Dr. Romero’s Previous Publications:
Romero MA, Pyle AD. ‘Enhancing’ skeletal muscle and stem cells in three-dimensions: genome regulation of skeletal muscle in development and disease. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2023 Dec;83:102133. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2023.102133. Epub 2023 Nov 9. Review. PubMed PMID: 37951138; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10872784.select
Saleh KK, Xi H, Switzler C, Skuratovsky E, Romero MA, Chien P, Gibbs D, Gane L, Hicks MR, Spencer MJ, Pyle AD. Single cell sequencing maps skeletal muscle cellular diversity as disease severity increases in dystrophic mouse models. iScience. 2022 Nov 18;25(11):105415. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105415. eCollection 2022 Nov 18. PubMed PMID: 36388984; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9646951.select
Romero MA, Mumford PW, Roberson PA, Osburn SC, Young KC, Sedivy JM, Roberts MD. Translational Significance of the LINE-1 Jumping Gene in Skeletal Muscle. Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2022 Oct 1;50(4):185-193. doi: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000301. Epub 2022 Jun 24. PubMed PMID: 35749745; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9651911.select
Osburn SC, Romero MA, Roberson PA, Mumford PW, Wiggins DA, McAdam JS, Drummer DJ, Bridges SL Jr, Bamman MM, Roberts MD. Effects of end-stage osteoarthritis on markers of skeletal muscle Long INterspersed Element-1 activity. BMC Res Notes. 2022 Jul 7;15(1):245. doi: 10.1186/s13104-022-06113-0. PubMed PMID: 35799274; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9264706.select
McAdam JS, Lyons KD, Beck DT, Haun CT, Romero MA, Mumford PW, Roberson PA, Young KC, Lohse KR, Roberts MD, Sefton JM. Whey Protein Supplementation Effects on Body Composition, Performance, and Blood Biomarkers During Army Initial Entry Training. Front Nutr. 2022;9:807928. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.807928. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35330708; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8940516.select
Vann CG, Haun CT, Osburn SC, Romero MA, Roberson PA, Mumford PW, Mobley CB, Holmes HM, Fox CD, Young KC, Roberts MD. Molecular Differences in Skeletal Muscle After 1 Week of Active vs. Passive Recovery From High-Volume Resistance Training. J Strength Cond Res. 2021 Aug 1;35(8):2102-2113. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004071. PubMed PMID: 34138821.select
Vann CG, Morton RW, Mobley CB, Vechetti IJ, Ferguson BK, Haun CT, Osburn SC, Sexton CL, Fox CD, Romero MA, Roberson PA, Oikawa SY, McGlory C, Young KC, McCarthy JJ, Phillips SM, Roberts MD. An intron variant of the GLI family zinc finger 3 (GLI3) gene differentiates resistance training-induced muscle fiber hypertrophy in younger men. FASEB J. 2021 May;35(5):e21587. doi: 10.1096/fj.202100113RR. PubMed PMID: 33891350; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8234740.select
Roberson PA, Mobley CB, Romero MA, Haun CT, Osburn SC, Mumford PW, Vann CG, Greer RA, Ferrando AA, Roberts MD. LAT1 Protein Content Increases Following 12 Weeks of Resistance Exercise Training in Human Skeletal Muscle. Front Nutr. 2020;7:628405. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.628405. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 33521042; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7840583.select
Koutnik AP, Poff AM, Ward NP, DeBlasi JM, Soliven MA, Romero MA, Roberson PA, Fox CD, Roberts MD, D’Agostino DP. Ketone Bodies Attenuate Wasting in Models of Atrophy. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2020 Aug;11(4):973-996. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12554. Epub 2020 Apr 2. PubMed PMID: 32239651; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7432582.select
Sefton JM, Lyons KD, Beck DT, Haun CT, Romero MA, Mumford PW, Roberson PA, Young KC, Roberts MD, McAdam JS. Markers of Bone Health and Impact of Whey Protein Supplementation in Army Initial Entry Training Soldiers: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study. Nutrients. 2020 Jul 26;12(8). doi: 10.3390/nu12082225. PubMed PMID: 32722609; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7468883.select
Roberts MD, Young KC, Fox CD, Vann CG, Roberson PA, Osburn SC, Moore JH, Mumford PW, Romero MA, Beck DT, Haun CT, Badisa VLD, Mwashote BM, Ibeanusi V, Kavazis AN. An optimized procedure for isolation of rodent and human skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar proteins. J Biol Methods. 2020;7(1):e127. doi: 10.14440/jbm.2020.307. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32201709; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7081056.select
Romero MA, Mumford PW, Roberson PA, Osburn SC, Parry HA, Kavazis AN, Gladden LB, Schwartz TS, Baker BA, Toedebusch RG, Childs TE, Booth FW, Roberts MD. Five months of voluntary wheel running downregulates skeletal muscle LINE-1 gene expression in rats. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2019 Dec 1;317(6):C1313-C1323. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00301.2019. Epub 2019 Oct 16. PubMed PMID: 31618076; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7745540.select
Roberson PA, Romero MA, Osburn SC, Mumford PW, Vann CG, Fox CD, McCullough DJ, Brown MD, Roberts MD. Skeletal muscle LINE-1 ORF1 mRNA is higher in older humans but decreases with endurance exercise and is negatively associated with higher physical activity. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2019 Oct 1;127(4):895-904. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00352.2019. Epub 2019 Aug 1. PubMed PMID: 31369326.select
Mumford PW, Romero MA, Osburn SC, Roberson PA, Vann CG, Mobley CB, Brown MD, Kavazis AN, Young KC, Roberts MD. Skeletal muscle LINE-1 retrotransposon activity is upregulated in older versus younger rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2019 Sep 1;317(3):R397-R406. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00110.2019. Epub 2019 Jun 12. PubMed PMID: 31188650.select
Haun CT, Vann CG, Osburn SC, Mumford PW, Roberson PA, Romero MA, Fox CD, Johnson CA, Parry HA, Kavazis AN, Moon JR, Badisa VLD, Mwashote BM, Ibeanusi V, Young KC, Roberts MD. Muscle fiber hypertrophy in response to 6 weeks of high-volume resistance training in trained young men is largely attributed to sarcoplasmic hypertrophy. PLoS One. 2019;14(6):e0215267. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215267. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31166954; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6550381.select
Parry HA, Mobley CB, Mumford PW, Romero MA, Haun CT, Zhang Y, Roberson PA, Zempleni J, Ferrando AA, Vechetti IJ Jr, McCarthy JJ, Young KC, Roberts MD, Kavazis AN. Bovine Milk Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) Modification Elicits Skeletal Muscle Growth in Rats. Front Physiol. 2019;10:436. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00436. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31040795; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6476979.select
Haun CT, Vann CG, Mobley CB, Osburn SC, Mumford PW, Roberson PA, Romero MA, Fox CD, Parry HA, Kavazis AN, Moon JR, Young KC, Roberts MD. Pre-training Skeletal Muscle Fiber Size and Predominant Fiber Type Best Predict Hypertrophic Responses to 6 Weeks of Resistance Training in Previously Trained Young Men. Front Physiol. 2019;10:297. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00297. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 30971942; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6445136.select
Parry HA, Kephart WC, Mumford PW, Romero MA, Mobley CB, Zhang Y, Roberts MD, Kavazis AN. Ketogenic diet increases mitochondria volume in the liver and skeletal muscle without altering oxidative stress markers in rats. Heliyon. 2018 Nov;4(11):e00975. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00975. eCollection 2018 Nov. PubMed PMID: 30533548; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6260463.select
Mumford PW, Kephart WC, Romero MA, Haun CT, Mobley CB, Osburn SC, Healy JC, Moore AN, Pascoe DD, Ruffin WC, Beck DT, Martin JS, Roberts MD, Young KC. Effect of 1-week betalain-rich beetroot concentrate supplementation on cycling performance and select physiological parameters. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2018 Nov;118(11):2465-2476. doi: 10.1007/s00421-018-3973-1. Epub 2018 Aug 28. PubMed PMID: 30155761.select
Roberson PA, Romero MA, Mumford PW, Osburn SC, Haun CT, Vann CG, Kluess HA, Roberts MD. Protein Supplementation Throughout 10 Weeks of Progressive Run Training Is Not Beneficial for Time Trial Improvement. Front Nutr. 2018;5:97. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2018.00097. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30456213; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6230989.select
Haun CT, Vann CG, Mobley CB, Roberson PA, Osburn SC, Holmes HM, Mumford PM, Romero MA, Young KC, Moon JR, Gladden LB, Arnold RD, Israetel MA, Kirby AN, Roberts MD. Effects of Graded Whey Supplementation During Extreme-Volume Resistance Training. Front Nutr. 2018;5:84. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2018.00084. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30255024; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6141782.select
McAdam JS, McGinnis KD, Beck DT, Haun CT, Romero MA, Mumford PW, Roberson PA, Young KC, Lohse KR, Lockwood CM, Roberts MD, Sefton JM. Effect of Whey Protein Supplementation on Physical Performance and Body Composition in Army Initial Entry Training Soldiers. Nutrients. 2018 Sep 6;10(9). doi: 10.3390/nu10091248. PubMed PMID: 30200582; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6165280.select
Mumford PW, Romero MA, Mao X, Mobley CB, Kephart WC, Haun CT, Roberson PA, Young KC, Martin JS, Yarrow JF, Beck DT, Roberts MD. Cross talk between androgen and Wnt signaling potentially contributes to age-related skeletal muscle atrophy in rats. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2018 Aug 1;125(2):486-494. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00768.2017. Epub 2018 May 3. PubMed PMID: 29722624.select
Roberts MD, Romero MA, Mobley CB, Mumford PW, Roberson PA, Haun CT, Vann CG, Osburn SC, Holmes HH, Greer RA, Lockwood CM, Parry HA, Kavazis AN. Skeletal muscle mitochondrial volume and myozenin-1 protein differences exist between high versus low anabolic responders to resistance training. PeerJ. 2018;6:e5338. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5338. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30065891; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6065464.select
Haun CT, Mobley CB, Vann CG, Romero MA, Roberson PA, Mumford PW, Kephart WC, Healy JC, Patel RK, Osburn SC, Beck DT, Arnold RD, Nie B, Lockwood CM, Roberts MD. Soy protein supplementation is not androgenic or estrogenic in college-aged men when combined with resistance exercise training. Sci Rep. 2018 Jul 24;8(1):11151. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29591-4. PubMed PMID: 30042516; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6057888.select
Roberts MD, Haun CT, Mobley CB, Mumford PW, Romero MA, Roberson PA, Vann CG, McCarthy JJ. Physiological Differences Between Low Versus High Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophic Responders to Resistance Exercise Training: Current Perspectives and Future Research Directions. Front Physiol. 2018;9:834. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00834. eCollection 2018. Review. PubMed PMID: 30022953; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6039846.select
Roberson PA, Haun CT, Mobley CB, Romero MA, Mumford PW, Martin JS, Roberts MD. Skeletal muscle amino acid transporter and BCAT2 expression prior to and following interval running or resistance exercise in mode-specific trained males. Amino Acids. 2018 Jul;50(7):961-965. doi: 10.1007/s00726-018-2570-2. Epub 2018 May 3. PubMed PMID: 29725856.select
Mobley CB, Haun CT, Roberson PA, Mumford PW, Kephart WC, Romero MA, Osburn SC, Vann CG, Young KC, Beck DT, Martin JS, Lockwood CM, Roberts MD. Biomarkers associated with low, moderate, and high vastus lateralis muscle hypertrophy following 12 weeks of resistance training. PLoS One. 2018;13(4):e0195203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195203. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29621305; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5886420.select
Romero MA, Mobley CB, Mumford PW, Roberson PA, Haun CT, Kephart WC, Healy JC, Beck DT, Young KC, Martin JS, Lockwood CM, Roberts MD. Acute and chronic resistance training downregulates select LINE-1 retrotransposon activity markers in human skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2018 Mar 1;314(3):C379-C388. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00192.2017. Epub 2017 Dec 20. PubMed PMID: 29351416.select
Kephart WC, Pledge CD, Roberson PA, Mumford PW, Romero MA, Mobley CB, Martin JS, Young KC, Lowery RP, Wilson JM, Huggins KW, Roberts MD. The Three-Month Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on Body Composition, Blood Parameters, and Performance Metrics in CrossFit Trainees: A Pilot Study. Sports (Basel). 2018 Jan 9;6(1). doi: 10.3390/sports6010001. PubMed PMID: 29910305; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5969192.select
Haun CT, Roberts MD, Romero MA, Osburn SC, Healy JC, Moore AN, Mobley CB, Roberson PA, Kephart WC, Mumford PW, Goodlett MD, Pascoe DD, Martin JS. Concomitant external pneumatic compression treatment with consecutive days of high intensity interval training reduces markers of proteolysis. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2017 Dec;117(12):2587-2600. doi: 10.1007/s00421-017-3746-2. Epub 2017 Oct 26. PubMed PMID: 29075862.select
Haun CT, Mumford PW, Roberson PA, Romero MA, Mobley CB, Kephart WC, Anderson RG, Colquhoun RJ, Muddle TWD, Luera MJ, Mackey CS, Pascoe DD, Young KC, Martin JS, DeFreitas JM, Jenkins NDM, Roberts MD. Molecular, neuromuscular, and recovery responses to light versus heavy resistance exercise in young men. Physiol Rep. 2017 Sep;5(18). doi: 10.14814/phy2.13457. Epub 2017 Sep 27. PubMed PMID: 28963127; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5617935.select
Kephart WC, Mumford PW, Mao X, Romero MA, Hyatt HW, Zhang Y, Mobley CB, Quindry JC, Young KC, Beck DT, Martin JS, McCullough DJ, D’Agostino DP, Lowery RP, Wilson JM, Kavazis AN, Roberts MD. The 1-Week and 8-Month Effects of a Ketogenic Diet or Ketone Salt Supplementation on Multi-Organ Markers of Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Function in Rats. Nutrients. 2017 Sep 15;9(9). doi: 10.3390/nu9091019. PubMed PMID: 28914762; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5622779.select
Mobley CB, Haun CT, Roberson PA, Mumford PW, Romero MA, Kephart WC, Anderson RG, Vann CG, Osburn SC, Pledge CD, Martin JS, Young KC, Goodlett MD, Pascoe DD, Lockwood CM, Roberts MD. Effects of Whey, Soy or Leucine Supplementation with 12 Weeks of Resistance Training on Strength, Body Composition, and Skeletal Muscle and Adipose Tissue Histological Attributes in College-Aged Males. Nutrients. 2017 Sep 4;9(9). doi: 10.3390/nu9090972. PubMed PMID: 28869573; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5622732.select
Romero MA, Mobley CB, Linden MA, Meers GM, Martin JS, Young KC, Rector RS, Roberts MD. Endurance training lowers ribosome density despite increasing ribosome biogenesis markers in rodent skeletal muscle. BMC Res Notes. 2017 Aug 11;10(1):399. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2736-0. PubMed PMID: 28800772; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5553677.select
Haun CT, Roberts MD, Romero MA, Osburn SC, Mobley CB, Anderson RG, Goodlett MD, Pascoe DD, Martin JS. Does external pneumatic compression treatment between bouts of overreaching resistance training sessions exert differential effects on molecular signaling and performance-related variables compared to passive recovery? An exploratory study. PLoS One. 2017;12(6):e0180429. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180429. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28662152; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5491247.select
Ballmann C, Denney T, Beyers RJ, Quindry T, Romero M, Selsby JT, Quindry JC. Long-term dietary quercetin enrichment as a cardioprotective countermeasure in mdx mice. Exp Physiol. 2017 Jun 1;102(6):635-649. doi: 10.1113/EP086091. Epub 2017 Mar 30. PubMed PMID: 28192862.select
Signorile JF, Rendos NK, Heredia Vargas HH, Alipio TC, Regis RC, Eltoukhy MM, Nargund RS, Romero MA. Differences in Muscle Activation and Kinematics Between Cable-Based and Selectorized Weight Training. J Strength Cond Res. 2017 Feb;31(2):313-322. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001493. PubMed PMID: 28129277.select
Ballmann C, Denney TS, Beyers RJ, Quindry T, Romero M, Amin R, Selsby JT, Quindry JC. Lifelong quercetin enrichment and cardioprotection in Mdx/Utrn+/- mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2017 Jan 1;312(1):H128-H140. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00552.2016. Epub 2016 Nov 11. PubMed PMID: 27836895.select
Rendos NK, Heredia Vargas HM, Alipio TC, Regis RC, Romero MA, Signorile JF. Differences in Muscle Activity During Cable Resistance Training Are Influenced by Variations in Handle Types. J Strength Cond Res. 2016 Jul;30(7):2001-9. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001293. PubMed PMID: 26694502.select
Strassnig MT, Signorile JF, Potiaumpai M, Romero MA, Gonzalez C, Czaja S, Harvey PD. High velocity circuit resistance training improves cognition, psychiatric symptoms and neuromuscular performance in overweight outpatients with severe mental illness. Psychiatry Res. 2015 Sep 30;229(1-2):295-301. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.07.007. Epub 2015 Jul 8. PubMed PMID: 26187340.