Research Publications, Peer-Reviewed:

  1. Lee J, Shan Y, Wong A, Brown EA, Callahan M, Hernandez RA, Mienaltowski MJ. The effects of supplemental dietary chitosan on broiler performance and myopathic features of white striping. Poultry Science, 2024Mar;103(3):103396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.103396.
  2. Mienaltowski MJ, Callahan M, De La Torre U, Maga EA. Comparing Microbiotas of Foals and Their Mares’ Milk in the First Two Weeks After Birth. In Revision at BMC Veterinary Research, 2024 Jan 8;20(1):17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-023-03864-1.
  3. Mienaltowski MJ, Callahan M, Gonzales N, Wong AO. Examining the Potential of Vitamin C Supplementation in Tissue-Engineered Equine Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon Constructs. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 Dec 4;24(23):17098. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242317098.
  4. Steffen D, Mienaltowski M, Baar K. Spatial Gene Expression in Adult Rat Patellar Tendon. In Revision at Matrix Biology Plus, 2023 Nov 25:19-20:100138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbplus.2023.100138.
  5. Pechanec MY, Mienaltowski MJ. Decoding the Transcriptomic Expression and Genomic Methylation Patterns in the Tendon Proper and its Peritenon Region in the Aging Horse. BMC Research Notes. 2023 Oct 11;16(1):267. doi: 10.1186/s13104-023-06562-1.
  6. Steffen D, Avey AM, Mienaltowski MJ, Baar K. Rat Achilles and Patellar Tendons Become Transcriptionally Divergent During Postnatal Development. The Journal of Physiology, 2023 Sep;601(17):3869-3884. https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP284393.
  7. Pechanec MY, Beall JM, Katzman S, Maga EA, Mienaltowski MJ. Examining The Effect of Co-Culturing Equine Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Tendon Proper and Peritenon Cells In Vitro. J Eq Vet Sci, 2023 126:104262. doi: 10.1016/j.jevs.2023.104262.
  8. Steffen D, Mienaltowski MJ, Baar K. Scleraxis and Collagen I Expression Increase Following Isometric Loading in a Rodent Model of Patellar Tendinopathy. Matrix Biology, 2022 May;109:34-48. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2022.03.006.
  9. Grillos AS, Roach JM, de Mestre AM, Foote AK, Kinglsey NB, Mienaltowski MJ, Bellone RR. First reported case of fragile foal syndrome type 1 in the Thoroughbred caused by PLOD1 c.2032G>A. Equine Veterinary Journal, 2021 Dec 22, online ahead of print, org/10.1111/evj.13547.
  10. Vanhatalo OE, Henderson JD, De La Torre U, Garrity C, Pechanec MY, Mienaltowski A, King AJ, Mienaltowski MJ. Research Note: Evaluation of the incidence of white striping and underlying myopathic abnormalities affected by fast weight gain in commercially fed broiler chickens. Poultry Science, 2021 Apr;100(4):101020. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101020.
  11. Donnelly CG, Bellone R, Hales E, Nguyen A, Katzman S, Dujovne G, Knickelbein K, Avila F,  Kalbfleisch T,  Giulotto E,  Kingsley NB, Tanaka J,  Esdaile E, Peng S, Dahlgren A, Fuller A, Mienaltowski M, Raudsepp T, Affolter V, Petersen J, Finno C. Generation of a biobank from two adult stallions for the Functional Annotation of the Animal Genome (FAANG) initiative. Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 Mar 8;12:650305, doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.650305.
  12. Foster K, Mienaltowski M, Klasing K, King A. Production of broilers fed native methionine from sunflower seed meal and cowpeas. EC Veterinary Science, 2021 Feb 26;6.3:3-14. (https://www.ecronicon.com/ecve/ECVE-06-00367.php)
  13. Mienaltowski MJ, Belt A, Henderson JD, Boyd T, Marter N, Maga EA, DePeters EJ. Psyllium Supplementation is Associated with Changes in the Fecal Microbiota of Horses. BMC Research Notes 2020, Sep 29;13(1):459. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05305-w.
  14. Pechanec MY, Boyd T, Baar K, Mienaltowski MJ. Adding exogenous biglycan and decorin Improves tendon formation for equine peritenon and tendon proper cells. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 Sep 23; 21(1):627.doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03650-2
  15. Gruber BL, Mienaltowski MJ, MacLeod JN, Schittny J, Kasper S, Flück M. Tenascin-C expression controls the maturation of articular cartilage. BMC Research Notes 2020, Feb 17; 13(1):78. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-4906-8
  16. Mienaltowski MJ, Cánovas A, Fates VA, Hampton AR, Pechanec MY, Islas-Trejo A, Medrano JF. Transcriptome profiles of isolated murine Achilles tendon proper- and peritenon- derived progenitor cells. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2019 Jun; 37(6):1409-1418. doi: 10.1002/jor.24076
  17. De La Torre U, Henderson JD, Furtado KL, Pedroja M, O’Malley E, Mora A, Pechanec MY, Maga EA, Mienaltowski MJ. Utilizing the fecal microbiota to understand foal gut transitions from birth to weaning. PLoS ONE 2019, 14(4): e0216211.
  18. Sachs NJ*, Hampton AR*, Foster KK, Pechanec MY, Henderson JD, King AJ, Mienaltowski MJ. The effects of an alternative diet regimen with natural methionine ingredients on white striping breast myopathy in broiler chickens. Poultry Science, 2019 Jan 1;98(1):413-421.
  19. Pechanec MY, Lee-Barthel A, Baar K, Mienaltowski MJ. Evaluation and Optimization of a Three-Dimensional Construct Model for Equine Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2018.10.011.
  20. Burns EN, Bordbari MH, Mienaltowski MJ, Affolter VK, Barro MV, Gianino F, Gianino G, Giulotto E, Kalbfleisch TS, Katzman SA, Lassaline M, Leeb T, Mack M, Müller EJ, MacLeod JN, Ming-Whitfield B, Alanis CR, Raudsepp T, Scott E, Vig S, Zhou H, Petersen JL, Bellone RR, Finno CJ. Generation of an equine biobank to be used for Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes project. Animal Genetics, 2018 Dec;49(6):564-570.
  21. Alberi C, Hisey E, Lassaline M, Atilano A, Kalbfleisch T, Stoppini R, Hermans H, Back W, Mienaltowski MJ, Bellone RR. Ruling out BGN variants as simple X-linked causative mutations for bilateral corneal stromal loss in Friesian horses. Animal Genetics, 2018 Dec;49(6):656-657.
  22. Mienaltowski MJ, Cánovas A, Fates VA, Hampton AR, Pechanec MY, Islas-Trejo A, Medrano JF. Transcriptome profiles of isolated murine Achilles tendon proper- and peritenon-derived progenitor cells. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2018 Jun 21. doi: 10.1002/jor.24076.
  23. Scott EY, Mansour T, Bellone RR, Brown CT, Mienaltowski MJ, Penedo MC, Ross PJ, Valberg SJ, Murray JD, Finno CJ. Identification of long non-coding RNA in the horse transcriptome. BMC Genomics, 2017 Jul 4;18(1):511.
  24. Mansour TA, Scott EY, Finno CJ, Bellone RR, Mienaltowski MJ, Penedo MC, Ross PJ, Valberg SJ, Murray JD, Brown CT. Tissue resolved, gene structure refined equine transcriptome, BMC Genomics  2017 Jan 20;18(1):103.
  25. Mienaltowski MJ, Dunkman AA, Buckley MR, Adams SM, Thomas SJ, Kumar A, Beason DP, Birk DE, Soslowsky LJ. The Injury Response of Extremely Aged Tendons, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, Journal of Orthopaedics Research 2016 Jul;34(7):1256-1263.
  26. Mienaltowski MJ, Adams SM, Birk DE. Tendon Proper- and Peritenon-Derived Progenitor Cells Have Unique Tenogenic Properties, Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2014 Jul 8;5(4):86.
  27. Dunkman AA*, Buckley MR*, Mienaltowski MJ, Adams SM, Thomas SJ, Kumar A, Beason DP, Iozzo RV, Birk DE, Soslowsky LJ. The Injury Response of Aged Tendons in the Absence of Biglycan and Decorin, Matrix Biology, 2014 April; 35:232-238.
  28. Dunkman AA, Buckley MR, Mienaltowski MJ, Adam S, Thomas SJ, Satchell L, Kumar A, Pathmanathan L, Beason DP, Iozzo RV, Birk DE, Soslowsky LJ. The Tendon Injury Response Is Influenced by Biglycan and Decorin, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2014 Mar; 42(3):619-30.
  29. Bellone RR, Holl H, Setaluri V, Devi S, Maddodi N, Archer S, Sandmeyer L, Ludwig A, Foerster D, Pruvost M, Reissmann M, Bortfeldt R, Adelson D, Lim SL, Nelson J, Haase B, Engensteiner M, Leeb T, Forsyth G, Mienaltowski MJ, Mahadevan P, Hofreiter M, Paijmans JLA, Grahn B, Brooks SA. Evidence for a Retroviral Insertion in TRPM1 as the Cause of Congenital Stationary Night Blindness and Leopard Complex Spotting in the Horse, PLOS ONE, 2013 Oct 22; 8(10): e78280.
  30. Dourte LM, Pathmanathan L, Mienaltowski MJ, Jawad AF, Birk DE, Soslowsky LJ. Mechanical, Compositional and Structural Properties of the Mouse Patellar Tendon with Changes in Biglycan Gene Expression. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 2013 Sep; 31(9):1430-1437.
  31. Dunkman AA, Buckley MR, Mienaltowski MJ, Adams SM, Thomas S, Satchell L, Kumar A, Pathmanathana L, Beason DP; Iozzo RV, Birk DE, Soslowsky LJ. Decorin Expression Is Important for Age-Related Changes in Tendon Structure and Mechanical Properties. Matrix Biology 2013 Jan; 32:3-13.
  32. Mienaltowski MJ, Adams SM, Birk DE. Regional Differences in Stem Cell/Progenitor Cell Populations from the Mouse Achilles Tendon. Tissue Engineering Part A 2013 Jan; 19 (1-2): 199-210.
  33. Dourte LM, Pathmanathan L, Jawad AF, Iozzo RV, Mienaltowski MJ, Birk DE, Soslowsky LJ. Influence of Decorin on the Mechanical, Compositional, and Structural Properties of the Mouse Patellar Tendon. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2012 March, 134:031005 (digital).
  34. Vanderman KS, Tremblay M, Zhu W, Shimojo M, Mienaltowski MJ, Coleman SJ, MacLeod JN. Brother of CDO (BOC) Expression in Articular Cartilage. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2011 April, 19 (4): 435-438.
  35. Coleman SJ, Zeng Z, Wang K, Luo S, Khrebtukova I, Mienaltowski MJ, Schroth, GP, Liu J, MacLeod JN. Structural annotation of equine protein-coding genes determined by mRNA sequencing. Animal Genetics 2010 December; 41 (S2): 121-130.
  36. Mienaltowski MJ, Huang L, Bathke AC, Stromberg AJ, MacLeod JN. Transcriptional Comparisons Between Equine Articular Repair Tissue, Neonatal Cartilage, Cultured Chondrocytes, and Mesenchymal Stromal Cells. Briefings in Functional Genomics 2010 May; 9(3):238-50.
  37. Mienaltowski MJ, Huang L, Frisbie DD, McIlwraith CW, Bathke AC, Stromberg AJ, MacLeod JN. Transcriptional profiling differences for articular cartilage and repair tissue in equine joint surface lesions.  BMC Medical Genomics 2009 Sep 14; 2 60.
  38. Mienaltowski MJ, Huang L, Stromberg AJ, MacLeod JN. Differential gene expression associated with equine postnatal articular cartilage maturation.  BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 Nov 5; 9 149.
  39. Kokoza VA, Martin D, Mienaltowski MJ, Ahmed A, Morton CM, Raikhel AS. Transcriptional regulation of the mosquito vitellogenin gene via a blood meal-triggered cascade.  Gene 2001 Aug 22; 274 (1-2) 47-65.

 

 

Peer-Reviewed Review Publications:

  1. Lee J, Mienaltowski MJ. Broiler White Striping: A Review of Its Etiology, Effects on Production, and Mitigation Efforts. Poultry, 2023 2, 292-304. https://doi.org/10.3390/poultry2020022
  2. Foster KK, Mienaltowski MJ, Klasing K, King AJ. Cowpeas and Sunflower Seed Meal – Available Sources of Methionine for Organic Poultry Diets. EC Agriculture3 (2020): 01-09. https://www.ecronicon.com/ecag/ECAG-06-00263.php
  3. Chen S, Mienaltowski MJ, Birk DE. Regulation of corneal stroma extracellular matrix assembly, Experimental Eye Research, 2015 Apr; 133:69-80. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.08.001

 

Editor-Invited Book Chapters:

  1. Mienaltowski MJ, Gonzales N, Beall J, Pechanec MY. 2: Basic Structure, Physiology, and Biochemistry of Connective Tissues and Extracellular Matrix Collagens. Progress in Heritable Soft Connective Tissue Diseases, 2nd edition, NY, Springer 2021, pp. 5-44.n (ISBN 978-3-030-80614-9). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-80614-9_2
  2. Mienaltowski MJ and Birk DE. 2: Structure, Physiology and Biochemistry of Collagens in: Halper J (ed): Progress in Heritable Soft Connective Tissue Disorders, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, NY: Springer, 2014, pp. 5-29. (ISBN 978-94-007-7893-1).
  3. Mienaltowski MJ and Birk DE. 13: Mouse Models in Tendon and Ligament Research in: Halper J (ed): Progress in Heritable Soft Connective Tissue Disorders, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, NY: Springer, 2014, pp. 201-230. (ISBN 978-94-007-7893-1).
  4. Coleman SJ, Mienaltowski MJ, MacLeod JN. 8: Equine Functional Genomics in Equine Genomics, Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell, Inc., 2013, pp. 125-141. (ISBN: 978-0813815633).