William J. Spencer

728 total citations
21 papers, 451 citations indexed

About

William J. Spencer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Spencer has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 451 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in William J. Spencer's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (14 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). William J. Spencer is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (14 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). William J. Spencer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. William J. Spencer's co-authors include Vadim Y. Arshavsky, Jillian N. Pearring, Raquel Y. Salinas, Nikolai P. Skiba, Tylor R. Lewis, Ying Hao, Jindong Ding, Martha A. Cady, J. Will Thompson and Mark H. Ellisman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

William J. Spencer

21 papers receiving 449 citations

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Tylor R. Lewis United States

Michael W. Stuck United States

Riccardo Sangermano United States

Yanrong Shi United States

Fabrice Richard France

Béatrice Bocquet France

B Wittwer Germany

Lonneke Duijkers Netherlands

Stephanie Schoeffmann Germany

Tylor R. Lewis United States

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lewis, Tylor R., et al.. (2025). Inpp5e is crucial for photoreceptor outer segment maintenance. Journal of Cell Science. 138(4). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yixiao, Stella Finkelstein, Frank M. Dyka, et al.. (2024). Acyl-CoA synthetase 6 controls rod photoreceptor function and survival by shaping the phospholipid composition of retinal membranes. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1027–1027. 1 indexed citations

Lewis, Tylor R., Ying Hsu, Hao Ying, et al.. (2024). Contribution of intraflagellar transport to compartmentalization and maintenance of the photoreceptor cell. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(34). e2408551121–e2408551121. 5 indexed citations

Spencer, William J. & Vadim Y. Arshavsky. (2023). A Ciliary Branched Actin Network Drives Photoreceptor Disc Morphogenesis. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1415. 507–511. 2 indexed citations

Skiba, Nikolai P., et al.. (2023). Absolute Quantification of Photoreceptor Outer Segment Proteins. Journal of Proteome Research. 22(8). 2703–2713. 11 indexed citations

Spencer, William J.. (2023). Extracellular vesicles highlight many cases of photoreceptor degeneration. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 16. 1182573–1182573. 6 indexed citations

Spencer, William J., et al.. (2023). The WAVE complex drives the morphogenesis of the photoreceptor outer segment cilium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(12). e2215011120–e2215011120. 13 indexed citations

Skiba, Nikolai P., Martha A. Cady, Laurie L. Molday, et al.. (2021). TMEM67, TMEM237, and Embigin in Complex With Monocarboxylate Transporter MCT1 Are Unique Components of the Photoreceptor Outer Segment Plasma Membrane. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 20. 100088–100088. 11 indexed citations

Ray, Thomas A., Kelly Cochran, Christopher Kozlowski, et al.. (2020). Comprehensive identification of mRNA isoforms reveals the diversity of neural cell-surface molecules with roles in retinal development and disease. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3328–3328. 74 indexed citations

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Spencer, William J., Tylor R. Lewis, Jillian N. Pearring, & Vadim Y. Arshavsky. (2020). Photoreceptor Discs: Built Like Ectosomes. Trends in Cell Biology. 30(11). 904–915. 48 indexed citations

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Spencer, William J., Jindong Ding, Tylor R. Lewis, et al.. (2019). PRCD is essential for high-fidelity photoreceptor disc formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(26). 13087–13096. 36 indexed citations

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Spencer, William J. & Vadim Y. Arshavsky. (2019). PRCD Is a Small Disc-Specific Rhodopsin-Binding Protein of Unknown Function. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1185. 531–535. 3 indexed citations

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Spencer, William J., Tylor R. Lewis, Sébastien Phan, et al.. (2019). Photoreceptor disc membranes are formed through an Arp2/3-dependent lamellipodium-like mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(52). 27043–27052. 37 indexed citations

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Лобанова, Екатерина С., et al.. (2018). Transducin β-Subunit Can Interact with Multiple G-Protein γ-Subunits to Enable Light Detection by Rod Photoreceptors. eNeuro. 5(3). ENEURO.0144–18.2018. 5 indexed citations

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Salinas, Raquel Y., Jillian N. Pearring, Jindong Ding, et al.. (2017). Photoreceptor discs form through peripherin-dependent suppression of ciliary ectosome release. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(5). 1489–1499. 96 indexed citations

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Spencer, William J., Jillian N. Pearring, Raquel Y. Salinas, et al.. (2016). Progressive Rod–Cone Degeneration (PRCD) Protein Requires N-Terminal S-Acylation and Rhodopsin Binding for Photoreceptor Outer Segment Localization and Maintaining Intracellular Stability. Biochemistry. 55(36). 5028–5037. 26 indexed citations

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Pearring, Jillian N., et al.. (2015). Guanylate cyclase 1 relies on rhodopsin for intracellular stability and ciliary trafficking. eLife. 4. 24 indexed citations

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McLarty, Jennifer L., Giselle C. Meléndez, William J. Spencer, et al.. (2011). Isolation of Functional Cardiac Immune Cells. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 7 indexed citations

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McLarty, Jennifer L., Giselle C. Meléndez, William J. Spencer, et al.. (2011). Isolation of Functional Cardiac Immune Cells. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Allan, Deborah L., et al.. (1971). Analysis with a po-be source:. Analytica Chimica Acta. 53(2). 401–414. 3 indexed citations

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