Kevin E. McElhanon

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2013

Muscle Physiology and Disorders Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis Nerve injury and regeneration Autophagy in Disease and Therapy Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies

Publications

Citations

440

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Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2013

Research summary

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Kevin E. McElhanon's research focuses on how muscle cells repair damage to their outer membrane (the sarcolemma), and how failures in this repair process contribute to muscle diseases such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and heart muscle injury. His work combines molecular biology techniques with animal models, including engineered proteins and imaging tools like automated mouse heart ultrasound analysis, to study potential therapies for muscle and cardiac disorders.

Muscle membrane repair mechanismsMuscular dystrophy and muscle disease therapeuticsCardiac injury and dysfunction modelsVesicular trafficking and cell signalingEngineered proteins for tissue repair

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with more active years (2017, 2019, 2020) followed by a slowdown after 2021, averaging just over one publication per year in the most recent five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently

Recent publications

Increased circulating progranulin is not sufficient to induce cardiac dysfunction or supraventricular arrhythmia
Scientific Reports · 2023
Fully automated mouse echocardiography analysis using deep convolutional neural networks
American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · 2022
Key Facilitator Proteins that Mediate Sarcolemma Membrane Repair have Potential as Therapeutics for Muscle Disease and Injury
The FASEB Journal · 2022
Development of Novel Engineered Recombinant Proteins that Improve Cell Membrane Repair Response
The FASEB Journal · 2021
Muscle Fibers Utilize its Glucose Uptake Machinery to Reseal Sarcolemma Disruptions & Stimulating Affiliated Rab G Proteins Improves Repair Capacity in Muscle Dystrophic Mice
The FASEB Journal · 2020
Multiple Poloxamers Improve Membrane Repair Capacity in a Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
The FASEB Journal · 2019
Key Facilitator Proteins that Mediate Sarcolemma Membrane Repair have Potential as Therapeutics for Muscle Disease and Injury
The FASEB Journal · 2019
A Murine Model of Myocardial Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury
Methods in molecular biology · 2018
Altered membrane integrity in the progression of muscle diseases
Life Sciences · 2017
Age-related Changes In Contractile Function Of Mouse Soleus And Edl Muscles
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2017
Role of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase signaling in vesicular trafficking
Life Sciences · 2016

Publishes in

The FASEB Journal×10
Life Sciences×2
Molecular Therapy×1
Heliyon×1
American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology×1

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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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