Walker, R. G., Kattamuri, C., Goebel, E. J., Zhang, F., Hammel, M., Tainer, J. A., Linhardt, R. J. & Thompson, T. B. Heparin-mediated dimerization of follistatin. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 246, 467–482 (2021).

McCoy, J. C., Walker, R. G., Murray, N. H. & Thompson, T. B. Crystal structure of the WFIKKN2 follistatin domain reveals insight into how it inhibits growth differentiation factor 8 (GDF8) and GDF11. J. Biol. Chem. 294, 6333–6343 (2019). PDB: 6MAA

Walker, R. G. & Thompson, T. B. New Insight Into Hyperemesis Gravidarum and a Potential Role for GDF15. Endocrinology 159, 2698–2700 (2018).

Walker, R. G., McCoy, J. C., Czepnik, M., Mills, M. J., Hagg, A., Walton, K. L., Cotton, T. R., Hyvönen, M., Lee, R. T., Gregorevic, P., Harrison, C. A. & Thompson, T. B. Molecular characterization of latent GDF8 reveals mechanisms of activation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 115, E866–E875 (2018).

Melchior, J. T., Walker, R. G., Cooke, A. L., Morris, J., Castleberry, M., Thompson, T. B., Jones, M. K., Song, H. D., Rye, K.-A., Oda, M. N., Sorci-Thomas, M. G., Thomas, M. J., Heinecke, J. W., Mei, X., Atkinson, D., Segrest, J. P., Lund-Katz, S., Phillips, M. C. & Davidson, W. S. A consensus model of human apolipoprotein A-I in its monomeric and lipid-free state. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 24, 1093–1099 (2017).

Walker, R. G., Czepnik, M., Goebel, E. J., McCoy, J. C., Vujic, A., Cho, M., Oh, J., Aykul, S., Walton, K. L., Schang, G., Bernard, D. J., Hinck, A. P., Harrison, C. A., Martinez-Hackert, E., Wagers, A. J., Lee, R. T. & Thompson, T. B. Structural basis for potency differences between GDF8 and GDF11. BMC Biol. 15, 19 (2017). PDBs: 5JI1 5JHW 5UHM

Walker, R. G., Poggioli, T., Katsimpardi, L., Buchanan, S. M., Oh, J., Wattrus, S., Heidecker, B., Fong, Y. W., Rubin, L. L., Ganz, P., Thompson, T. B., Wagers, A. J. & Lee, R. T. Biochemistry and Biology of GDF11 and Myostatin: Similarities, Differences, and Questions for Future Investigation. Circ. Res. 118, 1125–1141; discussion 1142 (2016).

Melchior, J. T., Walker, R. G., Morris, J., Jones, M. K., Segrest, J. P., Lima, D. B., Carvalho, P. C., Gozzo, F. C., Castleberry, M., Thompson, T. B. & Davidson, W. S. An Evaluation of the Crystal Structure of C-terminal Truncated Apolipoprotein A-I in Solution Reveals Structural Dynamics Related to Lipid Binding. J. Biol. Chem. 291, 5439–5451 (2016).

Poggioli, T., Vujic, A., Yang, P., Macias-Trevino, C., Uygur, A., Loffredo, F. S., Pancoast, J. R., Cho, M., Goldstein, J., Tandias, R. M., Gonzalez, E., Walker, R. G., Thompson, T. B., Wagers, A. J., Fong, Y. W. & Lee, R. T. Circulating Growth Differentiation Factor 11/8 Levels Decline With Age. Circ. Res. 118, 29–37 (2016).

Li, N., Yang, Q., Walker, R. G., Thompson, T. B., Du, M. & Rodgers, B. D. Myostatin Attenuation In Vivo Reduces Adiposity, but Activates Adipogenesis. Endocrinology 157, 282–291 (2016).

Walker, R. G. & Thompson, T. B. Fibronectin-based scaffold domain proteins that bind myostatin: a patent evaluation of WO2014043344. Expert Opin Ther Pat 25, 619–624 (2015).

Deng, X., Walker, R. G., Morris, J., Davidson, W. S. & Thompson, T. B. Role of Conserved Proline Residues in Human Apolipoprotein A-IV Structure and Function. J. Biol. Chem. 290, 10689–10702 (2015).

Walker, R. G., Angerman, E. B., Kattamuri, C., Lee, Y.-S., Lee, S.-J. & Thompson, T. B. Alternative binding modes identified for growth and differentiation factor-associated serum protein (GASP) family antagonism of myostatin. J. Biol. Chem. 290, 7506–7516 (2015).

Rodgers, B. D., Wiedeback, B. D., Hoversten, K. E., Jackson, M. F., Walker, R. G. & Thompson, T. B. Myostatin stimulates, not inihibits, C2C12 myoblast proliferation. Endocrinology 155, 670–675 (2014).

Walker, R. G., Deng, X., Melchior, J. T., Morris, J., Tso, P., Jones, M. K., Segrest, J. P., Thompson, T. B. & Davidson, W. S. The structure of human apolipoprotein A-IV as revealed by stable isotope-assisted cross-linking, molecular dynamics, and small angle x-ray scattering. J. Biol. Chem. 289, 5596–5608 (2014).

Zhang, F., Beaudet, J. M., Luedeke, D. M., Walker, R. G., Thompson, T. B. & Linhardt, R. J. Analysis of the interaction between heparin and follistatin and heparin and follistatin-ligand complexes using surface plasmon resonance. Biochemistry 51, 6797–6803 (2012).