Steven L Britton, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
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Steven L Britton, PhD
Professor
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  • Research Overview
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  • About

    Since 1986 I have been working to resolve the connection between our evolutionary human history and our phenotype including disease. I have taken a purely physical approach using fundamental laws (e.g., 2nd Law of Thermodynamics). Progress is slow, and sometimes intercepted, because many biologists operate with the tenant that biology operates within its own set of fundamental principles, such as natural selection, that are not resolvable within the bounds of physics. Our rat biology work over the last 30 years strongly supports operation of the Energy Transfer Hypothesis (ETH).

    Rob Williams, founder of the Complex Trait Consortium in 2002 has taken collaborative interest in our rats.
    He writes “Lovely review https://doi.org/10.1093/function/zqac030 of this massive project. Bravo on cutting this important trail in research.”
    Rob proposes to predict max VO2 (ETH) just from the genotypes of random bred Heterogenous Stock rats. This will get right at cause and effect at the genome-phenome level. Koch and I will provide theory predicting the path for this origination from the Big Bang.

    Qualifications
    • PhD
      Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 1978
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute
    Research Overview

    The physical basis of health and disease phenotypes.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      The effects of endurance trainability phenotype, sex, and interval running training on bone collagen synthesis in adult rats.
      Civil R, Brook MS, Santos L, Varley I, Elliott-Sale KJ, Lensu S, Ahtiainen JP, Kainulainen H, Koch LG, Britton SL, Wilkinson DJ, Smith K, Atherton PJ, Sale C. Bone, 2024 Dec; 189: 117257 DOI:10.1016/j.bone.2024.117257
      PMID: 39299627
    • Journal Article
      Intrinsic aerobic capacity modulates Alzheimer's disease pathological hallmarks, brain mitochondrial function and proteome during aging.
      Kugler BA, Lysaker CR, Franczak E, Hauger BM, Csikos V, Stopperan JA, Allen JA, Stanford JA, Koch LG, Britton SL, Thyfault JP, Wilkins HM. Geroscience, 2024 Oct; 46 (5): 4955 - 4967. DOI:10.1007/s11357-024-01248-3
      PMID: 38867031
    • Journal Article
      Metformin treatment results in distinctive skeletal muscle mitochondrial remodeling in rats with different intrinsic aerobic capacities.
      Bubak MP, Davidyan A, O'Reilly CL, Mondal SA, Keast J, Doidge SM, Borowik AK, Taylor ME, Volovičeva E, Kinter MT, Britton SL, Koch LG, Stout MB, Lewis TL, Miller BF. Aging Cell, 2024 Sep; 23 (9): e14235 DOI:10.1111/acel.14235
      PMID: 38923664
    • Journal Article
      Divergence in aerobic capacity and energy expenditure influence metabolic tissue mitochondrial protein synthesis rates in aged rats.
      Franczak E, Maurer A, Drummond VC, Kugler BA, Wells E, Wenger M, Peelor FF, Crosswhite A, McCoin CS, Koch LG, Britton SL, Miller BF, Thyfault JP. Geroscience, 2024 Apr; 46 (2): 2207 - 2222. DOI:10.1007/s11357-023-00985-1
      PMID: 37880490
    • Journal Article
      Inherited physical capacity: Widening divergence from young to adult to old.
      Kemi OJ, Hoydal MA, Haram PM, Smith GL, Ellingsen O, Koch LG, Britton SL, Wisloff U. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 2024 Apr; 1534 (1): 145 - 155. DOI:10.1111/nyas.15130
      PMID: 38520387
    • Journal Article
      Exercise Training Differentially Affects Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria in Rats with Inherited High or Low Exercise Capacity.
      Heyne E, Zeeb S, Junker C, Petzinna A, Schrepper A, Doenst T, Koch LG, Britton SL, Schwarzer M. Cells, 2024 Feb 24; 13 (5): DOI:10.3390/cells13050393
      PMID: 38474357
    • Journal Article
      Intrinsic running capacity associates with hippocampal electrophysiology and long-term potentiation in rats.
      Mäkinen EE, Lensu S, Wikgren J, Pekkala S, Koch LG, Britton SL, Nokia MS. Neurosci Lett, 2024 Feb 16; 823: 137665 DOI:10.1016/j.neulet.2024.137665
      PMID: 38301912
    • Journal Article
      Mitochondria Transplantation: Rescuing Innate Muscle Bioenergetic Impairment in a Model of Aging and Exercise Intolerance.
      Arroum T, Hish GA, Burghardt KJ, Ghamloush M, Bazzi B, Mrech A, Morse PT, Britton SL, Koch LG, McCully JD, Hüttemann M, Malek MH. J Strength Cond Res, 2024 Jul 1; 38 (7): 1189 - 1199. DOI:10.1519/JSC.0000000000004793
      PMID: 38900170