Jennifer McFaline-Figueroa, PhD

Graduated: 2022

Dissertation: Volumetric muscle loss: characterization of acute pathophysiology and regenerative rehabilitation approaches

Publications from Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction Lab:

  1. Resistance wheel running improves contractile strength, but not metabolic capacity, in a murine model of volumetric muscle loss injury. Schifino AG, Raymond-Pope CJ, Heo J, McFaline-Figueroa J, Call JA, Greising SM.Exp Physiol. 2023 Oct;108(10):1282-1294.
  2. The bioenergetic “CK Clamp” technique detects substrate-specific changes in mitochondrial respiration and membrane potential during early VML injury pathology. McFaline-Figueroa J, Hunda ET, Heo J, Winders EA, Greising SM, Call JA.Front Physiol. 2023 Apr 4;14:1178213.
  3. Differential effects of Western diet and traumatic muscle injury on skeletal muscle metabolic regulation in male and female mice.Heo J, Schifino AG, McFaline-Figueroa J, Miller DL, Hoffman JR, Noble EE, Greising SM, Call JA.J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2023 Dec;14(6):2835-2850.
  4. Pharmaceutical Agents for Contractile-Metabolic Dysfunction After Volumetric Muscle Loss. McFaline-Figueroa J, Schifino AG, Nichenko AS, Lord MN, Hunda ET, Winders EA, Noble EE, Greising SM, Call JA.Tissue Eng Part A. 2022 Sep;28(17-18):795-806.
  5. Lifelong Ulk1-Mediated Autophagy Deficiency in Muscle Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Contractile Weakness. Nichenko AS, Sorensen JR, Southern WM, Qualls AE, Schifino AG, McFaline-Figueroa J, Blum JE, Tehrani KF, Yin H, Mortensen LJ, Thalacker-Mercer AE, Greising SM, Call JA.Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Feb 16;22(4):1937.  
  6. Compromised Muscle Properties in a Severe Hypophosphatasia Murine Model. Pendleton EG, Nichenko AS, Mcfaline-Figueroa J, Raymond-Pope CJ, Schifino AG, Pigg TM, Barrow RP, Greising SM, Call JA, Mortensen LJ.Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Nov 2;24(21):15905.  
  7. Independent of physical activity, volumetric muscle loss injury in a murine model impairs whole-body metabolism. Dalske KA, Raymond-Pope CJ, McFaline-Figueroa J, Basten AM, Call JA, Greising SM.PLoS One. 2021 Jun 25;16(6):e0253629.  
  8. Restricted physical activity after volumetric muscle loss alters whole-body and local muscle metabolism. Raymond-Pope CJ, Basten AM, Bruzina AS, McFaline-Figueroa J, Lillquist TJ, Call JA, Greising SM.J Physiol. 2023 Feb;601(4):743-761.

Current Position: Food & Drug Administration