Publication List:

Lai, L., T.C. Leone, C. Zechner, P.J. Schaeffer, S.M. Kelly, D.P. Flanagan, D.M. Medeiros, A. Kovacs and D.P. Kelly. Transcriptional coactivators PGC-1a and PGC-1b control overlapping programs required for perinatal maturation of the heart. Genes Dev., 22: 1948-1961, 2008. (pdf)

Wende, A.R., P.J. Schaeffer, G.J. Parker, C. Zechner, D.H. Han, M.M. Chen, C.R. Hancock, J.J. Lehman, J.M. Huss, D.A. McClain, J.O. Holloszy and D.P. Kelly.  A role for the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1a in muscle refueling. J. Biol. Chem., 282: 36642-36651, 2007. (pdf)

 Schaeffer, P.J., S.D. Nichols, and S.L. Lindstedt. Chronic electrical stimulation drives mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscle of a lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. J. Exp. Biol., 210: 3356-3360, 2007. (pdf)

Wende, A.R., J.M. Huss, P.J. Schaeffer, V. Giguere and D.P. Kelly. PGC-1a coactivates PDK4 gene expression via the orphan nuclear receptor ERRa: a mechanism for transcriptional control of muscle glucose metabolism. Mol. Cell. Biol., 25: 10684-10694, 2005.   (pdf)

Schaeffer, P.J., J.J. Villarin, D.J. Pierotti, D.P. Kelly, and S.L. Lindstedt. Cost of Transport is Increased after Cold Exposure in Monodelphis domestica: Training for Inefficiency. J. Exp. Biol., 208: 3159-3167, 2005.  (pdf)

Leone, T.C., J.J. Lehman, B.N. Finck, P.J. Schaeffer, A.R. Wende, S. Boudina, M. Courtois, D.F. Wozniak, N. Sambandam, C. Bernal-Mizrachi, Z. Chen, J.O. Holloszy, D.M. Medeiros, R.E. Schmidt, J.E. Saffitz, E.D. Abel, C.F. Semenkovich, and D.P. Kelly. PGC-1a deficiency causes multi-system energy metabolic derangements: Muscle dysfunction, abnormal weight control and hepatic steatosis. PLoS Biol., 3: e101, 2005  (pdf)

Schaeffer, P.J., A.R. Wende, C.J. Magee, T. Leone, J.R. Neilsen, T.C. Leone, F. Chen and D.P. Kelly. Calcineurin and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase activate distinct metabolic gene regulatory programs in cardiac muscle. J. Biol. Chem., 279: 39593-39603, 2004.  (pdf)

Schaeffer, P.J., J.J. Villarin, and S.L. Lindstedt. Chronic cold exposure increases skeletal muscle oxidative structure and function in Monodelphis domestica, a marsupial lacking brown adipose tissue. Physiol. Biochem. Zool., 76: 877-887, 2003.  (pdf)

Villarin, J.J., P.J. Schaeffer, R.A. Markle, and S.L. Lindstedt. Chronic cold exposure increases liver oxidative capacity in the marsupial Monodelphis domestica. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A, 136: 621-630, 2003.  (pdf)

Schaeffer, P.J. and D. Pierotti. A transcutaneous wire interface for small mammals using an expanded PTFE patch. J. Neurosci. Methods, 114: 81-85, 2002.  (pdf)

Lindstedt, S.L. and P.J. Schaeffer. Use of allometry in predicting anatomical and physiological parameters of mammals.  Lab. Animals, 36: 1-19, 2002.

Schaeffer, P.J., D.J. Wells, J.F. Hokanson, and S.L. Lindstedt. Cold exposure increases running VO2max in goats.  Am. J. Physiol., 280: R42-47, 2001.  (pdf)

Schaeffer, P.J. The development of the ventilatory response to cold in very young rats. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 119A: 407-414, 1998.  (pdf)

Schaeffer, P.J., K.E. Conley, and S.L. Lindstedt. Structural correlates of speed and endurance in skeletal muscle: the rattlesnake tailshaker muscle. J. Exp. Biol., 199: 351-356, 1996.  (pdf)