Michelle Hu

ORCID: 0000-0002-6641-9969
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Research Areas
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Music Therapy and Health
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • demographic modeling and climate adaptation
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

University of California, Davis
2020-2024

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
2020-2024

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
2022

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2016-2021

Honolulu University
2021

Using the Drosophila melanogaster Hox gene Ultrabithorax (Ubx) as an example, we demonstrate use of three heterologous DNA-binding protein systems—LacI/LacO, ParB1/ParS1, and ParB2/ParS2—to label genomic loci in imaginal discs with insertion a small DNA tag. We compare each system, considering impact labeling regions (1) inside versus outside transcribed body (2) varying chromatin accessibility. value this system by interrogating relationship between expression level enhancer-promoter...

10.1016/j.crmeth.2022.100175 article EN cc-by Cell Reports Methods 2022-03-01

Derivatives of the potassium-sparing diuretic amiloride are preferentially cytotoxic toward tumor cells relative to normal cells, and have capacity target cell populations resistant currently employed therapeutic agents. However, a major barrier clinical translation amilorides is their modest potency, with estimated IC

10.1101/2023.05.25.542364 preprint EN cc-by-nc-sa bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023-05-26

Abstract Derivatives of the potassium-sparing diuretic amiloride are preferentially cytotoxic toward tumor cells relative to normal cells, and have capacity target cell populations resistant currently employed therapeutic agents. However, a major barrier clinical translation amilorides is their modest potency, with estimated IC 50 values in high micromolar range. Here we report synthesis ten novel derivatives characterization potency MCF7 (ER/PR-positive), SKBR3 (HER2-positive) MDA-MB-231...

10.1038/s41598-024-71181-0 article EN cc-by Scientific Reports 2024-08-31

Identification of multiple ligand binding sites in aromatase.

10.1039/d1cb00046b article EN cc-by-nc RSC Chemical Biology 2021-01-01

The resistance of cancer cell subpopulations, including stem (CSC) populations, to apoptosis-inducing chemotherapeutic agents is a key barrier improved outcomes for patients. cationic amphiphilic drug hexamethylene amiloride (HMA) has been previously demonstrated efficiently kill bulk breast cells independent tumor subtype or species but acts poorly toward non-transformed derived from multiple tissues. Here, we demonstrate that HMA similarly cytotoxic CSC-related subpopulations are resistant...

10.3390/cancers14040949 article EN Cancers 2022-02-14

The increasing prevalence of deep learning-based machines in the daily life average people results a demand for research to be done on improving accuracy learning models. In response this need, paper aims explore effects changing parameters model, including neuron count, epoch batch size, and validation split prediction model. We used programming language Python, TensorFlow Pandas libraries, Keras application interface create 13 regression-based models, all but one, which was as standard,...

10.1109/csci54926.2021.00016 article EN 2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI) 2021-12-01

The resistance of cancer cell subpopulations, including stem (CSC) populations, to apoptosis-inducing chemotherapeutic agents is a key barrier improved outcomes for patients. cationic amphiphilic drug hexamethylene amiloride (HMA) has been previously demonstrated efficiently kill bulk breast cells independent tumor subtype or species, but acts poorly toward non-transformed derived from multiple tissues. Here we demonstrate that HMA similarly cytotoxic CSC-related subpopulations are resistant...

10.20944/preprints202201.0082.v1 preprint EN 2022-01-06

Abstract Aromatase (Cyp19) catalyzes the last biosynthetic step of estrogens in mammals and is a primary drug target for hormone-related breast cancer. However, treatment with aromatase inhibitors often associated adverse effects resistance. In this study, we used virtual screening targeting predicted cytochrome P450 reductase binding site on to discover four novel non-steroidal inhibitors. The have potencies comparable noncompetitive tamoxifen metabolite, endoxifen. Our two most potent...

10.1101/2020.10.15.340745 preprint EN cc-by bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2020-10-15

Adolescents in the USA are experiencing increasing rates of depressive symptoms each year, resulting a variety emotional, social, neurological, and behavioral problems. Current traditional treatments limited their ability to reduce depression. In past few decades, music therapy has emerged as viable treatment for depression its comorbidities across various age groups demographics. Music is unique form clinical evidence-based characterized by relationship between therapist patient address...

10.47611/jsrhs.v10i4.2385 article EN Journal of Student Research 2021-11-30
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