Hua Zhu, PhD
Professor
Surgery
Academic information
- Department: Surgery
Research interests
- Ischemic heart diseases
- Muscular dystrophy
- Sarcopenia
- Corneal wound healing
- Stem cells
About
Biography
I am a professor of Cardiac Surgery. I investigate the factors that control normal structure and intracellular signaling in cardiac and skeletal muscle physiology and diseases. Specifically, I am interested in whether we can enhance transverse tubular structure and function in the treatment of muscular dystrophy; how to fine‑tune the balance among intracellular cell death pathways, such as necroptosis, apoptosis, and autophagy for cardiac and skeletal muscle protection; and how to rejuvenate stem cell function to enhance tissue regeneration during the aging process.
Research Administrative Manager: Justin.Johnston@osumc.edu.
Credentials
Education
- Fellowship - Postdoctoral Fellow in Physiology
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Rutgers Medical School), Newark, NJ, United States
- Fellowship - Postdoctoral Cancer Research
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Brunswick, NJ, United States
Research
Research interests
- Ischemic heart diseases
- Muscular dystrophy
- Sarcopenia
- Corneal wound healing
- Stem cells
Current Funding
- NIH R01-AR067766 Regulation of Mitsugumin 29 expression in muscle physiology and diseases
- NIH R01-HL124122 Oxidized low-density lipoprotein impairs bone marrow stem cell survival in myocardial infarction