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Last published 2026
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Pieter Jan Koopmans

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Graduate Research Assistant

Also affiliated: Appalachian State University (2021–2023)

8 h-index 38 pubs 161 cited

  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Animals
  • Mice
  • Male
  • Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
  • Cachexia
  • Physical Conditioning, Animal
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle
  • MicroRNAs
  • Cell Nucleus
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Colonic Neoplasms

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Pieter Jan Koopmans' research investigates molecular responses to exercise and disease in skeletal muscle. His work explores the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in adult skeletal muscle satellite cells and their control over the myogenic cell transcriptome and proteome, specifically examining miR-16 and miR-1.

Koopmans also studies the molecular landscape after exercise in humans, identifying MYC as a regulator of muscle growth. His research further examines the impact of mitochondrial antioxidants, such as SkQ1, on attenuating cancer-induced muscle wasting and improving muscle contractility in animal models. Additionally, his work addresses the intersection of epigenetics and senescence, investigating the effects of senolytic administration on DNA methylation clocks and the methylome in aged and regenerated skeletal muscle.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 38
  • Citations: 161

Positions

  • Graduate Research Assistant 2022–present
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Health, Human Performance, and Recreation ORCID
  • Affiliate Research Faculty 2022–2032
    Appalachian State University Public Health and Exercise Science ORCID
  • Graduate Research Assistant 2019–2022
    Appalachian State University Health and Exercise Science ORCID
  • Specimen Processing Associate 2020–2021
    EXACT Sciences Corp Clinical Lab ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Myonuclear Dynamics After Skeletal Muscle Surgical Injury (2026)
    The FASEB Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Transient MYC Mimicking the Exercise Response Orchestrates Multifaceted Skeletal Muscle Adaptations (2026)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Exercise training prior to and during cancer in mice preserves muscle mass, reduces tumour weight and suppresses molecular mediators of cachexia (2026)
    The Journal of Physiology DOI OpenAlex
  • Myonuclear Dynamics After Skeletal Muscle Surgical Injury (2026)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Resident myonuclear adaptations to mechanical overload in single muscle fibers of HSA-GFP mice (2026)
    Physiology DOI OpenAlex
  • TRAIL: A potential new biomarker for muscle health in anorexia nervosa (2026)
    Physiology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Ribosome dynamics during skeletal muscle repair and regeneration in mice and humans (2026)
    American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Myonuclear Dynamics After Skeletal Muscle Surgical Resection Injury (2026)
    Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science OpenAlex
  • The Age‐Dependent Resident Myonuclear Multi‐Omic Response to an Acute Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophic Stimulus in Mice (2026)
    Advanced Science 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Displaced myonuclei are attributable to both resident myonuclear migration and stem cell fusion during mechanical loading in adult skeletal muscle (2025)
    Skeletal Muscle 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Age-Dependent Resident Myonuclear Multi-Omic Response to a Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophic Stimulus (2025)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Displaced myonuclei are attributable to both resident myonuclear migration and stem cell fusion during mechanical loading in adult skeletal muscle (2025)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Promoting mitochondrial fusion is protective against cancer-induced muscle detriments in males and females (2025)
    BMC Cancer 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Corrigendum to “microRNA-1 regulates metabolic flexibility by programming skeletal muscle pyruvate metabolism” [Mol Metabol 98 (2025) 1–23/102182] (2025)
    Molecular Metabolism DOI OpenAlex
  • microRNA-1 regulates metabolic flexibility by programming adult skeletal muscle pyruvate metabolism (2025)
    Molecular Metabolism 7 citations DOI OpenAlex

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