Thomas J Roberts
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Ruiz-Torres D, Bryan M, Hirayama S, Merkin R, Luciani E, Roberts T, et al.
Oncoimmunology
. 2025 Feb;
14(1):2466308.
PMID: 39963988
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is the standard of care for recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), yet efficacy remains low. The combined positive score (CPS) for PD-L1 is...
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Park J, Ahn J, Merkin R, Patel M, Wirth L, Roberts T
JCO Precis Oncol
. 2025 Jan;
9():e2400741.
PMID: 39869839
Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are now first-line therapy for most patients with recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC), and cetuximab is most often used as subsequent...
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Reed C, Swartz S, Littleford-Colquhoun B, Florida M, Torres L, Roberts T, et al.
J Exp Biol
. 2025 Jan;
228(3).
PMID: 39791246
Theoretically, animals with longer hindlimbs are better jumpers, while those with shorter hindlimbs are better maneuverers. Yet, experimental evidence of this relationship in mammals is lacking. We compared jump force...
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Petersen J, Campbell L, Jayne B, Roberts T
J Exp Biol
. 2024 Dec;
227(24).
PMID: 39711310
The ability for snakes to ingest large prey (macrostomy) is a widespread, derived trait that involves distending the skin during ingestion and metabolic upregulation during digestion. The material behavior of...
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Mohassel P, Rooney J, Zou Y, Johnson K, Norato G, Hearn H, et al.
bioRxiv
. 2024 Apr;
PMID: 38586035
Collagen VI-related disorders (-RDs) are a group of rare muscular dystrophies caused by pathogenic variants in collagen VI genes (, and ). Collagen type VI is a heterotrimeric, microfibrillar component...
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Petersen J, Jayne B, Wilde A, Capano J, Roberts T
J Exp Biol
. 2024 Apr;
227(8).
PMID: 38563306
Large and stout snakes commonly consume large prey and use rectilinear crawling; yet, whether body wall distention after feeding impairs rectilinear locomotion is poorly understood. After eating large prey (30-37%...
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Konow N, Roberts T
J Biomech
. 2024 Mar;
165:112022.
PMID: 38430609
Before landing from a jump or fall, animals preactivate muscles to stiffen their limb joints but it is unclear how muscles tune limb stiffness and how collision forcefulness is anticipated....
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Horner A, Azizi E, Roberts T
J Exp Biol
. 2024 Feb;
227(5).
PMID: 38353270
The operating length of a muscle is a key determinant of its ability to produce force in vivo. Muscles that operate near the peak of their force-length relationship will generate...
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Sleboda D, Roberts T, Azizi E
Bioinspir Biomim
. 2024 Jan;
19(2.
PMID: 38176106
Pennate muscles are defined by the architectural arrangement of their muscle fibers, which run at an angle to the primary axis of muscle shortening. Pennation angles can vary dynamically over...
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Petersen J, Roberts T
J Exp Biol
. 2023 Sep;
226(21).
PMID: 37767690
Many animals use a combination of skeletal muscle and elastic structures to amplify power output for fast motions. Among vertebrates, tendons in series with skeletal muscle are often implicated as...