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Thomas Donald Cardaci

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InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED

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    1. VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Unger CA, NeSmith MM, Freeman JC, Bastian AV, Roark K, Upadhyay M, Levy AG, Bullard BM, McDonald SJ, Velázquez KT, Enos RT, Kubinak JL, Hofseth LJ, Hebert JR, Fan D, Murphy EA. Cannabis improves metabolic dysfunction and macrophage signatures in obese mice. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 Oct 01; 329(4):C1316-C1331. PMID: 40960937.
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    2. Cardaci TD, Bastian AV, Roark K, Bullard BM, NeSmith MM, Unger CA, Price RL, Kubinak JL, Murphy EA, VanderVeen BN. Profibrotic immune cells and fibro-adipogenic progenitors contribute to skeletal muscle extracellular matrix remodeling and fibrosis in cancer cachexia. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 Oct 01; 329(4):C1283-C1299. PMID: 40929182.
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    3. Harris DR, Cardaci TD, Ismaeel A, Church DD, Heileson JL, Machek SB. Editorial: Sports nutrition: muscle adaptation via supplementation and other nutritional strategies. Front Nutr. 2024; 11:1539316. PMID: 39749352.
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    4. VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Bullard BM, Unger CA, Freeman JC, Enos RT, Shtutman M, Wyatt MD, Fan D, Murphy EA. The impact of diet-induced obesity on 5 fluorouracil-induced tumor and liver immune cell cytotoxicity. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 Jan 01; 328(1):C56-C77. PMID: 39570672.
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    5. Harris DR, Harris DR, Cardaci TD, Cintineo HP, Funderburk LK, Machek SB. Wrist Wraps Do Not Affect Barbell Bench Press Muscular Strength, Power, or Endurance in Resistance-Trained Men and Women. J Strength Cond Res. 2024 Dec 01; 38(12):e708-e715. PMID: 39808814.
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    6. Cardaci TD, VanderVeen BN, Huss AR, Bullard BM, Velázquez KT, Frizzell N, Carson JA, Price RL, Murphy EA. Decreased skeletal muscle intramyocellular lipid droplet-mitochondrial contact contributes to myosteatosis in cancer cachexia. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2024 Sep 01; 327(3):C684-C697. PMID: 39010842.
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    7. VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Bullard BM, Madden M, Li J, Velazquez KT, Kubinak JL, Fan D, Murphy EA. Involvement of the gut microbiota in cancer cachexia. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2024 Sep 01; 327(3):C661-C670. PMID: 38981609.
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    8. Bullard BM, McDonald SJ, Cardaci TD, VanderVeen BN, Mohammed AD, Kubinak JL, Pierre JF, Chatzistamou I, Fan D, Hofseth LJ, Murphy EA. Panaxynol improves crypt and mucosal architecture, suppresses colitis-enriched microbes, and alters the immune response to mitigate colitis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2024 May 01; 326(5):G591-G606. PMID: 38469632.
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    9. VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Bullard BM, Huss AR, McDonald SJ, Muhammed AD, Kubinak JL, Fan D, Murphy EA. The complex heterogeneity of immune cell signatures across wasting tissues with C26 and 5-fluorouracil-induced cachexia. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2024 02 01; 326(2):C606-C621. PMID: 38189130.
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    10. Bullard BM, VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Carson JA, Murphy EA. Mechanistic Insight into Physical Activity Pleiotropy in Cancer Prevention. Exerc Sport Mov. 2024; 2(4). PMID: 40443827.
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    11. Cardaci TD, VanderVeen BN, Bullard BM, Carson JA, Murphy EA. Multisymptom Burden in Cancer Survivors: Benefits of Physical Activity. Exerc Sport Mov. 2024; 2(4). PMID: 40443828.
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    12. Cardaci TD, VanderVeen BN, Bullard BM, McDonald SJ, Unger CA, Enos RT, Fan D, Velázquez KT, Frizzell N, Spangenburg EE, Murphy EA. Obesity worsens mitochondrial quality control and does not protect against skeletal muscle wasting in murine cancer cachexia. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2024 Feb; 15(1):124-137. PMID: 38062911.
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    13. Lane A, Jiles M, Ramey K, McLean M, Whitney JA, Brunson A, Cardaci T, Liu J, Wilcox S, Catov J, Fernhall B. Adverse pregnancy outcomes and renal-vascular function in the early years after delivery. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2024 01 01; 326(1):H82-H88. PMID: 37921666.
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    14. McDonald SJ, Bullard BM, VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Chatzistamou I, Fan D, Murphy EA. Emodin reduces surgical wounding-accelerated tumor growth and metastasis via macrophage suppression in a murine triple-negative breast cancer model. Physiol Rep. 2023 10; 11(19):e15813. PMID: 37821408.
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    15. Cunningham P, Unger CA, Patton EA, Aiken A, Browne A, James E, Aladhami AK, Hope Rd MC, VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Murphy EA, Enos RT, Velázquez KT. Platelet status in cancer cachexia progression in ApcMin/+ mice. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1253587. PMID: 37701438.
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    16. McDonald SJ, Bullard BM, VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Huss AR, Fan D, Hofseth LJ, Murphy EA. Panaxynol alleviates colorectal cancer in a murine model via suppressing macrophages and inflammation. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2023 10 01; 325(4):G318-G333. PMID: 37489869.
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    17. VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, McDonald SJ, Madero SS, Unger CA, Bullard BM, Enos RT, Velázquez KT, Kubinak JL, Fan D, Murphy EA. Obesity reduced survival with 5-fluorouracil and did not protect against chemotherapy-induced cachexia or immune cell cytotoxicity in mice. Cancer Biol Ther. 2022 12 31; 23(1):1-15. PMID: 35968771.
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    18. VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Cunningham P, McDonald SJ, Bullard BM, Fan D, Murphy EA, Velázquez KT. Quercetin Improved Muscle Mass and Mitochondrial Content in a Murine Model of Cancer and Chemotherapy-Induced Cachexia. Nutrients. 2022 Dec 25; 15(1). PMID: 36615760.
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    19. Willoughby DS, Cardaci TD, Machek SB, Wilburn DT, Heileson JL. Resistance Exercise-Induced Increases in Muscle Myostatin mRNA and Protein Expression Are Subsequently Decreased in Circulation in the Presence of Increased Levels of the Extracellular Matrix Stabilizing Protein Decorin. J Sports Sci Med. 2022 12; 21(4):616-624. PMID: 36523894.
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    20. Cardaci TD, Machek SB, Wilburn DT, Heileson JL, Harris DR, Cintineo HP, Willoughby DS. LGD-4033 and MK-677 use impacts body composition, circulating biomarkers, and skeletal muscle androgenic hormone and receptor content: A case report. Exp Physiol. 2022 12; 107(12):1467-1476. PMID: 36303408.
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    21. McDonald SJ, VanderVeen BN, Bullard BM, Cardaci TD, Madero SS, Chatzistamou I, Fan D, Murphy EA. Surgical wounding enhances pro-tumor macrophage responses and accelerates tumor growth and lung metastasis in a triple negative breast cancer mouse model. Physiol Rep. 2022 11; 10(21):e15497. PMID: 36325601.
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    22. Bullard BM, VanderVeen BN, McDonald SJ, Cardaci TD, Murphy EA. Cross talk between the gut microbiome and host immune response in ulcerative colitis: nonpharmacological strategies to improve homeostasis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2022 12 01; 323(6):G554-G561. PMID: 36283090.
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    23. McDonald SJ, Cranford TL, VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Velázquez KT, Enos RT, Chatzistamou I, Fan D, Murphy EA. miR155 deficiency reduces breast tumor burden in the MMTV-PyMT mouse model. Physiol Genomics. 2022 11 01; 54(11):433-442. PMID: 36121133.
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    24. VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Madero SS, McDonald SJ, Bullard BM, Price RL, Carson JA, Fan D, Murphy EA. 5-Fluorouracil disrupts skeletal muscle immune cells and impairs skeletal muscle repair and remodeling. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2022 10 01; 133(4):834-849. PMID: 36007896.
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    25. Cintineo HP, Bello ML, Chandler AJ, Cardaci TD, McFadden BA, Arent SM. Effects of caffeine, methylliberine, and theacrine on vigilance, marksmanship, and hemodynamic responses in tactical personnel: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2022; 19(1):543-564. PMID: 36016763.
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    26. Bullard BM, McDonald SJ, Cardaci TD, VanderVeen BN, Murphy EA. Nonpharmacological approaches for improving gut resilience to chemotherapy. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2022 09 01; 16(3):151-160. PMID: 35862879.
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    27. McDonald SJ, VanderVeen BN, Velazquez KT, Enos RT, Fairman CM, Cardaci TD, Fan D, Murphy EA. Therapeutic Potential of Emodin for Gastrointestinal Cancers. Integr Cancer Ther. 2022 Jan-Dec; 21:15347354211067469. PMID: 34984952.
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    28. Fairman CM, Lønbro S, Cardaci TD, VanderVeen BN, Nilsen TS, Murphy AE. Muscle wasting in cancer: opportunities and challenges for exercise in clinical cancer trials. JCSM Rapid Commun. 2022 Jan-Jun; 5(1):52-67. PMID: 36118249.
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    29. Machek SB, Cardaci TD, Wilburn DT, Cholewinski MC, Latt SL, Harris DR, Willoughby DS. Neoprene Knee Sleeves of Varying Tightness Augment Barbell Squat One Repetition Maximum Performance Without Improving Other Indices of Muscular Strength, Power, or Endurance. J Strength Cond Res. 2021 Feb 01; 35(Suppl 1):S6-S15. PMID: 33201154.
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    30. Heileson JL, Funderburk LK, Cardaci TD. Applications of Fish Oil Supplementation for Special Operators. J Spec Oper Med. 2021; 21(1):78-85. PMID: 33721311.
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    31. Cardaci TD, Machek SB, Wilburn DT, Heileson JL, Willoughby DS. High-Load Resistance Exercise Augments Androgen Receptor-DNA Binding and Wnt/ß-Catenin Signaling without Increases in Serum/Muscle Androgens or Androgen Receptor Content. Nutrients. 2020 Dec 15; 12(12). PMID: 33333818.
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    32. Machek SB, Hwang PS, Cardaci TD, Wilburn DT, Bagley JR, Blake DT, Galpin AJ, Willoughby DS. Myosin Heavy Chain Composition, Creatine Analogues, and the Relationship of Muscle Creatine Content and Fast-Twitch Proportion to Wilks Coefficient in Powerlifters. J Strength Cond Res. 2020 Nov; 34(11):3022-3030. PMID: 33105350.
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    33. Machek SB, Cardaci TD, Wilburn DT, Willoughby DS. Considerations, possible contraindications, and potential mechanisms for deleterious effect in recreational and athletic use of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) in lieu of anabolic androgenic steroids: A narrative review. Steroids. 2020 12; 164:108753. PMID: 33148520.
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    34. Wilburn DT, Machek SB, Cardaci TD, Willoughby DS. Carbohydrate-Induced Insulin Signaling Activates Focal Adhesion Kinase: A Nutrient and Mechanotransduction Crossroads. Nutrients. 2020 Oct 15; 12(10). PMID: 33076263.
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    35. Cardaci TD, Machek SB, Wilburn DT, Hwang PS, Willoughby DS. Ubiquitin Proteasome System Activity is Suppressed by Curcumin following Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Human Skeletal Muscle. J Am Coll Nutr. 2021 07; 40(5):401-411. PMID: 32701392.
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    36. Funderburk L, Cardaci T, Fink A, Taylor K, Rohde J, Harris D. Healthy Behaviors through Behavioral Design-Obesity Prevention. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 07 14; 17(14). PMID: 32674287.
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    37. Wilburn DT, Machek SB, Cardaci TD, Hwang PS, Willoughby DS. Acute Maltodextrin Supplementation During Resistance Exercise. J Sports Sci Med. 2020 06; 19(2):282-288. PMID: 32390721.
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    38. Hwang PS, Machek SB, Cardaci TD, Wilburn DT, Kim CS, Suezaki ES, Willoughby DS. Effects of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone (PQQ) Supplementation on Aerobic Exercise Performance and Indices of Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Untrained Men. J Am Coll Nutr. 2020 08; 39(6):547-556. PMID: 31860387.
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    39. Cintineo HP, Freidenreich DJ, Blaine CM, Cardaci TD, Pellegrino JK, Arent SM. Acute Physiological Responses to an Intensity-And Time-Under-Tension-Equated Single- vs. Multiple-Set Resistance Training Bout in Trained Men. J Strength Cond Res. 2018 Dec; 32(12):3310-3318. PMID: 30247274.
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