Christopher W. Ward

Also affiliated with Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham Children's Hospital

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicineNeuroscience

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Driven by 25 papers. Top paper: “Kynurenines link chronic inflammation to functional decline and physical frailty”.

Kynurenines link chronic inflammation to functional decline and physical frailty

JCI Insight(2020)10.1172/jci.insight.136091

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88 citations

Tae Chung, Jacqueline Lovett, Christopher W. Ward, Humberto C. Joca, Huanle Yang +11 more

Mechanoactivation of NOX2-generated ROS elicits persistent TRPM8 Ca 2+ signals that are inhibited by oncogenic KRas

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2020)10.1073/pnas.2009495117

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33 citations

Rachel Lee, Katarina T. Chang, Erick O. Hernández‐Ochoa, David A. Annis, Eleanor C. Ory +10 more

TRPV4 calcium influx controls sclerostin protein loss independent of purinergic calcium oscillations

Bone(2020)10.1016/j.bone.2020.115356

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31 citations

Jenna Leser, Nicole R. Gould, Humberto C. Joca, James S. Lyons, Ramzi J. Khairallah +3 more

Deletion of obscurin immunoglobulin domains Ig58/59 leads to age-dependent cardiac remodeling and arrhythmia

Basic Research in Cardiology(2020)10.1007/s00395-020-00818-8

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25 citations

Andrew Coleman, Humberto C. Joca, Henk Granzier, Mark W. Russel, Christopher W. Ward +2 more

Tubulin acetylation increases cytoskeletal stiffness to regulate mechanotransduction in striated muscle

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.06.10.144931

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3 citations

Humberto C. Joca, Guoli Shi, W. Jonathan Lederer, Christopher W. Ward, Andrew Coleman

Disparate Bone Anabolic Cues Activate Bone Formation by Regulating the Rapid Lysosomal Degradation of Sclerostin Protein

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.10.26.355800

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1 citations

Katrina Williams, Humberto C. Joca, Olivia M. Torre, James S. Lyons, Jenna Leser +7 more

Myostatin/Activin Receptor Ligands in Muscle and the Development Status of Attenuating Drugs

Endocrine Reviews(2021)10.1210/endrev/bnab030

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103 citations

Christopher W. Ward, Buel D. Rodgers

Tubulin acetylation increases cytoskeletal stiffness to regulate mechanotransduction in striated muscle

The Journal of General Physiology(2021)10.1085/jgp.202012743

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66 citations

Humberto C. Joca, Guoli Shi, W. Jonathan Lederer, Christopher W. Ward, Andrew Coleman

Aging, Osteo-Sarcopenia, and Musculoskeletal Mechano-Transduction

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences(2021)10.3389/fresc.2021.782848

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25 citations

Anicca Harriot, Heather Buck, Christopher W. Ward, Joseph P. Stains, Jenna Leser

Disparate bone anabolic cues activate bone formation by regulating the rapid lysosomal degradation of sclerostin protein

eLife(2021)10.7554/elife.64393

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36 citations

Katrina Williams, Humberto C. Joca, Olivia M. Torre, James S. Lyons, Jenna Leser +7 more

Attenuating persistent sodium current–induced atrial myopathy and fibrillation by preventing mitochondrial oxidative stress

JCI Insight(2021)10.1172/jci.insight.147371

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33 citations

Haikel Dridi, Bi-Xing Chen, Qi Yuan, Alexander N. Katchman, Steve Reiken +16 more

Desmin interacts with STIM1 and coordinates Ca2+ signaling in skeletal muscle

JCI Insight(2021)10.1172/jci.insight.143472

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30 citations

Victoria Bryson, Chaojian Wang, Tianyu Li, Jaclyn P. Kerr, Rebecca J. Wilson +5 more

Sarcomeric deficits underlie MYBPC1-associated myopathy with myogenic tremor

JCI Insight(2021)10.1172/jci.insight.147612

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18 citations

Janis Stavusis, Humberto C. Joca, Joel C. Robinett, Laurin M. Hanft, Jack Vandermeulen +7 more

X-ROS Signaling Depends on Length-Dependent Calcium Buffering by Troponin

Cells(2021)10.3390/cells10051189

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10 citations

Benjamin L. Prosser, W. Jonathan Lederer, Christopher W. Ward, M. Saleet Jafri, Sarita Limbu

Depletion of skeletal muscle satellite cells attenuates pathology in muscular dystrophy

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-30619-7

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50 citations

Jiuzhou Huo, Sarah Han, Julian R. Havens, Vikram Prasad, Brian L. Lin +7 more

Age-dependent impact of two exercise training regimens on genomic and metabolic remodeling in skeletal muscle and liver of male mice

npj Aging(2022)10.1038/s41514-022-00089-8

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22 citations

Ignacio Navas‐Enamorado, Mari Carmen Gómez‐Cabrera, Miguel Calvo‐Rubio, José A. González‐Reyes, Nathan L. Price +15 more

Pharmacological TRPC6 inhibition improves survival and muscle function in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

JCI Insight(2022)10.1172/jci.insight.158906

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24 citations

Joseph Shin, William P.D. Jeffreys, Nadan Wang, Clarisse Lukban, Megan C. Moorer +10 more

Inhibition of YAP signaling improves recovery in injured skeletal muscle

The FASEB Journal(2022)10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.s1.r5346

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Sameer B. Shah, Christopher W. Ward, Joseph P. Stains, Eric S. Folker, Richard M. Lovering +1 more

Detyrosinated microtubule arrays drive myofibrillar malformations in mdx muscle fibers

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology(2023)10.3389/fcell.2023.1209542

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5 citations

Tessa Altair Morris, Camilo Vanegas, Jacob G. Kallenbach, Kaylie Pinto, Humberto C. Joca +6 more

Nitric oxide contributes to rapid sclerostin protein loss following mechanical load

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications(2024)10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150315

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2 citations

Olivia M. Torre, Jenna Leser, Nicole R. Gould, Christopher W. Ward, Joseph P. Stains +1 more

Acute microtubule changes linked to DMD pathology are insufficient to impair contractile function or enhance contraction-induced injury in healthy muscle

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.06.19.599775

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Jeanine A. Ursitti, Jacob G. Kallenbach, Kaylie Pinto, Anicca Harriot, Andrew Coleman +3 more

High throughput cell mechanotyping of cell response to cytoskeletal modulations using a microfluidic cell deformation system

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics(2024)10.1007/s10404-024-02774-4

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Jeanine A. Ursitti, Sai Pranav Majeti Venkata, Nikka Givpoor, Megan B. Stemberger, Autumn C Hengen +8 more

Pulsatile Myofilament Activity in Myotrem Myopathy Associated with Myogenic Tremor

International Journal of Molecular Sciences(2025)10.3390/ijms26115252

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2 citations

Laurin M. Hanft, Suhan Cho, Christopher W. Ward, Kerry S. McDonald, Aikaterini Kontrogianni‐Konstantopoulos +1 more

Sex-dependent and muscle-specific progression of the MYBPC1 E248K Myotrem myopathy in response to aging

JCI Insight(2025)10.1172/jci.insight.182471

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2 citations

Humberto C. Joca, Jacob G. Kallenbach, Natasha Ranu, Julien Ochala, Christopher W. Ward +2 more

Codon-optimized human Smad7 gene therapy enhances skeletal muscle mass and function in a murine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Gene Therapy(2025)10.1038/s41434-025-00583-0

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1 citations

Christopher W. Ward, Buel D. Rodgers