KCOM faculty are listed in bold font; staff and students are identified in brackets.


Research Publications

Ahmad A, Ahmad Z, Baig MA. Hepatic sulfite oxidase: effect of anions on its activity. Trend Clin Biochem Lab Med. 2003 1, 751-755.

Beekley MD, Cullom DL, Brechue WF. Hypercapnic impairment of neuromuscular function is related to afferent depression. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2004 Jan;91(1):105-10. Epub 2003 Sep 4

Beekley MD, Ideus JM, Brechue WF, Kearns CF, McKeever KH. Chronic clenbuterol administration alters myosin heavy chain composition in standard bred mares. Vet J. 2003 May;165(3):234-9

Brooks J, Fleschner CR. Identification of a vimentin-reactive Peptide associated with ocular lens membranes as cytokeratin. Ophthalmic Res. 2003;35(1):8-11

Cenedella RJ, Kuszak JR, Al-Ghoul KJ, Qin S, Sexton PS. Discordant expression of the sterol pathway in lens underlies simvastatin-induced cataracts in Chbb: Thom rats. J Lipid Res. 2003 Jan;44(1):198-211

Cenedella RJ. Beware of combining erythromycin with a statin. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2003 Mar;103(3):117

Chamberlain NR, Yates HA. A prospective study of osteopathic medical students' attitudes toward use of osteopathic manipulative treatment in caring for patients. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2003 Oct;103(10):470-8

Elmslie KS. Neurotransmitter modulation of neuronal calcium channels. J
Bioenerg Biomembr. 2003 Dec;35(6):477-89

Hartdegen RW, Russell MJ, Young BA, Reams RD. Krokotiiliskinkin Tribolonotus gracilis (DE ROOY, 1909) ääntely ja todisteita poikasten hoidosta. Herpetomania 2003 12(4): 5-9

Hook RR Jr, Green TJ, Stuart MK. Rheumatoid factor-like IgM in Plasmodium berghei (Apicomplexa: Haemosporida) infections of BALB/c mice. Folia Parasitol (Praha). 2003 Sep;50(3):176-82

Lodato P, Alcaino J, Barahona S, Retamales P, Cifuentes V. Alternative splicing of transcripts from crtI and crtYB genes of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003, 69(8):4676-82. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4676-4682.2003. PMID: 12902257; PMCID: PMC169127.

Manabat C, Han BH, Wendland M, Derugin N, Fox CK, Choi J, Holtzman DM, Ferriero DM, Vexler ZS. Reperfusion differentially induces caspase-3 activation in ischemic core and penumbra after stroke in immature brain. Stroke. 2003 Jan;34(1):207-13. 

Peterson DF, Degenhardt BF, Smith CM. Correlation between prior exercise and present health and fitness status of entering medical students. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2003 Aug;103(8):361-6

Singh VK, Moskovitz J. Multiple methionine sulfoxide reductase genes in Staphylococcus aureus: expression of activity and roles in tolerance of oxidative stress. Microbiology. 2003 Oct;149(Pt 10):2739-47

Singh VK, Schmidt JL, Jayaswal RK, Wilkinson BJ. Impact of sigB mutation on Staphylococcus aureus oxacillin and vancomycin resistance varies with parental background and method of assessment. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2003 Mar;21(3):256-61

Stuart MK, Chamberlain NR. Monoclonal antibodies to elongation factor-1alpha inhibit in vitro translation in lysates of Sf21 cells. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2003 Jan;52(1):17-34

Theobald RJ Jr. Differing effects of NG-monomethyl L-arginine and 7-nitroindazole on detrusor activity. Neurourol Urodyn 2003;22(1):62-9

Utaida S, Dunman PM, Macapagal D, Murphy E, Projan SJ, Singh VK, Jayaswal RK, Wilkinson BJ. Genome-wide transcriptional profiling of the response of Staphylococcus aureus to cell-wall-active antibiotics reveals a cell-wall-stress stimulon. Microbiology. 2003 Oct;149(Pt 10):2719-32

Young BA. Snake bioacoustics: toward a richer understanding of the behavioral ecology of snakes. Q Rev Biol. 2003 Sep;78(3):303-25. Review

Young, BA, Phelan M, Morain M, Ommundsen M, Kurt R. Venom injection in rattlesnakes (Crotalus): Peripheral resistance and the pressure-balance hypothesis. Can. J. Zool. 2003 81: 313-320

oung BA, Morain M. The mechanics of vertical burrowing in the Saharan sand vipers (Cerastes). Copeia 2003: 132-138

Presentations/Published Abstracts

Carlson CG, Geisbuhler TP; Diastolic Calcium Influx in Isolated Rat Cardiac Myocytes; J Mol Cell Cardiol 35: A31 (P-047); 2003.


Fleschner CR. Rat Lens Membrane Fractional Distribution of Insoluble Calpain Lp82/85. 2003 Annual Meeting Abstract and Program Planner accessed at www.arvo.org. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Abstract 1237. Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; May 5, 2003

Miranda DG, Kuhlmann GM, Sexton WL. Aging Slows Microvascular PO2 Kinetics in the Extensor Digitorum Longus Muscle of Fischer 344 Rats. Med Sci Sports Exercise 35 (Suppl): S336, 2003. American College of Sports Medicine meetings; San Francisco, CA; May 31, 2003.


Sexton WL, Kuhlmann GM, Maiorano CP, Poole DC, Kindig CA. Chronic Prazosin Treatment Does Not Alter Microvascular PO2 Kinetics in Contracting Rat EDL Muscle. FASEB J (Abstract Part II) 17, 2003


Sexton WL, Miranda DG, Yang Q. Microvascular PO2 Kinetics in the Extensor Digitorum Longus Muscle of SHR and WKY Rats. Med Sci Sports Exercise 35 (Suppl): S336, 2003. American College of Sports Medicine meetings; San Francisco, CA; May 31, 2003.


Stuart MK, Sexton PS, Cox BJ, Uray NJ, Towns LC. Monoclonal Antibodies to the Bullfrog Optic Tectum and Cerebellum. Missouri Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting; Warrensburg, MO; April 19, 2003

Stuart MK. A role for Baculovirus-Encoded Antibodies in the Biological Control of Pest Insects. Invited seminar; Biology Department, Northern Michigan University; Marquette, MI; May 1, 2003.


Wherry AD, Petersen MC, Sexton WL, Stuart MK, Koch AJ. Decreased Salivary Immunoglobulin Levels After a Collegiate Rugby Game. Med Sci Sports Exercise 35 (Suppl): S381, 2003. American College of Sports Medicine meetings; San Francisco, CA; May 31, 2003.


Books, Chapters, Reviews

Petrescu, O, X Fan, MW Bradbury, PD Berk. Selective regulation of long chain fatty acid uptake across adipocyte plasma membranes is a control point for body adiposity. Gastroenterology 124, Suppl 1:A70