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Lily Wu is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research is focused primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Within these fields, their work covers specialized subfields such as molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, immunology and allergy, and immunology.

The main topics addressed in their research include renal and related cancers, extracellular vesicles in disease, renal cell carcinoma treatment, RNA modifications and cancer, epigenetics and DNA methylation, cancer genomics and diagnostics, as well as food allergy and anaphylaxis research.

Wu has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Skin temperature-triggered, debonding-on-demand sticker for a self-powered mechanosensitive communication system, 2021, Matter
  • HCC EV ECG score: An extracellular vesicle-based protein assay for detection of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma, 2022, Hepatology
  • Tumor heterogeneity in VHL drives metastasis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma, 2023, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • The miRNA-21-5p Payload in Exosomes from M2 Macrophages Drives Tumor Cell Aggression via PTEN/Akt Signaling in Renal Cell Carcinoma, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Coupling Nanostructured Microchips with Covalent Chemistry Enables Purification of Sarcoma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Downstream Functional Studies, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials

They frequently publish in several scientific venues, with multiple publications appearing in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Journal of Visualized Experiments, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cancer Research, and Advanced Functional Materials.

Wu collaborates regularly with other researchers, including Junhui Hu, Moe Ishihara, Weimin Yao, Zhangqun Ye, and Yangjun Zhang. These partnerships have contributed to their sustained output across multiple studies and scientific contributions.

Best Publications

  • Urinary 8-OHdG: a marker of oxidative stress to DNA and a risk factor for cancer, atherosclerosis and diabetics.

    Lily L Wu;Chiuan Chian Chiou;Pi Yueh Chang;James T Wu

  • The sympathetic nervous system induces a metastatic switch in primary breast cancer.

    Erica Kate Sloan;Saul J Priceman;Benjamin F Cox;Stephanie Yu

  • CSF1R Signaling Blockade Stanches Tumor-Infiltrating Myeloid Cells and Improves the Efficacy of Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer

    Jingying Xu;Jemima Escamilla;Stephen Mok;John David

  • Higher serum bilirubin is associated with decreased risk for early familial coronary artery disease

    P N Hopkins;L L Wu;S C Hunt;B C James

  • Imaging Adenoviral-Directed Reporter Gene Expression in Living Animals with Positron Emission Tomography

    Sanjiv S. Gambhir;Jorge R. Barrio;Michael E. Phelps;Meera Iyer

  • A novel intracellular protein delivery platform based on single-protein nanocapsules

    Ming Yan;Juanjuan Du;Zhen Gu;Min Liang

  • Atomic Structure of Human Adenovirus by Cryo-EM Reveals Interactions Among Protein Networks

    Hongrong Liu;Hongrong Liu;Hongrong Liu;Lei Jin;Lei Jin;Sok Boon S. Koh;Ivo Atanasov

  • Familial dyslipidemic hypertension. Evidence from 58 Utah families for a syndrome present in approximately 12% of patients with essential hypertension.

    Roger R. Williams;Steven C. Hunt;Paul N. Hopkins;Barry M. Stults

  • Repetitive, non-invasive imaging of the dopamine D2 receptor as a reporter gene in living animals.

    D C MacLaren;S S Gambhir;N Satyamurthy;J R Barrio

  • Targeting distinct tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells by inhibiting CSF-1 receptor: combating tumor evasion of antiangiogenic therapy

    Saul J. Priceman;James L. Sung;Zory Shaposhnik;Jeremy B. Burton;Jeremy B. Burton

  • Imaging of adenoviral-directed herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase reporter gene expression in mice with radiolabeled ganciclovir.

    Sanjiv S. Gambhir;Jorge R. Barrio;Lily Wu;Meera Iyer

  • Genotyping and sequence analysis of apolipoprotein E isoforms

    Mitsuru Emi;Lily L. Wu;Margaret A. Robertson;Richard L. Myers

  • Inhibition of CSF-1 receptor improves the antitumor efficacy of adoptive cell transfer immunotherapy

    Stephen Mok;Richard C. Koya;Christopher Tsui;Jingying Xu

  • A TATA box implicated in E1A transcriptional activation of a simple adenovirus 2 promoter.

    Lily Wu;Debra S. E. Rosser;Martin C. Schmidt;Arnold Berk

  • Two-step transcriptional amplification as a method for imaging reporter gene expression using weak promoters

    M. Iyer;L. Wu;M. Carey;Y. Wang

  • ADAMTS1 mediates the release of antiangiogenic polypeptides from TSP1 and 2.

    Nathan V Lee;Makoto Sato;Douglas S Annis;Joseph A Loo

  • Molecular cloning and expression of the mouse ornithine decarboxylase gene

    Lisa McConlogue;Madhu Gupta;Lily Wu;Philip Coffino

  • Plasma homocyst(e)ine as a risk factor for early familial coronary artery disease.

    L L Wu;J Wu;S C Hunt;B C James

  • Lentiviral vector retargeting to P-glycoprotein on metastatic melanoma through intravenous injection.

    Kouki Morizono;Yiming Xie;Gene-Errol Ringpis;Mai Johnson

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A Promotes Peritumoral Lymphangiogenesis and Lymphatic Metastasis

    Meit A. Björndahl;Renhai Cao;Jeremy B. Burton;Ebba Brakenhielm

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven C. Hunt
Steven C. Hunt Cornell University
Paul N. Hopkins
Paul N. Hopkins University of Utah
Sanjiv S. Gambhir
Sanjiv S. Gambhir Stanford University
Sandra J. Hasstedt
Sandra J. Hasstedt University of Utah
Michael Carey
Michael Carey University of California, Los Angeles
Mitsuru Emi
Mitsuru Emi University of Hawaii at Manoa
Arnold J. Berk
Arnold J. Berk University of California, Los Angeles
Z. Hong Zhou
Z. Hong Zhou University of California, Los Angeles
Jorge R. Barrio
Jorge R. Barrio University of California, Los Angeles
Liqun Zhang
Liqun Zhang Xi'an Jiaotong University

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