Publications

Nguyen MH, Kennedy CS, Wroblewski OM, Su E, Hwang DH, Larkin LM. Impact of Human Recombinant Irisin on Tissue-Engineered Skeletal Muscle Structure and Function. Published in Tissue Engineering Part A. 2024 Jan;30(1-2):94-101 

Su EY and Kennedy CS, Vega-Soto EE, Pallas BD, Lukpat SN, Hwang D, Bosek DW, Forester CE, Loebel C, Larkin LM. Repairing Volumetric Muscle Loss with Commercially Available Hydrogels in an Ovine Model. Published in Tissue Engineering Part A. 2024 Jan 31. 

• Kennedy CS, Núñez CNV, Poli A, Vega-Soto E, Arruda EM, Larkin LM. Engineered Tissue Graft for Repair of Injured Infraspinatus Rotator Cuff Tendon. Published in Tissue Engineering Part A. 2023 Sep;29(17-18):471-480. 

Lee JD, Becker JI, Larkin LM, Almarza AJ, Kapila SD. Morphologic and histologic characterization of sheep and porcine TMJ as large animal models for tissue engineering applications. Published in Clinical Oral Investigations. 2022 Jul;26(7):5019-5027. 

Rodriguez BL, Novakova SS, Vega-Soto EE, Nutter GP, Macpherson PCD, Larkin LM. Repairing Volumetric Muscle Loss in the Ovine Peroneus Tertius Following a 6-Month Recovery. Published in Tissue Engineering Part A. 2022 Jul;28(13-14):606-620 

Wroblewski OM, Nguyen MH, Cederna PS, Larkin LM. Impact of Cell Seeding Density and Cell Confluence on Human Tissue Engineered Skeletal Muscle. Published in Tissue Engineering Part A. 2022 May;28(9-10):420-432. 

Nutter GP, VanDusen KW, Florida SE, Syverud BC, Larkin LM. The Effects of Engineered Skeletal Muscle on Volumetric Muscle Loss in The Tibialis Anterior Of Rat After Three Months In Vivo. Published in Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine. 2020 Dec;6(4):365-372. 

Rodriguez BL, Vega-Soto EE, Kennedy CS, Nguyen MH, Cederna PS, Larkin LM. A tissue engineering approach for repairing craniofacial volumetric muscle loss in a sheep following a 2, 4, and 6-month recovery. Published in PLoS One. 2020 Sep 21;15(9):e0239152. 

Novakova SS, Rodriguez BL, Vega-Soto EE, Nutter GP, Armstrong RE, Macpherson PCD, Larkin LM. Repairing Volumetric Muscle Loss in the Ovine Peroneus Tertius Following a 3-Month Recovery. Published in Tissue Engineering Part A. 2020 Aug;26(15-16):837-851 

Vega-Soto EE, Rodriguez BL, Armstrong RE, Larkin LM. A 30% Volumetric Muscle Loss Does Not Result in Sustained Functional Deficits after a 90-Day Recovery in Rats. Accepted for publication in Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine, March 2020, 6(1): 62-68 PMCID: PMC7111466 

Rodriguez BL, Nguyen MH, Armstrong RE, Vega-Soto EE, Polkowski PM, Larkin LM. A Comparison of Ovine Facial and Limb Muscle as a Primary Cell Source for Engineered Skeletal Muscle. Accepted for publication in Tissue Engineering Part A. Volume: 26 Issue 3-4: February 12, 2020,  PMCID: PMC7044784. 

Novakova, SS and Rodriguez, BL, Vega-Soto, EM, Nutter, GP, Armstrong, RE, Macpherson, PCD, Larkin, LM.  "Repairing Volumetric Muscle Loss in the Ovine Peroneus Tertius Following a 3-Month Recovery," Accepted for Publication in Tissue Engineering, January 2020.

Vega-Soto, EE, Rodriguez, BL, Armstrong, RE, Larkin, LM. Muscle Loss Does Not Result in Sustained Functional Deficits after a 90-Day Recovery in Rats. Accepted for publication Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine. June 21, 2019.

Rodriguez, BL, Nguyen, MH, Armstrong, RE, Vega-Soto EE, Polkowski, PM, Larkin, LM. A Comparison of Ovine Facial and Limb Muscle as a Primary Cell Source for Engineered Skeletal Muscle. Tissue Eng Part A. 2020  26: Numbers 3 and 4: 167-177.

Rodriguez, BL, Florida, SE, VanDusen, KW, Syverud, BC, and Larkin, LM. The Maturation of Tissue-Engineered Skeletal Muscle Units following 28-Day Ectopic Implantation in a Rat. Regen Eng. Transl. Med. 2019 Mar;5(1):86-94.