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Mikala C. Mueller

University of Colorado Anschutz

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Organism:human· 3 Assay:proteomics· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Chelsea M. MaginiD· 4 shared Rachel BlombergiD· 4 shared Haley Noelle· 2 shared Maxwell C. McCabeiD· 2 shared Alicia E. TannebergeriD· 1 shared Brisa PeñaiD· 1 shared David A. SchwartziD· 1 shared David W. H. RichesiD· 1 shared

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Translating Sex- and Disease-Informed Design Criteria from Human Lung into Engineered Biomaterials

Haley Noelle, Mikala C. Mueller, Rachel Blomberg, Nicole D Sempertegui, Dema Essmaeil, Brisa Peña, Maxwell C. McCabe, Chelsea M. Magin

This study develops sex- and disease-informed biomaterial design criteria from human lung tissue to create engineered hybrid-hydrogels that recapitulate mechanical and biochemical features of IPF.

bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering

Dynamic hybrid-hydrogel lung models decouple matrix composition, stiffness, and fibroblast conditioning to define distinct drivers of fibrotic progression

Rachel Blomberg, Mikala C. Mueller, Thao Vu, Dema H. Essmaeil, David W. H. Riches, Chelsea M. Magin

This study uses 3D lung models to show that environmental stiffness has the strongest effect on fibroblast phenotype and that both matrix composition and stiffness influence gene expression in fibrotic disease.

bioRxiv · Oct 21, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering

Proteomic analysis reveals regional sex differences in healthy and fibrotic human lung

Rachel Blomberg, Jeremy Herrera, Haley Noelle, Mikala C. Mueller, Maxwell C. McCabe, David A. Schwartz, Chelsea M. Magin

This study identifies sex-biased protein expression in healthy and fibrotic human lung regions, highlighting potential biological mechanisms for sex differences in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

bioRxiv · May 18, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering

Female fibroblast activation is estrogen-mediated in sex-specific 3D-bioprinted pulmonary artery adventitia models

Mikala C. Mueller, Rachel Blomberg, Alicia E. Tanneberger, Duncan Davis‐Hall, Keith B. Neeves, Chelsea M. Magin

This paper develops a 3D-bioprinted model of pulmonary artery adventitia using female patient-derived cells to show that estrogen signaling mediates fibroblast activation in PAH, with implications for drug testing.

ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering · Apr 26, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering