Selected Publications

Below is a list of the recent publications from the Cardozo lab.

2024

Juan C Sáez, Justin C Burrell, Catherine M Cahill, D Kacy Cullen, Lakshmi A Devi, Ryan J Gilbert, Zachary A Graham, Vadim J Gurvich, Leif A Havton, Ravi Iyengar, Rajesh Khanna, Edmund F Palermo, Mustafa Siddiq, Carlos A Toro, Walter Vasquez, Wei Zhao, Christopher P Cardozo, 2024. ‘Pharmacology of boldine: summary of the field and update on recent advances’, Front Pharmacology.

Walter Vásquez, Carlos A Toro, Christopher P Cardozo, Luis A Cea, Juan C Sáez, 2024. ‘Pathophysiological role of connexin and pannexin hemichannels in neuromuscular disorders’, J Physiol.

Jian Huang, Kamal Awad, Lauren Harlow, Carlos A Toro, Marco Brotto, Christopher P Cardozo,  2024. ‘Effects of a Laparotomy on Targeted Lipidomics Profiles in a Mouse Model of Surgical Stress During Aging’, Methods Mol Bio.

Rita De Gasperi, Laszlo Csernoch, Beatrix Dienes, Monika Gonczi, Jayanta K. Chakrabarty, Shahar Goeta, Abdurrahman Aslan, Carlos A. Toro, David Karasik, Lewis M. Brown, Marco Brotto, and Christopher P. Cardozo. 2024. ‘Septin 7 Interacts With Numb To Preserve Sarcomere Structural Organization And Muscle Contractile Function’, eLife, 12: RP89424

2023

Graham, Z. A., J. A. Siedlik, C. A. Toro, L. Harlow, and C. P. Cardozo. 2023. ‘Boldine Alters Serum Lipidomic Signatures after Acute Spinal Cord Transection in Male Mice’, Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20.

Potter, L. A., C. A. Toro, L. Harlow, K. M. Lavin, C. P. Cardozo, A. R. Wende, and Z. A. Graham. 2023. ‘Assessing the impact of boldine on the gastrocnemius using multiomic profiling at 7 and 28 days post-complete spinal cord injury in young male mice’, Physiol Genomics.

Toro, C. A., J. Hansen, M. M. Siddiq, K. Johnson, J. Cao, A. Pero, R. Iyengar, D. Cai, and C. P. Cardozo. 2023. ‘Synaptojanin 1 Modulates Functional Recovery After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury in Male Apolipoprotein E Epsilon 4 Mice’, Neurotrauma Rep, 4: 464-77.

Toro, Carlos A., Kaitlin Johnson, Jens Hansen, Mustafa M. Siddiq, Walter Vásquez, Wei Zhao, Zachary A. Graham, Juan C. Sáez, Ravi Iyengar, and Christopher P. Cardozo. 2023. ‘Boldine modulates glial transcription and functional recovery in a murine model of contusion spinal cord injury’, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience.

2022

Asche-Godin, S. L., Z. A. Graham, A. Israel, L. M. Harlow, W. Huang, Z. Wang, M. Brotto, C. Mobbs, C. P. Cardozo, and F. C. Ko. 2022. ‘RNA-sequencing reveals a gene expression signature in skeletal muscle of a mouse model of age-associated post-operative functional decline’, J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci.

De Gasperi, R., C. Mo, D. Azulai, Z. Wang, L. M. Harlow, Y. Du, Z. Graham, J. Pan, X. H. Liu, L. Guo, B. Zhang, F. Ko, A. M. Raczkowski, W. A. Bauman, C. N. Goulbourne, W. Zhao, M. Brotto, and C. P. Cardozo. 2022. ‘Numb is required for optimal contraction of skeletal muscle’, J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle.

 

Graham, Z. A., J. J. DeBerry, C. P. Cardozo, and M. M. Bamman. 2022. ‘SS-31 does not prevent or reduce muscle atrophy 7 days after a 65 kdyne contusion spinal cord injury in young male mice’, Physiol Rep, 10: e15266.

Siddiq, Mustafa M., Nicholas P. Johnson, Yana Zorina, Arjun Singh Yadaw, Carlos A. Toro, Jens Hansen, Vera Rabinovich, Sarah M. Gregorich, Yuguang Xiong, Rosa E. Tolentino, Sari S. Hannila, Ehud Kaplan, Robert D. Blitzer, Marie T. Filbin, Christopher P. Cardozo, Christopher L. Passaglia, and Ravi Iyengar. 2022. ‘Central Nervous System axonal regeneration by spatially targeted drug combinations’, bioRxiv: 157099.

2021

Graham, Zachary A., Jennifer J. DeBerry, Christopher P. Cardozo, and Marcas M. Bamman. 2021. ‘A 50 kdyne contusion spinal cord injury with or without the drug SS-31 was not associated with major changes in muscle mass or gene expression 14 d after injury in young male mice’, Physiological Reports, 9: e14751.

Liu, X. H., Z. A. Graham, L. Harlow, J. Pan, D. Azulai, W. A. Bauman, J. Yarrow, and C. P. Cardozo. 2021. ‘Spinal Cord Injury Reduces Serum Levels of Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 and Impairs Its Signaling Pathways in Liver and Adipose Tissue in Mice’, Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 12: 668984.

Siddiq, Mustafa M, Sari S Hannila, Yana Zorina, Elena Nikulina, Vera Rabinovich, Jianwei Hou, Rumana Huq, Erica L Richman, Rosa E Tolentino, Jens Hansen, Adam Velenosi, Brian K Kwon, Stella E Tsirka, Ian Maze, Robert Sebra, Kristin G Beaumont, Carlos A Toro, Christopher P Cardozo, Ravi Iyengar, and Marie T Filbin. 2021. ‘Extracellular histones, a new class of inhibitory molecules of CNS axonal regeneration’, Brain Communications.

Toro, C. A., J. Hansen, M. M. Siddiq, K. Johnson, W. Zhao, D. Azulai, D. K. Das, W. Bauman, R. Sebra, D. Cai, R. Iyengar, and C. P. Cardozo. 2021. ‘The Human ApoE4 Variant Reduces Functional Recovery and Neuronal Sprouting After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury in Male Mice’, Front Cell Neurosci, 15: 626192.

Zhao, W., Y. Peng, Y. Hu, X. E. Guo, J. Li, J. Cao, J. Pan, J. Q. Feng, C. Cardozo, J. Jarvis, W. A. Bauman, and W. Qin. 2021. ‘Electrical stimulation of hindlimb skeletal muscle has beneficial effects on sublesional bone in a rat model of spinal cord injury’, Bone, 144: 115825.

2020

Cisterna BA, Vargas AA, Puebla C, Fernández P, Escamilla R, Lagos CF, Matus MF, Vilos C, Cea LA, Barnafi E, Gaete H, Escobar DF, Cardozo CP, Sáez JC. Active acetylcholine receptors prevent the atrophy of skeletal muscles and favor reinnervation. Nat Commun. 2020 Feb 26;11(1):1073. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-14063-8. PMID: 32103010; PMCID: PMC7044284.

Graham, Zachary A., Xin-Hua Liu, Lauren Harlow, Jiangping Pan, Daniella Azulai, Hesham A. Tawfeek, Russell D. Wnek, et al.. “Effects of a High-fat Diet on Tissue Mass, Bone, and Glucose Tolerance After Chronic Complete Spinal Cord Transection in Male Mice”. Neurotrauma Reports. Neurotrauma Reports, 2020. doi:10.1089/neur.2020.0014

Graham, Zachary A., Abigail Goldberger, Daniella Azulai, Christine F. Conover, Fan Ye, William A. Bauman, Christopher P. Cardozo, and Joshua F. Yarrow. “Contusion Spinal Cord Injury Upregulates P53 Protein Expression in Rat Soleus Muscle at Multiple Timepoints but Not Key Senescence Cytokines”. Physiological Reports. Physiological Reports, 2020. doi:10.14814/phy2.14357. PMID: 32026570.

2019

Graham ZA, Siedlik JA, Harlow L, Sahbani K, Bauman WA, Tawfeek HA, Cardozo CP. Key Glycolytic Metabolites in Paralyzed Skeletal Muscle Are Altered Seven Days after Spinal Cord Injury in Mice. J Neurotrauma. 2019 Sep. 15;36(18):2722-2731. doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.6144. Epub 2019 Apr 10. PMID: 30869558; PMCID: PMC6727471.

Sahbani K, Cardozo CP, Bauman WA, Tawfeek HA. Abaloparatide exhibits greater osteoanabolic response and higher cAMP stimulation and β-arrestin recruitment than teriparatide. Physiol Rep. 2019 Oct;7(19):e14225. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14225. PMID: 31565870; PMCID: PMC6766518.

Liu XH, Pan JP, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. AdipoRon prevents myostatin-induced upregulation of fatty acid synthesis and downregulation of insulin activity in a mouse hepatocyte line. Physiol Rep. 2019 Aug;7(13):e14152. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14152. PMID: 31250564; PMCID: PMC6597868.

2018

Liu XH, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Myostatin inhibits glucose uptake via suppression of insulin-dependent and -independent signaling pathways in myoblasts. Physiol Rep. 2018 Sep;6(17):e13837. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13837. PubMed PMID: 30252210.

Graham ZA, Harlow L, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Alterations in mitochondrial fission, fusion and mitophagic protein expression in the gastrocnemius of mice after a sciatic nerve transection. Muscle Nerve. 2018 Jul 20. doi: 10.1002/mus.26197. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed PMID: 30028528.

Liu XH, De Gasperi R, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Nandrolone-induced nuclear accumulation of MyoD protein is mediated by Numb, a Notch inhibitor, in C2C12 myoblasts. Physiol Rep. 2018 Jan;6(1). doi: 10.14814/phy2.13520. PubMed PMID: 29333723.

Zhao W, Li X, Peng Y, Qin Y, Pan J, Li J, Xu A, Ominsky MS, Cardozo C, Feng JQ, Ke HZ, Bauman WA, Qin W. Sclerostin Antibody Reverses the Severe Sublesional Bone Loss in Rats After Chronic Spinal Cord Injury. Calcif Tissue Int. 2018 Oct;103(4):443-454. doi: 10.1007/s00223-018-0439-8. Epub 2018 Jun 21. PMID: 29931461

2017

De Gasperi R, Hamidi S, Harlow LM, Ksiezak-Reding H, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Denervation-related alterations and biological activity of miRNAs contained in exosomes released by skeletal muscle fibers. Sci Rep, 2017. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13105-9. PubMed PMID: 29038428.

Harlow L, Sahbani K, Nyman JS, Cardozo CP, Bauman WA, Tawfeek HA. Daily parathyroid hormone administration enhances bone turnover and preserves bone structure after severe immobilization-induced bone loss. Physiol Rep, 2017. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13446. PubMed PMID: 28963125.

Graham ZA, De Gasperi R, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Recombinant myostatin reduces highly expressed microRNAs in differentiating C2C12 cells. Biochem Biophys Rep, 2017. PubMed PMID: 28691106.

Cardozo CP, Graham ZA. Muscle-bone interactions: movement in the field of mechano-humoral coupling of muscle and bone. Ann NY Acad Sci, 2017. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13411. PubMed PMID: 28763828.

Liu XH, Harlow L, Graham ZA, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Spinal Cord Injury Leads to Hyperoxidation and Nitrosylation of Skeletal Muscle Ryanodine Receptor-1 Associated with Upregulation of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Oxidase 4. J Neurotrauma. 2017 Jun 15;34(12):2069-2074. doi: 10.1089/neu.2016.4763. Epub 2017 Feb 27. PMID: 27998200.

Qin Y, Peng Y, Zhao W, Pan J, Ksiezak-Reding H, Cardozo C, Wu Y, Divieti Pajevic P, Bonewald LF, Bauman WA, Qin W. Myostatin inhibits osteoblastic differentiation by suppressing osteocyte-derived exosomal microRNA-218: A novel mechanism in muscle-bone communication. J Biol Chem. 2017 Jun 30;292(26):11021-11033. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.770941. Epub 2017 May 2. PMID: 28465350; PMCID: PMC5491785.

2016

Liu XH, Harlow L, Graham ZA, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Spinal Cord Injury Leads to Hyperoxidation and Nitrosylation of Skeletal Muscle Ryanodine Receptor-1 Associated with Upregulation of NADH Oxidase 4. J Neurotrauma. 2016 Dec 21. doi: 10.1089/neu.2016.4763. PubMed PMID: 27998200.

De Gasperi R, Graham ZA, Harlow LM, Bauman WA, Qin W, Cardozo CP. The Signature of MicroRNA Dysregulation in Muscle Paralyzed by Spinal Cord Injury Includes Downregulation of MicroRNAs that Target Myostatin Signaling. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 1;11(12):e0166189. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166189. PubMed PMID: 27907012; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5132212.

Gorgey AS, Graham ZA, Bauman WA, Cardozo C, Gater DR. Abundance in proteins expressed after functional electrical stimulation cycling or arm cycling ergometry training in persons with chronic spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. 2016 Oct 13:1-10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27735783.

Qin W, Zhao W, Li X, Peng Y, Harlow LM, Li J, Qin Y, Pan J, Wu Y, Ran L, Ke HZ, Cardozo CP, Bauman WA. Mice with sclerostin gene deletion are resistant to the severe sublesional bone loss induced by spinal cord injury. Osteoporos Int. 2016 Dec;27(12):3627-3636. PubMed PMID: 27436301.

Qin W, Li X, Peng Y, Harlow LM, Ren Y, Wu Y, Li J, Qin Y, Sun J, Zheng S, Brown T, Feng JQ, Ke HZ, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Sclerostin Antibody Preserves the Morphology and Structure of Osteocytes and Blocks the Severe Skeletal Deterioration After Motor-Complete Spinal Cord Injury in Rats. J Bone Miner Res. 2016 Jul;31(7):1482. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2864. PubMed PMID: 27377772.

Gong B, Radulovic M, Figueiredo-Pereira ME, Cardozo C. The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System: Potential Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimer’s Disease and Spinal Cord Injury. Front Mol Neurosci. 2016 Jan 26;9:4. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00004. Review. PubMed PMID: 26858599; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4727241.

Graham ZA, Collier L, Peng Y, Saéz JC, Bauman WA, Qin W, Cardozo CP. A Soluble Activin Receptor IIB Fails to Prevent Muscle Atrophy in a Mouse Model of Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2016 Jun 15;33(12):1128-35. doi: 10.1089/neu.2015.4058. PubMed PMID: 26529111.

Tascau L, Gardner T, Anan H, Yongpravat C, Cardozo CP, Bauman WA, Lee FY, Oh DS, Tawfeek HA. Activation of Protein Kinase A in Mature Osteoblasts Promotes a Major Bone Anabolic Response. Endocrinology. 2016 Jan;157(1):112-26. doi: 10.1210/en.2015-1614. PubMed PMID: 26488807.

Graham ZA, Qin W, Harlow LC, Ross NH, Bauman WA, Gallagher PM, Cardozo CP. Focal adhesion kinase signaling is decreased 56 days following spinal cord injury in rat gastrocnemius. Spinal Cord. 2016 Jul;54(7):502-9. doi: 10.1038/sc.2015.183. PubMed PMID: 26481700.

2015

Zhu L, Zhong M, Elder GA, Sano M, Holtzman DM, Gandy S, Cardozo C, Haroutunian V, Robakis NK, Cai D. Phospholipid dysregulation contributes to ApoE4-associated cognitive deficits in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Sep 22;112(38):11965-70. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1510011112. PubMed PMID: 26372964; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4586834.

Di Narzo AF, Kozlenkov A, Ge Y, Zhang B, Sanelli L, May Z, Li Y, Fouad K, Cardozo C, Koonin EV, Bennett DJ, Dracheva S. Decrease of mRNA Editing after Spinal Cord Injury is Caused by Down-regulation of ADAR2 that is Triggered by Inflammatory Response. Sci Rep. 2015 Jul 30;5:12615. doi: 10.1038/srep12615. PubMed PMID: 26223940; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4519770.

Graham ZA, Gallagher PM, Cardozo CP. Focal adhesion kinase and its role in skeletal muscle. J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 2015 Oct;36(4-5):305-15. doi: 10.1007/s10974-015-9415-3. Review. PubMed PMID: 26142360; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4659753.

Liu XH, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. ANKRD1 modulates inflammatory responses in C2C12 myoblasts through feedback inhibition of NF-κB signaling activity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2015 Aug 14;464(1):208-13. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.06.118. PubMed PMID: 26102030.

Sáez JC, Cisterna BA, Vargas A, Cardozo CP. Regulation of pannexin and connexin channels and their functional role in skeletal muscles. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2015 Aug;72(15):2929-35. doi: 10.1007/s00018-015-1968-1. Review. PubMed PMID: 26084874.

Qin W, Li X, Peng Y, Harlow LM, Ren Y, Wu Y, Li J, Qin Y, Sun J, Zheng S, Brown T, Feng JQ, Ke HZ, Bauman WA, Cardozo CC. Sclerostin antibody preserves the morphology and structure of osteocytes and blocks the severe skeletal deterioration after motor-complete spinal cord injury in rats. J Bone Miner Res. 2015 Nov;30(11):1994-2004. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2549. Erratum in: J Bone Miner Res. 2016 Jul;31(7):1482. PubMed PMID: 25974843.

Cisterna BA, Cardozo C, Sáez JC. Neuronal involvement in muscular atrophy. Front Cell Neurosci. 2014 Dec 10;8:405. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00405. Review. PubMed PMID: 25540609; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4261799.

Qin W, Pan J, Wu Y, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Anabolic steroids activate calcineurin-NFAT signaling and thereby increase myotube size and reduce denervation atrophy. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2015 Jan 5;399:336-45. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.09.025. PubMed PMID: 25450864.

Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Osteoporosis in individuals with spinal cord injury. PM R. 2015 Feb;7(2):188-201; quiz 201. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2014.08.948. Review. PubMed PMID: 25171878.

2014

Qin W, Pan J, Qin Y, Lee DN, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Identification of functional glucocorticoid response elements in the mouse FoxO1 promoter. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2014 Jul 25;450(2):979-83. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.06.080. PubMed PMID: 24971545.

Bramlett HM, Dietrich WD, Marcillo A, Mawhinney LJ, Furones-Alonso O, Bregy A, Peng Y, Wu Y, Pan J, Wang J, Guo XE, Bauman WA, Cardozo C, Qin W. Effects of low intensity vibration on bone and muscle in rats with spinal cord injury. Osteoporos Int. 2014 Sep;25(9):2209-19. doi: 10.1007/s00198-014-2748-8. PubMed PMID: 24861907.

2013

Sun L, Pan J, Peng Y, Wu Y, Li J, Liu X, Qin Y, Bauman WA, Cardozo C, Zaidi M, Qin W. Anabolic steroids reduce spinal cord injury-related bone loss in rats associated with increased Wnt signaling. J Spinal Cord Med. 2013 Nov;36(6):616-22. doi: 10.1179/2045772312Y.0000000020. PubMed PMID: 24090150; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3831322.

Cea LA, Cisterna BA, Puebla C, Frank M, Figueroa XF, Cardozo C, Willecke K, Latorre R, Sáez JC. De novo expression of connexin hemichannels in denervated fast skeletal muscles leads to atrophy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Oct 1;110(40):16229-34. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1312331110. PubMed PMID: 24043768; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3791696.

Wu Y, Collier L, Qin W, Creasey G, Bauman WA, Jarvis J, Cardozo C. Electrical stimulation modulates Wnt signaling and regulates genes for the motor endplate and calcium binding in muscle of rats with spinal cord transection. BMC Neurosci. 2013 Aug 2;14:81. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-14-81. PubMed PMID: 23914941; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3735397.

Wu Y, Ruggiero CL, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Ankrd1 is a transcriptional repressor for the androgen receptor that is downregulated by testosterone. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 Aug 2;437(3):355-60. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.06.079. PubMed PMID: 23811403.

Liu XH, Wu Y, Yao S, Levine AC, Kirschenbaum A, Collier L, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Androgens up-regulate transcription of the Notch inhibitor Numb in C2C12 myoblasts via Wnt/β-catenin signaling to T cell factor elements in the Numb promoter. J Biol Chem. 2013 Jun 21;288(25):17990-8. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.478487. PubMed PMID: 23649620; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3689944.

Qin W, Sun L, Cao J, Peng Y, Collier L, Wu Y, Creasey G, Li J, Qin Y, Jarvis J, Bauman WA, Zaidi M, Cardozo C. The central nervous system (CNS)-independent anti-bone-resorptive activity of muscle contraction and the underlying molecular and cellular signatures. J Biol Chem. 2013 May 10;288(19):13511-21. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.454892. PubMed PMID: 23530032; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3650388.

2012

Liu XH, Yao S, Levine AC, Kirschenbaum A, Pan J, Wu Y, Qin W, Collier L, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Nandrolone, an anabolic steroid, stabilizes Numb protein through inhibition of mdm2 in C2C12 myoblasts. J Androl. 2012 Nov-Dec;33(6):1216-23. doi: 10.2164/jandrol.112.016428. PubMed PMID: 22700758.

Wu Y, Zhao J, Zhao W, Pan J, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Nandrolone normalizes determinants of muscle mass and fiber type after spinal cord injury. J Neurotrauma. 2012 May 20;29(8):1663-75. doi: 10.1089/neu.2011.2203. PubMed PMID: 22208735.

Navarrett S, Collier L, Cardozo C, Dracheva S. Alterations of serotonin 2C and 2A receptors in response to T10 spinal cord transection in rats. Neurosci Lett. 2012 Jan 6;506(1):74-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.10.052. PubMed PMID: 22056918.

2011

Liu XH, Yao S, Qiao RF, Levine AC, Kirschenbaum A, Pan J, Wu Y, Qin W, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Nandrolone reduces activation of Notch signaling in denervated muscle associated with increased Numb expression. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011 Oct 14;414(1):165-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.09.048. PubMed PMID: 21945932.

Wu Y, Collier L, Pan J, Qin W, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Testosterone reduced methylprednisolone-induced muscle atrophy in spinal cord-injured rats. Spinal Cord. 2012 Jan;50(1):57-62. doi: 10.1038/sc.2011.91. PubMed PMID: 21931329.

Wu Y, Hou J, Collier L, Pan J, Hou L, Qin W, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. The administration of high-dose methylprednisolone for 24 h reduced muscle size and increased atrophy-related gene expression in spinal cord-injured rats. Spinal Cord. 2011 Aug;49(8):867-73. doi: 10.1038/sc.2011.28. PubMed PMID: 21445080.

2010

Qin W, Pan J, Wu Y, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Protection against dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy is related to modulation by testosterone of FOXO1 and PGC-1α. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Dec 17;403(3-4):473-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.11.061. PubMed PMID: 21094144.

Qin W, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Bone and muscle loss after spinal cord injury: organ interactions. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010 Nov;1211:66-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05806.x. Review. PubMed PMID: 21062296.

Qin W, Pan J, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Differential alterations in gene expression profiles contribute to time-dependent effects of nandrolone to prevent denervation atrophy. BMC Genomics. 2010 Oct 22;11:596. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-596. PubMed PMID: 20969782; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3091741.