Dennis R. Claflin

Transgenic mice expressing the myotilin T57I mutation unite the pathology associated with LGMD1A and MFM.

Age-related changes in the structure and function of skeletal muscles.

Direct observation of failing fibers in muscles of dystrophic mice provides mechanistic insight into muscular dystrophy.

Magnitude of sarcomere extension correlates with initial sarcomere length during lengthening of activated single fibers from soleus muscle of rats.

Poloxamer 188 reduces the contraction-induced force decline in lumbrical muscles from mdx mice.

Decreased specific force and power production of muscle fibers from myostatin-deficient mice are associated with a suppression of protein degradation.

Non-uniform distribution of strain during stretch of relaxed skeletal muscle fibers from rat soleus muscle.

Effects of high- and low-velocity resistance training on the contractile properties of skeletal muscle fibers from young and older humans.

Activation of fast skeletal muscle troponin as a potential therapeutic approach for treating neuromuscular diseases.

Weakness of whole muscles in mice deficient in Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase is not explained by defects at the level of the contractile apparatus.

Rotator cuff tear reduces muscle fiber specific force production and induces macrophage accumulation and autophagy.

Aging-associated exacerbation in fatty degeneration and infiltration after rotator cuff tear.

Intrinsic stiffness of extracellular matrix increases with age in skeletal muscles of mice.

Reduced muscle fiber force production and disrupted myofibril architecture in patients with chronic rotator cuff tears.

Age affects the contraction-induced mitochondrial redox response in skeletal muscle.

Mouse forepaw lumbrical muscles are resistant to age-related declines in force production.