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Overview

Fan Xia is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work involves molecular and genetic investigations as well as epidemiological studies related to infectious diseases and rare genetic disorders.

The main fields of study in which Fan Xia has published include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

More specifically, their research covers subfields such as:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases

The central topics addressed in their work include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics

Fan Xia has authored several papers, with notable examples including:

  • "The effectiveness of quarantine and isolation determine the trend of the COVID-19 epidemics in the final phase of the current outbreak in China" (2020) published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Effects of media reporting on mitigating spread of COVID-19 in the early phase of the outbreak" (2020) published in Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering
  • "Clinical experience with non-invasive prenatal screening for single-gene disorders" (2021) published in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "CNVs cause autosomal recessive genetic diseases with or without involvement of SNV/indels" (2020) published in Genetics in Medicine
  • "The effectiveness of quarantine and isolation determine the trend of the COVID-19 epidemic in the final phase of the current outbreak in China" (2020) published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fan Xia include:

  • Yanni Xiao
  • Christine M. Eng
  • Sanyi Tang
  • Jill A. Rosenfeld
  • Jian Wu

Their research is published in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Genetics in Medicine
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Clinical whole-exome sequencing for the diagnosis of mendelian disorders.

    Yaping Yang;Donna M. Muzny;Jeffrey G. Reid;Matthew N. Bainbridge

  • Molecular Findings Among Patients Referred for Clinical Whole-Exome Sequencing

    Yaping Yang;Donna M. Muzny;Fan Xia;Zhiyv Niu

  • Mst1 and Mst2 Maintain Hepatocyte Quiescence and Suppress Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development through Inactivation of the Yap1 Oncogene

    Dawang Zhou;Claudius Conrad;Fan Xia;Ji Sun Park

  • Resolution of Disease Phenotypes Resulting from Multilocus Genomic Variation

    Jennifer E. Posey;Tamar Harel;Pengfei Liu;Jill A. Rosenfeld

  • MOBKL1A/MOBKL1B phosphorylation by MST1 and MST2 inhibits cell proliferation.

    Maria Praskova;Fan Xia;Joseph Avruch

  • Use of Exome Sequencing for Infants in Intensive Care Units: Ascertainment of Severe Single-Gene Disorders and Effect on Medical Management

    Linyan Meng;Linyan Meng;Mohan Pammi;Anirudh Saronwala;Pilar Magoulas;Pilar Magoulas

  • Truncating mutations of MAGEL2 cause Prader-Willi phenotypes and autism

    Christian P Schaaf;Manuel L Gonzalez-Garay;Fan Xia;Lorraine Potocki

  • Mutations in the nuclear bile acid receptor FXR cause progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis

    Natalia Gomez-Ospina;Carol J. Potter;Rui Xiao;Kandamurugu Manickam

  • Reanalysis of Clinical Exome Sequencing Data

    Pengfei Liu;Linyan Meng;Elizabeth A. Normand;Fan Xia

  • Quantitative real-time imaging of glutathione

    Xiqian Jiang;Jianwei Chen;Aleksandar Bajić;Aleksandar Bajić;Chengwei Zhang

  • Molecular diagnostic experience of whole-exome sequencing in adult patients

    Jennifer E. Posey;Jill A. Rosenfeld;Regis A. James;Matthew Bainbridge

  • Lessons learned from additional research analyses of unsolved clinical exome cases

    Mohammad K. Eldomery;Mohammad K. Eldomery;Zeynep Coban-Akdemir;Tamar Harel;Jill A. Rosenfeld

  • Non-invasive prenatal sequencing for multiple Mendelian monogenic disorders using circulating cell-free fetal DNA

    Jinglan Zhang;Jianli Li;Jennifer B Saucier;Yanming Feng

  • JAK signaling globally counteracts heterochromatic gene silencing

    Song Shi;Healani C Calhoun;Fan Xia;Jinghong Li

  • De Novo Mutations in Protein Kinase Genes CAMK2A and CAMK2B Cause Intellectual Disability

    Sébastien Küry;Geeske M van Woerden;Thomas Besnard;Martina Proietti Onori

  • USP7 Acts as a Molecular Rheostat to Promote WASH-Dependent Endosomal Protein Recycling and Is Mutated in a Human Neurodevelopmental Disorder.

    Yi Heng Hao;Michael D. Fountain;Klementina Fon Tacer;Fan Xia

  • Recurrent De Novo and Biallelic Variation of ATAD3A, Encoding a Mitochondrial Membrane Protein, Results in Distinct Neurological Syndromes.

    Tamar Harel;Wan Hee Yoon;Caterina Garone;Shen Gu

  • The Mst1 and Mst2 kinases control activation of rho family GTPases and thymic egress of mature thymocytes

    Fan Mou;Maria Praskova;Fan Xia;Denille Van Buren

  • Rassf Family of Tumor Suppressor Polypeptides

    Joseph Avruch;Ramnik Xavier;Nabeel Bardeesy;Xian-feng Zhang

  • Clinical exome sequencing for fetuses with ultrasound abnormalities and a suspected Mendelian disorder

    Elizabeth A. Normand;Alicia Braxton;Alicia Braxton;Salma Nassef;Patricia A. Ward;Patricia A. Ward

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine M. Eng
Christine M. Eng Baylor College of Medicine
Jill A. Rosenfeld
Jill A. Rosenfeld Baylor College of Medicine
James R. Lupski
James R. Lupski Baylor College of Medicine
Seema R. Lalani
Seema R. Lalani Baylor College of Medicine
Yaping Yang
Yaping Yang AiLife Diagnostics, Inc.
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine
Weimin Bi
Weimin Bi Baylor College of Medicine
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Carlos A. Bacino
Carlos A. Bacino Baylor College of Medicine

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