Complete list of publications:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1Bw2UFE4dI45C/bibliography/public/

Selected Publications:

  1. [Pre-print] Sothers H,Lukusa-Sawalena B,  Lavin KM,  Ma W,  Chiles JW,  Casaburi R,  Patel R, Wells JM, Kazamel M,  Rossiter HB,  Thalacker-Mercer A,  McDonald MN. Distinct Myogenic Stages Recapitulate Transcriptomic Networks in COPD Cachexia, bioRxiv. 2025 December
  2. Hatzikotoulas K*, Southam L*, Stefansdottir L*, Boer CG*, McDonald MN* et al. Genome-wide analysis in 1,962,069 individuals identifies 962 risk variants and translational opportunities for osteoarthritis, Nature, 2025 April 9 online, PMID: 40205036, *Authors contributed equally.
  3. Lavin KM, Richman JS, McDonald MN, Singh J. Osteoarthritis across Joint Sites in the Million Veteran Program: Insights from Electronic Health Records and Military Service History. Journal of Rheumatology. 2024 Oct 14, PMID: 39278656.
  4. Chiles JW 3rd, Wilson AC, Tindal R, Lavin K, Windham S, Rossiter HB, Casaburi R, Thalacker-Mercer A, Buford TW, Patel R, Wells JM, Bamman MM, Hanaoka BY, Dransfield M, McDonald MN. Differentially co-expressed myofibre transcripts associated with abnormal myofibre proportion in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2024 Apr 22; PMID: 38649783; PMC11154789.
  5. Sridar M, Bodduluri S, O’Hare L, Blumhoof S, del Pilar Acosta Lara M, de Andrade JA, Kim Y, Luckhardt T, McDonald MN, Kulkarni T. Association of musculoskeletal involvement with lung function and mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respiratory Research. 2024 Feb 8; 25(1), PMID: 38326848.
  6. McDonald MN, Lakshman Kumar P, Srinivasasainagendra V, Nair A, Rocco AP, Wilson AC, Chiles JW, Richman JS, Pinson SA, Dennis RA, Jagadale V, Brown CJ, Pyarajan S, Tiwari HK, Bamman MM, Singh JA. Novel genetic loci associated with osteoarthritis in multi-ancestry analyses in the Million Veteran Program and UK Biobank. Nat Genet. 2022 Dec;54(12), PMID: 36411363.
  7. Wilson AC, Bon JM, Mason S, Diaz AA, Lutz SM, Estepar RSJ, Kinney GL, Hokanson JE, Rennard SI, Casaburi R, Bhatt SP, Irvin MR, Hersh CP, Dransfield MT, Washko GR, Regan EA, McDonald MN. Increased chest CT derived bone and muscle measures capture markers of improved morbidity and mortality in COPD. Respir Res. 2022 Nov 15;23(1):311, PMID: 36376854, PMCID: PMC9664607.
  8. Lakshman Kumar P, Wilson A, Rocco A, Cho MH, Wan E, Hobbs BD, Washko GR, Ortega VE, Christenson S, Li X, Wells J.M., Bhatt SP, DeMeo DL, Lutz S, Rossiter H, Casaburi R, Rennard SI, Lomas DA, Labaki WW, Tal-Singer R, Bowler RP, Hersh CP, Tiwari HK, Dransfield M, Thalacker-Mercer A, Meyers DA, Silverman EK and McDonald MN. Genetic Variation in Genes Regulating Skeletal Muscle Regeneration and Tissue Remodeling Associated with Weight Loss in COPD. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2021 Dec; 12(6). PMID: 34523824; PMCID: PMC8718068.
  9. Wilson AC, Kumar PK, Lee S, Parker MM, Arora I, Morrow JD, Wouters EFM, Casaburi R ,. Rennard SI, Lomas DA, Agusti A, Tal-Singer R, Dransfield MT, Bhatt SP, Thannickal VJ, Tiwari HK, Hersh CP, Castaldi PJ, Silverman EK, McDonald MN. Heme Me tabolism Genes Downregulated in COPD Cachexia. Respiratory Research. 2020 May 1; 21(1): 100, PMID: 32354332; PMC7193359.
  10. McDonald MN, Diaz AA, Ross JC, San Jose Estepar R, Regan E, Eckbo E, Muralidhar N, Come CE, Cho M, Hersh CP, Lange C, Celli B, Black-Shinn JL, Kinney GL, Lutz SM, Hokanson JE, Silverman EK and Washko GR for the COPDGene Investigators. Quantitative CT measures of pectoralis muscle area and disease severity in COPD: a cross-sectional study. Annals of the ATS. 2014 Mar;11(3):326-34, PMID: 24558953, PMCID: PMC4028743.