Pieter J. Koopmans Data-verified

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Graduate Research Assistant

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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6 h-index 17 pubs 83 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Pieter J. Koopmans investigates molecular and physiological adaptations in skeletal muscle, focusing on satellite cells, myonuclei, and the roles of microRNAs (miRNAs). His research explores how these components respond to stimuli such as exercise and disease states like cancer cachexia. Koopmans' work has examined the impact of specific miRNAs, including miR-16 and miR-1, on muscle gene expression, metabolic flexibility, and myogenic processes. He has also investigated the effects of interventions like exercise models in mice and senolytic compounds on muscle health and aging.

His recent publications include studies on the temporal molecular responses to resistance exercise in human skeletal muscle, implicating MYC as a regulator of muscle growth. Koopmans also studies the potential of mitochondrial antioxidants to attenuate muscle wasting in cancer models and the effects of senolytics on DNA methylation in aged muscle. His collaborations include work with Kevin A. Murach, Francielly Morena da Silva, and Nicholas P. Greene at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 17
  • Citations: 83

Selected Publications

  • The Age‐Dependent Resident Myonuclear Multi‐Omic Response to an Acute Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophic Stimulus in Mice (2026)
  • Displaced myonuclei are attributable to both resident myonuclear migration and stem cell fusion during mechanical loading in adult skeletal muscle (2025)
  • The Age-Dependent Resident Myonuclear Multi-Omic Response to a Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophic Stimulus (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Displaced myonuclei are attributable to both resident myonuclear migration and stem cell fusion during mechanical loading in adult skeletal muscle (2025)
  • Promoting mitochondrial fusion is protective against cancer-induced muscle detriments in males and females (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Corrigendum to “microRNA-1 regulates metabolic flexibility by programming skeletal muscle pyruvate metabolism” [Mol Metabol 98 (2025) 1–23/102182] (2025)
  • microRNA-1 regulates metabolic flexibility by programming adult skeletal muscle pyruvate metabolism (2025)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Global mitophagy inhibition via BNIP3 ablation is not sufficient to alleviate skeletal muscle impairments in male and female tumor-bearing mice (2025)
  • Myocellular adaptations to short‐term weighted wheel‐running exercise are largely conserved during C26‐tumour induction in male and female mice (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • At the Nexus Between Epigenetics and Senescence: The Effects of Senolytic ( <scp>BI01</scp> ) Administration on <scp>DNA</scp> Methylation Clock Age and the Methylome in Aged and Regenerated Skeletal Muscle (2025)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The 24-hour molecular landscape after exercise in humans reveals MYC is sufficient for muscle growth (2024)
    19 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Mitochondrial antioxidant SkQ1 attenuates C26 cancer-induced muscle wasting in males and improves muscle contractility in female tumor-bearing mice (2024)
    11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • microRNA-1 Regulates Metabolic Flexibility in Skeletal Muscle via Pyruvate Metabolism (2024)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The 24-Hour Time Course of Integrated Molecular Responses to Resistance Exercise in Human Skeletal Muscle Implicates <i>MYC</i> as a Hypertrophic Regulator That is Sufficient for Growth (2024)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Stuart has got the PoWeR! Skeletal muscle adaptations to a novel heavy progressive weighted wheel running exercise model in C57BL/6 mice (2023)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex

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