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2024
42. Herath HDW and Hu YS*, Unveiling nanoparticle-immune interactions: how super-resolution imaging illuminates the invisible. Nanoscale. 2024. In press. Link.
41. Kady N, Abdelrahman S, Rauf A, Burgess A, Weiss J, Gunasekara H, Ramseier N, Maine I, Zevallos-Morales A, Perez-Silos V, Wolfe A, Hristov A, Brown N, Inamdar K, Sverdlov M, Hu Y, Murga-Zamalloa C, Wang C*, and Wilcox R*. The GATA-3 dependent transcriptome and tumor microenvironment are regulated by eIF4E and XPO1 in T-cell lymphomas. Blood. 2024. In press.
40. Kremiller K, Kulkarni G; Harris L; Gunasekara H; Kashyap Y; Ilktach G; Nguyen A; Ondrus A; Hu YS, Wang Z, Riley A*, Peters C*. Discovery of antinociceptive α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists by stable receptor expression, ACS Chem Bio. 2024. ASAP. Link.
39. Waye AA , Ticiani E, Sharmin Z, Perez SV, Perera T, Tu A, Buhimschi IA, Murga-Zamalloa CA, Hu YS, Veiga-Lopez A*. Reduced bioenergetics and mitochondrial fragmentation in human primary cytotrophoblasts induced by an EGFR-targeting chemical mixture. Chemosphere. 2024;364:143301. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143301. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39251161. Link.
38. Gunasekara H, Perera T, Chao CJ, Bruno J, Saed B, Anderson J#, Zhao Z, Hu YS*. Phalloidin-PAINT: Enhanced quantitative nanoscale imaging of F-actin. Biophys J. 2024;123(18):3051-3064. PMID: 38961624. Link.
37. Saed, Ramseier NT, Perera T, Anderson J#, Burnett J, Gunasekara H, Burgess A, Jing H, Hu YS*, Increased vesicular dynamics and nanoscale clustering of IL-2 after T cell activation. Biophys J. 2024;123(15):2343-2353. PMID: 38532626; PMCID: PMC11331045. Link.
36. Geng X, Wang C, Abdelrahman S, Perera T, Saed B, Hu YS, Wolfe A, Reneau J, Murga-Zamalloa C, Wilcox RA*. GATA-3 dependent gene transcription is impaired upon HDAC inhibition. Clin Cancer Res. 2024;30(5):1054–1066. PMID: 38165708; PMCID: PMC10922852 Link.
2023 Heading link
2023
35. Perera T, Gunasekara H, Hu YS*. Single-molecule localization microscopy using time-lapse imaging of single-antibody labeling. Curr. Protoc. 2023;3(10):e908. PMID: 37830764; PMCID: PMC10593501. pdf Link.
34. Gunasekara H⫽, Perera T⫽, Anderson J#, Saed B, Ramseier N, Neama K#, Hu YS*. Superresolution imaging with single-antibody labeling. Bioconjug. Chem. 2023;34(5):825-833. PMID: 37145839; PMCID: PMC10859171. pdf Link
33. Chandrasiri HB, Jing H, Perera T, Hu YS, Snee PT*. Fluorescence intermittency of quantum dot-organic dye conjugates: Implications for alternative energy and biological imaging. J Phys Chem Lett. 2023;14(15):3621-3626. PMID: 37023397. Link
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2022
32. Geng X, Wang C, Gao X, Chowdhury P, Weiss J, Villegas J, Saed B, Perera T, Hu YS, Reneau J, Sverdlov M, Wolfe A, Brown N, Harms P, Bailey N, Inamdar K, Hristov A, Tejasvi T, Montes J, Barrionuevo C, Taxa L, Casavilca-Zambrano S, Lage L, Culler H, Pereira J, Runge J, Qin T, Tsoi L, Hong H, Zhang L, Lyssiotis C, Ohe R, Toubai T, Zevallos-Morales A, Murga-Zamalloa C, and Wilcox RA*, GATA-3 is a proto-oncogene in T-cell lymphoproliferative neoplasms, Blood Cancer J (Nature), 2022. PMID: 36329027 PMCID: PMC9633835 Link
31. Jing H, Saed B, Pálmai M, Gunasekara H, Snee PT, Hu YS*, Fluorescent artificial antigens revealed extended membrane networks utilized by live dendritic cells for antigen uptake, Nano Lett, 2022. PMID: 35499493 pdf Link
30. Jiang Y, Krantz S, Qin X, Li S, Gunasekara H, Kim Y-M, Zimnicka A, Bae M, Ma K, Toth PT, Hu Y, Shajahan-Haq AN, Patel HH, Gentile S, Bonini MG, Rehman J, Liu Y, Minshall RD*, Caveolin-1 controls mitochondrial damage and ROS production by regulating fission-fusion dynamics and mitophagy, Redox Biol, 2022. PMID: 35413643 PMCID: PMC9018165 pdf Link
29. Gunasekara H, Munaweera R, Hu YS*, Chaotropic perturbation of noncovalent interactions of the hemagglutinin tag monoclonal antibody fragment enables superresolution molecular census, ACS Nano, 2022. PMID: 34797055 pdf Link Correction: Gunasekara H, Munaweera R, Novotná L, Lillemeier BF*, Hu YS*, ACS Nano, 2022. PMID: 36417787 pdf Link
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2021
28. Jiang Z-J, Li W, Yao L-H, Saed B, Rao Y, Grewe BS, McGinley A, Varga K, Alford S, Hu YS, Gong L-W*, TRPM7 is critical for short-term synaptic depression by regulating synaptic vesicle endocytosis, eLife, 2021. PMID: 34569930 PMCID: PMC8516418 Link
27. Saed B, Munaweera R, Anderson J#, O’Neill W*, Hu YS*, Rapid statistical discrimination of fluorescence images of T cell receptors on immobilizing surfaces with different coating conditions, Sci Rep, 2021. PMID: 34326382 PMCID: PMC8322097 pdf Link
26. Jing H, Pálmai M, Saed B, George A, Snee PT, Hu YS*, Cytosolic delivery of membrane-penetrating QDs into T cell lymphocytes: implications in immunotherapy and drug delivery, Nanoscale, 2021. PMID: 33688882 pdf Link
25. Munaweera R and Hu YS*, Computational characterizations of the interactions between the pontacyl violet 6R and exoribonuclease as a potential drug target against SARS-CoV-2, Front Chem, 2021. PMID: 33553109 PMCID: PMC7858249 pdf Link
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2020
24. Szydlowski NA#, Jing H, Alqashmi M#, Hu YS*, Cell phone digital microscopy using an oil droplet, Biomed Opt Express, 11(5), 2328-2338, 2020. PMID: 32499926 PMCID: PMC7249838 pdf Link
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2019
23. Szydlowski NA#,⫽, Go JS#,⫽, Hu YS*, Chromatin imaging and new technologies for imaging the nucleome, WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine, e1442, 2019. PMID: 30456928 pdf Link
Publications prior to UIC Heading link
22. BD Stein, D Calzolari, K Hellberg, YS Hu, L He, C-M Hung, EQ Toyama, DS Ross, BF Lillemeier, LC Cantley, JR Yates III, RJ Shaw, Quantitative in vivo proteomics of metformin response in liver reveals AMPK-dependent and independent signaling networks, Cell Rep, 29, 2019. pdf Link
21. H Ren, B Yang, C Ma, YS Hu, PG Wang, L Wang, Cysteine sulfoxidation increases the photostability of red fluorescent proteins, ACS Chem Biol, 11(10), 2016. pdf Link
20. YS Hu, H Cang, and B Lillemeier, Super-resolution imaging reveals nanometer- and micrometer-scale spatial distributions of T cell receptors in lymph nodes, PNAS, 113(26), 2016. pdf Link
19. AL Chen, MA Jackson, AY Lin, ER Figueroa, YS Hu, ER Evans, V Asthana, JK Young, RA Drezek, Changes in optical properties of plasmonic nanoparticles in cellular environments are modulated by nanoparticle PEGylation and serum conditions, Nanoscale Res Lett, 11(303), 2016. pdf Link
18. AL Chen, YS Hu, MA Jackson, AY Lin, JK Young, RJ Langsner, RA Drezek, Quantifying spectral changes experienced by plasmonic nanoparticles in a cellular environment to inform biomedical nanoparticle design, Nanoscale Res Lett, 9(1), 2014. pdf Link
17. XH Chen, Z Xiang, YS Hu, VK Lacey, H Cang, L Wang, Genetically encoding an electrophilic amino acid for protein stapling and covalent binding to native receptors, ACS Chem Biol, 9(9), 2014. pdf Link
16. YS Hu, M Zimmerley, Y Li, R Watters, H Cang, Single‐molecule super‐resolution light‐sheet microscopy, ChemPhysChem, 15(4), 2014. pdf Link
15. Y Li, Y Hu, H Cang, Light sheet microscopy for tracking single molecules on the apical surface of living cells, J Phys Chem B, 117(49), 2013. pdf Link
14. YS Hu, Q Zhu, K Elkins, K Tse, Y Li, J Fitzpatrick, IM Verma, H Cang, Light-sheet Bayesian microscopy enables deep-cell super-resolution imaging of heterochromatin in live human embryonic cells, Opt Nanoscopy, 2(7), 2013. pdf Link
13. Z Xiang, H Ren, YS Hu, I Coin, J Wei, H Cang, L Wang, Adding an unnatural covalent bond to proteins through proximity-enhanced bioreactivity, Nat Methods, 10(9), 2013. pdf Link
12. YS Hu, X Nan, P Sengupta, J Lippincott-Schwartz, H Cang, Accelerating 3B single-molecule super-resolution microscopy with cloud computing, Nat Methods, 10(2), 2013. pdf Link
11. AT Zayak, H Choo, YS Hu, DJ Gargas, S Cabrini, J Bokor, PJ Schuck, JB Neaton, Harnessing chemical Raman enhancement for understanding organic adsorbate binding on metal surfaces, J Phys Chem Lett, 3(10), 2012. pdf Link
10. AT Zayak, YS Hu, H Choo, J Bokor, S Cabrini, PJ Schuck, JB Neaton, Chemical Raman enhancement of organic adsorbates on metal surfaces, Phys Rev Lett, 106(8), 2011. pdf Link
9. LC Kennedy, LR Bickford, NA Lewinski, AJ Coughlin, Y Hu, ES Day, JL West, RA Drezek, A new era for cancer treatment: gold‐nanoparticle‐mediated thermal therapies, Small, 7(2), 2011. pdf Link
8. YS Hu, J Jeon, TJ Seok, S Lee, JH Hafner, RA Drezek, H Choo, Enhanced Raman scattering from nanoparticle-decorated nanocone substrates: a practical approach to harness in-plane excitations, ACS Nano, 4(10), 2010. pdf Link
7. E Lukianova-Hleb, Y Hu, L Latterini, L Tarpani, S Lee, RA Drezek, JH Hafner, DO Lapotko, Plasmonic nanobubbles as transient vapor nanobubbles generated around plasmonic nanoparticles, ACS Nano, 4(4), 2010. pdf Link
6. YS Hu, SJ Noelck, RA Drezek, Symmetry breaking in gold-silica-gold multilayer nanoshells, ACS Nano, 4(3), 2010. pdf Link
5. Y Hu, RC Fleming, RA Drezek, Optical properties of gold-silica-gold multilayer nanoshells, Opt Express, 16(24). 2008. pdf Link
4. Y Hu, DR Jackson, JT Williams, SA Long, VR Komanduri, Characterization of the input impedance of the inset-fed rectangular microstrip antenna, IEEE Trans Antennas Propag, 56(10), 2008. pdf Link
3. Y Hu, TA Nieminen, NR Heckenberg, H Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Antireflection coating for improved optical trapping, J Appl Phys, 103(9), 2008. pdf Link
2. EY Hleb, Y Hu, RA Drezek, JH Hafner, DO Lapotko, Photothermal bubbles as optical scattering probes for imaging living cells, Future Medicine Ltd, 3(6), 2008. Link
1. LR Bickford, J Chang, K Fu, J Sun, Y Hu, A Gobin, TK Yu, RA Drezek, Evaluation of immunotargeted gold nanoshells as rapid diagnostic imaging agents for HER2-overexpressing breast cancer cells: a time-based analysis, Nanotechnology, 4(1), 2008. pdf Link