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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
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Overview

Willa A. Hsueh is a researcher affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their work spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on immunology, genetics, epidemiology, physiology, and molecular biology as key subfields.

Their research covers several main topics including adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases; genetic associations and epidemiology; immune cell function and interaction; adipose tissue and metabolism; extracellular vesicles in disease; atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases; and birth, development, and health.

Frequent publication venues for Willa A. Hsueh include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diabetes, Nature Communications, The Journal of Immunology, and Frontiers in Immunology. These journals have featured multiple contributions from the researcher, indicating sustained collaborations and consistent research output.

Frequent co-authors in their work are David Bradley, Alecia Blaszczak, Dharti Shantaram, Valerie P. Wright, and Xiuqing Guo, reflecting a network of collaborators contributing to related domains of study.

Significant recent papers by Willa A. Hsueh include:

  • Insulin expression and C-peptide in type 1 diabetes subjects implanted with stem cell-derived pancreatic endoderm cells in an encapsulation device, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
  • Adipocytes, Innate Immunity and Obesity: A Mini-Review, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Interferon gamma mediates the reduction of adipose tissue regulatory T cells in human obesity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Genome-wide association study and functional characterization identifies candidate genes for insulin-stimulated glucose uptake, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Induced, but not natural, regulatory T cells retain phenotype and function following exposure to inflamed synovial fibroblasts, 2020, Science Advances

Willa A. Hsueh has also been recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians, reflecting a professional acknowledgement within the medical research community.

Best Publications

  • Synthetic LXR ligand inhibits the development of atherosclerosis in mice

    Sean B. Joseph;Elaine McKilligin;Liming Pei;Michael A. Watson

  • Minireview: adiposity, inflammation, and atherogenesis.

    Christopher J. Lyon;Ronald E. Law;Willa A. Hsueh

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits

    Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Gaëlle Marenne;Gaëlle Marenne;Arushi Varshney

  • Obesity, Inflammation, and Cancer

    Tuo Deng;Christopher J. Lyon;Stephen Bergin;Michael A. Caligiuri

  • Troglitazone inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell growth and intimal hyperplasia.

    R E Law;W P Meehan;X P Xi;K Graf

  • Expression and Function of PPARγ in Rat and Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Ronald E. Law;Stephan Goetze;Xiao-Ping Xi;Simon Jackson

  • Troglitazone Inhibits Formation of Early Atherosclerotic Lesions in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor–Deficient Mice

    Alan R. Collins;Woerner P. Meehan;Ulrich Kintscher;Simon Jackson

  • Peroxisome Proliferator–Activated Receptor Activators Target Human Endothelial Cells to Inhibit Leukocyte–Endothelial Cell Interaction

    Simon M. Jackson;Farhad Parhami;Xiao-Ping Xi;Judith A. Berliner

  • Class II major histocompatibility complex plays an essential role in obesity-induced adipose inflammation.

    Tuo Deng;Christopher J. Lyon;Laurie J. Minze;Jianxin Lin

  • Angiotensin II Has Multiple Profibrotic Effects in Human Cardiac Fibroblasts

    Hiroaki Kawano;Yung S. Do;Yasuko Kawano;Vaughn Starnes

  • Medium chain fatty acids are selective peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) γ activators and pan-PPAR partial agonists

    Marcelo Vizoná Liberato;Alessandro Silva Nascimento;Steven D. Ayers;Jean Z. Lin

  • Metabolic effects of troglitazone monotherapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    David G. Maggs;Thomas A. Buchanan;Charles F. Burant;Gary Cline

  • Role of endothelial dysfunction in insulin resistance.

    Willa A Hsueh;Manuel J Quiñones

  • Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Working Group on Cardiovascular Complications of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

    Peter Libby;David M. Nathan;Kristin Abraham;John D. Brunzell

  • Angiotensin II-accelerated atherosclerosis and aneurysm formation is attenuated in osteopontin-deficient mice

    Dennis Bruemmer;Alan R. Collins;Grace Noh;Wei Wang

  • Osteopontin is produced by rat cardiac fibroblasts and mediates A(II)-induced DNA synthesis and collagen gel contraction.

    Naoto Ashizawa;Kristof Graf;Yung S. Do;Tatsuya Nunohiro

  • Coronary Circulatory Dysfunction in Insulin Resistance, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    John O. Prior;Manuel J. Quiñones;Miguel Hernandez-Pampaloni;Alvaro D. Facta

  • Blood pressure lowering by pioglitazone. Evidence for a direct vascular effect.

    T. A. Buchanan;W. P. Meehan;Y. Y. Jeng;Dong Yang

  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation Is Involved in Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-Directed Migration by Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Kristof Graf;Xiao-Ping Xi;Dong Yang;Eckart Fleck

  • Trans-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation

    Mahajan A;Spracklen Cn;Zhang W;Ng Mc

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center
Mark O. Goodarzi
Mark O. Goodarzi Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Xiuqing Guo
Xiuqing Guo Lundquist Institute
Kent D. Taylor
Kent D. Taylor David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Thomas A. Buchanan
Thomas A. Buchanan University of Southern California
Eckart Fleck
Eckart Fleck Humboldt State University
Christie M. Ballantyne
Christie M. Ballantyne Baylor College of Medicine
Stephen T. C. Wong
Stephen T. C. Wong Houston Methodist
Jennifer G. Robinson
Jennifer G. Robinson University of Iowa
Heinrich R. Schelbert
Heinrich R. Schelbert University of California, Los Angeles

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