Primary Expertise |
Dr. Hu is experienced with molecular endocrinology, molecular biology,
and bioinformatics. He is interested in genomic and proteomic data analysis
and data mining from biomedical literature and molecular biology databases.
He currently works on gene expression and proteomic data functional analysis and its system's development, with focus on biological pathway and network analysis. He also works on
literature based data mining and protein curation,
protein family classification and protein ontology developemnt.
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Education |
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M.D., Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhu, China, 1984 |
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M.S., Physiology, Beijing
Medical University, Beijing, China, 1989 |
Publications |
Hu ZZ, Cohen KB, Hirschman L, Valencia A, Liu H, Giglio MG, Wu CH. iProLINK: A Framework for Linking Text Mining with Ontology and Systems Biology. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM 2008), Philadelphia, 2008
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Hu ZZ, Huang H, Cheema A, Jung M, Dritschilo A, Wu CH. (2008) Integrated Bioinformatics for Radiation-Induced Pathway Analysis from Proteomics and Microarray Data. J Proteomics & Bioinformatics 1(2):047-060.
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Torii M, Hu ZZ, Song M, Wu CH, Liu H. (2007) A Comparison study on algorithms of detecting long forms for short forms in biomedical text. BMC Bioinformatics, 8 Suppl 9:S5
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Natale DA, Arighi CN, Barker W, Blake J, Chang TC, Hu ZZ, Liu H, Smith B, Wu CH. (2007) Framework for a Protein Ontology. BMC Bioinformatics, 8 Suppl 9:S1
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Huang H, Hu ZZ, Arighi CN, Wu CH. (2007) Integration of bioinformatics resources for functional analysis of gene expression and proteomic data. Frontiers in Bioscience, 12:5071-5088
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Mazumder R, Hu ZZ, Vinayaka CR, Sagripanti JL, Frost SDW, Kosakovsky Pond SL, Wu CH (2007). Computational Identification of Functional Amino Acid Sites of E Glycoproteins of Dengue Viruses. Virus Genes, 35:175-186 |
Torii M, Liu HF, Hu ZZ and Wu, C.H. (2006) A comparison study of biomedical short form definition detection algorithms.
Proceedings of ACM First International Workshop on Text Mining in Bioinformatics, TMBIO 2006. |
Natale DA, Arighi CN, Barker W, Blake J, Chang T, Hu ZZ, Liu
H, Smith B, Wu CH. (2006)
Framework for a Protein Ontology
Proceedings of ACM First International Workshop on Text Mining in Bioinformatics, TMBIO 2006. |
Qiu P, Wang J, Ray Liu KJ, Hu ZZ, Wu CH. (2007) Dependence
network modeling for biomarker identification.
Bioinformatics 23:198-206. |
Hu ZZ, Valencia JC, Huang H, Chi A, Shabanowitz J, Hearing VJ, Appella
E, Wu CH. (2007) Comparative bioinformatics analyses and profiling of lysosome-related organelle
proteomes.
Int J Mass Spec 259:147-160 |
Chi A, Valencia JC, Hu ZZ, Watabe H, Yamaguchi H, Mangini NJ, Huang H,
Canfield VA, Cheng KC, Yang F, Abe R, Yamagishi S, Shabanowitz J,
Hearing VJ, Wu C, Appella E, Hunt DF. (2006) Proteomic and Bioinformatic Characterization of the Biogenesis and
Function of Melanosomes.
J Proteome Res 5:3135-3144. |
Han B, Obradovic Z, Hu ZZ, Wu CH, Vucetic S. (2006)
Substring selection for biomedical document classification.
Bioinformatics 22:2136-42.
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Liu H, Hu ZZ, Torii M, Wu C, Friedman C. (2006)
Quantitative Assessment of Dictionary-based Protein Named Entity Tagging.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 13:497-507.
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Yuan X, Hu ZZ, Wu HT, Torii M, Narayanaswamy M, Ravikumar KE, Vijay-Shanker K, and Wu CH. (2006) An Online Literature Mining Tool for Protein Phosphorylation. Bioinformatics 22:1668-9.
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Liu H, Hu ZZ, Wu CH (2006). BioThesaurus: a web-based thesaurus of protein and gene names.
Bioinformatics 22: 103-105.
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Liu H, Hu ZZ, Wu CH (2005). DynGO: a tool for visualizing and mining of Gene Ontology and its associations.
BMC Bioinformatics 6: 201.
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Mani I, Hu Z, Jang SB, Samuel K, Krause M, Phillips J, Wu CH (2005).
Protein name tagging guidelines: lessons learned.
Comparative and Functional Genomics 6(1-2): 72-76.
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Hu ZZ, Narayanaswamy M, Ravikumar KE, Vijay-Shanker K, Wu CH (2005). Literature Mining and Database Annotation of Protein Phosphorylation Using a Rule-Based System.
Bioinformatics 21(11): 2759-2765.
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Hu ZZ, Mani I, Hermoso V, Liu H and Wu CH (2004). iProLINK: an integrated protein resource for literature mining. Comput Biol Chem 28: 409-416.
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Huang H, Hu ZZ, Suzek BE and Wu CH (2004). The PIR integrated protein databases and data retrieval system. Data Sci J 3: 163-174.
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Wu CH, Huang H, Nikolskaya A, Hu ZZ and Barker WC (2004). The iProClass integrated database for protein functional analysis. Comput Biol Chem 28: 87-96.
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Mani I, Hu ZZ, Jang S, Samuel K, Krause M, Phillips J and Wu C (2004). Protein Name Tagging Guidelines: Lessons Learned. ISMB BioLINK SIG, Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, Glasgow, 29 July, to appear in: Comparative and Functional Genomics.
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Wu CH, Nikolskaya A, Huang H, Yeh LS, Natale DA, Vinayaka CR, Hu ZZ, Mazumder R, Kumar S, Kourtesis P, Ledley RS, Suzek BE, Arminski L, Chen Y, Zhang J, Cardenas JL, Chung S, Castro-Alvear J, Dinkov G and Barker WC (2004). PIRSF: family classification system at the Protein Information Resource.
Nucleic Acids Res 32 Database issue: D112-4.
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Wu CH, Yeh LS, Huang H, Arminski L, Castro-Alvear J, Chen Y, Hu ZZ, Kourtesis P, Ledley RS, Suzek BE, Vinayaka CR, Zhang J, Barker WC (2003). The Protein Information Resource.
Nucleic Acids Res 31: 345-7.
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Leondires MP, Hu ZZ, Dong J, Tsai-Morris CH and Dufau ML (2002). Estradiol stimulates expression
of two human prolactin receptor isoforms with alternative exons-1 in T47D breast cancer cells.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 82: 263-8.
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Hu ZZ, Zhuang L, Meng JP, Tsai-Morris CH and Dufau ML (2002). Complex 5' genomic
structure of the human prolactin receptor: multiple alternative exons 1 and promoter
utilization. Endocrinology 143: 2139-42.
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Wu CH, Huang H, Arminski L, Castro-Alvear L, Chen Y, Hu ZZ, Ledley RS, Lewis KC,
Mewes HW, Orcutt BC, Suzek BE, Tsugita A, Vinayaka CR, Yeh LSL, Zhang J and
Barker WC (2002). The Protein Information Resource: an integrated public resource of
functional annotation of proteins. Nucl Acids Res 30: 35-37.
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Hu ZZ, Meng JP, and Dufau ML (2001). Isolation and characterization
of two novel forms of the human prolactin receptor generated by alternative
splicing of a newly identified exon 11. J Biol Chem 276: 41086-41094.
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Hu ZZ, Zhuang L, Meng JP, Leondires M and Dufau ML (1999). The human
prolactin receptor gene structure and alternative promoter utilization: the
generic promoter hPIII and a novel human promoter hPN. J Clin Endocrinol
Metab 84: 1153-1156.
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Hu ZZ, Zhuang L, Meng JP and Dufau ML (1998). Transcriptional regulation
of the generic promoter III of the rat prolactin receptor gene by C/EBPb and
Sp1 transcription factors. J Biol Chem 273: 26225-26235.
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Hu ZZ, Zhuang L, Dufau ML (1998). Prolactin receptor gene diversity:
structure and regulation. Trends in Endocrinol Metab 9: 94-102.
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Ma W, Zhang L, Xing G, Hu ZZ, Iwasa KH, Clay JR (1998). Prenatal expression of inwardly rectifying potassium channel mRNA (Kir4.1) in rat brain. NeuroReport 9: 223-227.
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Hu ZZ, Zhuang L, Guan XY, Meng JP and Dufau ML (1997). Steroidogenic
factor 1 is an essential transcriptional activator for the gonadal-specific
expression of promoter I of the prolactin receptor. J Biol Chem 272: 14263-14271.
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Hu ZZ, Zhuang L and Dufau ML (1996). Multiple and tissue-specific promoter
control of gonadal and non-gonadal prolactin receptor gene expression.
J Biol Chem 271: 10242-10246.
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Dufau ML, Tsai-Morris CH, Hu ZZ and Buczko E (1995). Structure and regulation
of the luteinizing hormone receptor gene.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 53: 283-91
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Hu ZZ, Buczko E, Zhuang L, and Dufau ML (1994). Sequence of the 3'-noncoding
region of the luteinizing hormone receptor gene and identification of two
polyadenylation domains that generate the major mRNA forms. BBA Mol. Cell.
Res. 1220: 333-337.
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Dufau ML, Tsai-Morris C-H, Hu ZZ, Geng Y, Xie X, Zhuang L, Zhang R,and Buczko E (1994) The luteinizing hormone receptor.
In: Dufau ML, Fabbri A, Isidori A, eds. Frontiers in Endocrinology: Cell and Molecular Biology of the Testis. Serono Symposia
Publications pp51-60.
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Dufau ML, Tsai-Morris CH, Hu ZZ, Wang W, Zhang R, Xie X and Buczko E (1992). Gonadal LH and prolactin receptor characterization: molecular structure and hormonal regulation of receptor mRNA. In: Spera G, Fabbrini A, Gnessi L, Bardin CW, eds. Molecular and Cellular Biology of Reproduction. New York: Serono Symposia Publications, Raven Press. 90: 47-61.
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Hu ZZ and Dufau ML (1991). Multiple and differential regulation of ovarian
prolactin receptor messenger RNAs and their expression.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 181: 219-25.
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Hu ZZ, Tsai-Morris CH, Buczko E and Dufau ML (1990) Hormonal regulation of
LH receptor mRNA and expression in the rat ovary.
FEBS Lett 274: 181-4.
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Zhang R, Buczko E, Tsai-Morris CH, Hu ZZ and Dufau ML (1990) Isolation and
characterization of two novel rat ovarian lactogen receptor cDNA species
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 168: 415-22.
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Revised 11/17/08
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