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leon.kiriaev@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Fellow)
Department of Paediatrics
Education
Doctorate (Research)
Western Sydney University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of New South Wales

Dr Leonit Kiriaev

Honorary (Fellow)
Department of Paediatrics

12 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Pyroxd1 is essential for murine viability with the homozygous N155S recurrent variant linked to myopathy, muscle hypotrophy and osteopenia
    DOI: 10.1186/s40478-026-02259-1
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Twisting Paths: The Paradox of Fiber Branching in Muscle Regeneration
    DOI: 10.3390/ijms27020684
  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Structure and Function Assessment in iPSC Derived Muscle Organoids and Their Implications on Disease Development and Intervention
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Eccentric contraction-induced strength loss in dystrophin-deficient muscle: Preparations, protocols, and mechanisms
    DOI: 10.1085/jgp.202213208
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Six weeks of N-acetylcysteine antioxidant in drinking water decreases pathological fiber branching in MDX mouse dystrophic fast-twitch skeletal muscle
    DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1109587
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Absence of the Z-disc protein α-actinin-3 impairs the mechanical stability of Actn3KO mouse fast-twitch muscle fibres without altering their contractile properties or twitch kinetics
    DOI: 10.1186/s13395-022-00295-8
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Loss of α-actinin-3 confers protection from eccentric contraction damage in fast-twitch EDL muscles from aged mdx dystrophic mice by reducing pathological fibre branching
    DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddab326
Leonit Kiriaev

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2021

    Journal article

    Lifespan Analysis of Dystrophic mdx Fast-Twitch Muscle Morphology and Its Impact on Contractile Function
    DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.771499
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Dystrophin-negative slow-twitch soleus muscles are not susceptible to eccentric contraction induced injury over the lifespan of the mdx mouse
    DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00122.2021
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Minocycline Treatment Reduces Mass and Force Output From Fast-Twitch Mouse Muscles and Inhibits Myosin Production in C2C12 Myotubes
    DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.696039
  • 2019

    Other

    Single muscle fibre biomechanics and biomechatronics – The challenges, the pitfalls and the future
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2019.105563

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