021)10.1007/s00018-021-03871-1

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34 citations

Anoop Arunagiri, Anis Hassan, Kaitlin Regan, Billy Tsai, Balamurugan Dhayalan +4 more

Lunapark-dependent formation of a virus-induced ER exit site contains multi-tubular ER junctions that promote viral ER-to-cytosol escape

Cell Reports(2021)10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110077

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13 citations

Xiaofang Liu, Woo Jung Cho, Billy Tsai, Parikshit Bagchi

The ER transmembrane protein PGRMC1 recruits misfolded proteins for reticulophagic clearance

Autophagy(2021)10.1080/15548627.2021.1997062

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8 citations

Yu-Jie Chen, Anoop Arunagiri, Leena Haataja, Peter Arvan, Billy Tsai +1 more