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Substrate modulus of 3D-printed scaffolds regulates the regenerative response in subcutaneous implants through the macrophage phenotype and Wnt signaling by Guo, R, Merkel, A.R, Sterling, J.A, Davidson, J.M, Guelcher, S.A

“…Abstract The growing need for therapies to treat large cutaneous defects has driven recent interest in the design of scaffolds that stimulate regenerative…”
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Composition, solubility and gel properties of salt soluble proteins from two bovine muscle types by Vega-Warner, V, Merkel, R.A, Smith, D.M

“…The composition, pH solubility profile and thermal gelation behavior of two bovine muscles, vastus intermedius (VI, predominately red fibers) and…”
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Skeletal muscle protein metabolism and serum growth hormone, insulin, and cortisol concentrations in growing steers implanted with estradiol-17 beta, trenbolone acetate, or estradiol-17 beta plus trenbolone acetate by Hayden, J.M. (University of Missouri, Columbia), Bergen, W.G, Merkel, R.A

“…Skeletal muscle protein degradation, measured by urinary N(tau)-methylhistidine excretion, and circulating concentrations of growth hormone (GH), insulin…”
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Increases in insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 accompany decreases in proliferation and differentiation when porcine muscle satellite cells undergo multiple passages by Fligger, J. M, Malven, P. V, Doumit, M. E, Merkel, R. A, Grant, A. L

“…Subjecting cloned porcine myogenic satellite cells to multiple passages leads to decreased rates of cell division and myotube formation. Because IGF have been…”
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Administration of growth hormone to pigs alters the relative amount of insulin-like growth factor-I mRNA in liver and skeletal muscle by Grant, A L, Helferich, W G, Kramer, S A, Merkel, R A, Bergen, W G

“…The relative amount of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) mRNA was determined in the liver and skeletal muscle of market weight crossbred barrows (castrated…”
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Skeletal muscle alpha-actin synthesis is increased pretranslationally in pigs fed the phenethanolamine ractopamine by Helferich, W G, Jump, D B, Anderson, D B, Skjaerlund, D M, Merkel, R A, Bergen, W G

“…Ractopamine [1-(4-hydroxyphenyl-2-(1-methyl-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propylamino)ethanol] enhances protein accretion in skeletal muscle (sm) of pigs. Experiments…”
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Skeletal muscle growth and expression of skeletal muscle alpha-actin mRNA and insulin-like growth factor I mRNA in pigs during feeding and withdrawal of ractopamine by Grant, A. L, Skjaerlund, D. M, Helferich, W. G, Bergen, W. G, Merkel, R. A

“…Sixty crossbred barrows were used to study the effect of ractopamine (a phenethanolamine/beta-adrenergic agonist) treatment and its withdrawal on muscle growth…”
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Ractopamine increases total and myofibrillar protein synthesis in cultured rat myotubes by Anderson, P T, Helferich, W G, Parkhill, L C, Merkel, R A, Bergen, W G

“…The ability of the phenethanolamine (beta-adrenergic agonist) ractopamine to stimulate cellular protein accretion and protein synthesis in cultured muscle…”
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Skeletal muscle growth and protein turnover in neonatal boars and barrows by Skjaerlund, D. M, Mulvaney, D. R, Bergen, W. G, Merkel, R. A

“…The objective of this study was to determine the effect of castration, within 24 h after birth, on skeletal muscle growth and protein metabolism in neonatal…”
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Perifusion Model System to Culture Bovine Hypothalamic Slices in Series with Dispersed Anterior Pituitary Cells by Hassan, H. A., R. A. Merkel

“…Dispersed bovine anterior pituitary cells were incubated either in static or perifusion cultures to assess basal growth hormone release as well as stimulatory…”
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Conditions for isolation and culture of porcine myogenic satellite cells by Doumit, M E, Merkel, R A

“…Myogenic satellite cells were isolated from semimembranosus muscles of 4-8 week-old pigs. Muscles were ground and incubated in 0.8 mg/ml Pronase solution for…”
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Body composition of animals treated with partitioning agents: implications for human health by Bergen, W G, Merkel, R A

“…Excess fat in meat products has been identified as a dietary problem by public health officials. The meat animal industry has responded during the last 25…”
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Transforming growth factor-beta, basic fibroblast growth factor, and platelet-derived growth factor-BB interact to affect proliferation of clonally derived porcine satellite cells by Cook, D R, Doumit, M E, Merkel, R A

“…Transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-beta) stimulated porcine satellite cell proliferation in basal serum-free medium by 25%, but inhibited growth in…”
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Meat by-product protein composition and functional properties in model systems by Nuckles, R.O. (Michigan Sate Univ., East Lansing, MI), Smith, D.M, Merkel, R.A

“…Composition and functional properties of selected meat by-products were studied. Mechanically deboned chicken meat (MDCM) and meat by-products (pork lung…”
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Fatty acid profiles, lipogenesis, and lipolysis in lipid depots in finishing pigs treated with recombinant porcine somatotropin by Kramer, S.A, Bergen, W.G, Grant, A.L, Merkel, R.A

“…Thirty-two pigs (average weight, 74 kg) were used to determine the effects of recombinant porcine somatotropin (rpST) and dietary CP concentration on carcass…”
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Effects of phenethanolamines and propranolol on the proliferation of cultured chick breast muscle satellite cells by Grant, A. L, Helferich, W. G, Merkel, R. A, Bergen, W. G

“…Satellite cells were isolated from 20-d embryonic chick breast muscle via a Percoll density gradient fractionation technique. Culturing of these cells gave…”
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Properties of heat-induced gels from beef skeletal, heart, lung and spleen protein fractions by Nuckles, R.O. (Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, Madison, WI), Smith, D.M, Merkel, R.A

“…Gelation properties were evaluated on high ionic strength soluble (HIS) proteins alone and in combination with low ionic strength soluble (LIS) or insoluble…”
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The relationship between composition of gain and circulating hormones in growing beef bulls fed three dietary crude protein levels by Anderson, P.T, Bergen, W.G, Merkel, R.A, Enright, W.J, Zinn, S.A, Refsal, K.R, Hawkins, D.R

“…Twenty-one Simmental crossbred bulls (311 +/- 11 kg, 9 mo of age) were used to determine the effect of feeding 10, 12 or 14% CP on concentration of hormones in…”
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Proliferation of skeletal muscle satellite cells after castration and administration of testosterone propionate by Mulvaney, D R, Marple, D N, Merkel, R A

“…Thirty-six neonatal pigs were randomly assigned to the following treatment groups: sham implanted gonadally intact males (B), sham-implanted castrated males…”
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Muscle protein metabolism in finishing pigs fed ractopamine by Bergen, W.G, Johnson, S.E, Skaerlund, D.M, Babiker, A.S, Ames, N.K, Merkel, R.A, Anderson, D.B

“…Forty crossbred barrows (average initial weight, 66.4 kg) were utilized to determine the effects of ractopamine (a phenethanolamine/beta adrenergic agonist) on…”
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