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Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan

Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
40
Citations
10977
World Ranking
1127
National Ranking
333

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Meats Research Award, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their main research focuses on topics related to meat and animal product quality, with additional work in animal nutrition and physiology, calpain protease function and regulation, pharmacological effects and assays, animal testing and alternatives, biochemical effects in animals, and identification and quantification in food.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Impact of dietary oxidized protein on oxidative status and performance in growing pigs, 2020, Journal of Animal Science
  • Nutritional approaches to slow late finishing pig growth: implications on carcass composition and pork quality, 2020, Journal of Animal Science
  • Investigation of the Sarcoplasmic Proteome Contribution to the Development of Pork Loin Tenderness, 2020, Meat and Muscle Biology
  • Contribution of Early-Postmortem Proteome and Metabolome to Ultimate pH and Pork Quality, 2021, Meat and Muscle Biology
  • Early postmortem muscle proteome and metabolome of beef longissimus thoracis muscle classified by pH at 6 hours postmortem, 2022, Journal of Proteomics

Frequently publishing in several venues, the scientist's work appears often in:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Meat and Muscle Biology
  • Iowa State University animal industry report
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Food Science & Nutrition

Collaborations feature several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Steven M. Lonergan
  • Edward M. Steadham
  • Matthew D. Schulte
  • Logan G Johnson
  • Nicholas K Gabler

The research extends across subfields such as animal science and zoology, molecular biology, small animals, cell biology, and physiology.

Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan was recognized with the Meats Research Award by the American Society of Animal Science in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of water-holding capacity of meat: The role of postmortem biochemical and structural changes.

    Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan;Steven M. Lonergan

  • Proteolysis of specific muscle structural proteins by mu-calpain at low pH and temperature is similar to degradation in postmortem bovine muscle.

    Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan;Tomiko Mitsuhashi;Dirk D. Beekman;F. C. Parrish

  • Early postmortem biochemical factors influence tenderness and water-holding capacity of three porcine muscles.

    J. L. Melody;Steven M. Lonergan;L. J. Rowe;Ted W. Huiatt

  • Correlations among selected pork quality traits

    Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan;Thomas J. Baas;Massoud Malek;Jack C. M. Dekkers

  • Progress in reducing the pale, soft and exudative (PSE) problem in pork and poultry meat

    S. Barbut;A.A. Sosnicki;S.M. Lonergan;T. Knapp

  • A molecular genome scan analysis to identify chromosomal regions influencing economic traits in the pig. II. Meat and muscle composition

    Massoud Malek;Jack C.M. Dekkers;Hakkyo K. Lee;Thomas J. Baas

  • Influence of early postmortem protein oxidation on beef quality.

    L. J. Rowe;K. R. Maddock;Steven M. Lonergan;Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan

  • Oxidative environments decrease tenderization of beef steaks through inactivation of μ-calpain

    L. J. Rowe;K. R. Maddock;Steven M. Lonergan;Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan

  • High-oxygen modified atmosphere packaging system induces lipid and myoglobin oxidation and protein polymerization.

    Yuan H. Kim;Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan;Joseph G. Sebranek;Steven M. Lonergan

  • Effects of postmortem aging time, animal age, and sex on degradation of titin and nebulin in bovine longissimus muscle.

    Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan;Frederick C. Parrish Jr.;Richard M. Robson

  • Selection for lean growth efficiency in Duroc pigs influences pork quality.

    Steven M. Lonergan;Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan;L. J. Rowe;D. L. Kuhlers

  • Contribution of postmortem changes of integrin, desmin and μ-calpain to variation in water holding capacity of pork.

    W.G. Zhang;Steven M. Lonergan;Matt A. Gardner;Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan

  • Rate and extent of pH decline affect proteolysis of cytoskeletal proteins and water-holding capacity in pork.

    Giuseppe Bee;Abbey L. Anderson;Steven M. Lonergan;Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan

  • Understanding postmortem biochemical processes and post-harvest aging factors to develop novel smart-aging strategies.

    Yuan H. Brad Kim;Danyi Ma;Derico Setyabrata;Mustafa M. Farouk

  • The use of vitamin D3 to improve beef tenderness.

    Jayden L. Montgomery;Frederick C. Parrish Jr.;Donald C. Beitz;Ronald L. Horst

  • Influence of lipid content on pork sensory quality within pH classification

    Steven M. Lonergan;Kenneth J Stalder;Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan;Travis J. Knight

  • Effect of pH and ionic strength on μ- and m-calpain inhibition by calpastatin

    K. R. Maddock;Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan;L. J. Rowe;Steven M. Lonergan

  • Antioxidant status affects color stability and tenderness of calcium chloride-injected beef.

    S. E. Harris;Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan;Steven M. Lonergan;W. R. Jones

  • Effect of oxidation, pH, and ionic strength on calpastatin inhibition of μ- and m-calpain

    K. R. Maddock Carlin;Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan;L. J. Rowe;Steven M. Lonergan

  • Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and western blotting comparisons of purified myofibrils and whole muscle preparations for evaluating titin and nebulin in postmortem bovine muscle.

    Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan;Tomiko Mitsuhashi;Frederick C. Parrish Jr.;Richard M. Robson

  • Effects of available dietary carbohydrate and preslaughter treatment on glycolytic potential, protein degradation, and quality traits of pig muscles

    G. Bee;C. Biolley;G. Guex;W. Herzog

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven M. Lonergan
Steven M. Lonergan Iowa State University
Nicholas K. Gabler
Nicholas K. Gabler Iowa State University
Jack C. M. Dekkers
Jack C. M. Dekkers Iowa State University
Donald C. Beitz
Donald C. Beitz Iowa State University
John F. Patience
John F. Patience Iowa State University
Ronald L. Horst
Ronald L. Horst Heartland Assays, LLC
Joseph G. Sebranek
Joseph G. Sebranek Iowa State University
Max F. Rothschild
Max F. Rothschild Iowa State University
Brian J. Kerr
Brian J. Kerr Agricultural Research Service
Kenneth J. Stalder
Kenneth J. Stalder Iowa State University

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