Yinan Hua, M.D., M.S.

Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program

yhua@uwyo.edu • (307) 766-6118 • HS 483A

Advisor: Sreejayan Nair, Ph.D.

Education:

M.D.

M.S. Pharmacology

Work Experience:

Research Assistant, School of Pharmacy, University of Wyoming, 2008-2010

Mentoring:

2010 and 2012 Wyoming Summer Research Apprentice Program (SRAP)

Research Interests:

Cysteine proteases in cardiovascular diseases

Membership:

American Heart Association

Recent Publications:

1.    Hua Y, Clark S, Ren J, Sreejayan N. Molecular mechanisms of chromium in alleviating insulin resistance. J. Nutr. Biochem. 23: 313-319, 2012.

2.    Hua Y, Zhang Y, Dolence J, Shi GP, Ren J*, Nair S*. Cathepsin-K knockout mitigates high fat diet-induced cardiac hypertrophy and contractile dysfunction. Diabetes in press.

3.    Hua Y, Zhang Y, Ren J. IGF-1 Deficiency Resists Cardiac Hypertrophy and Myocardial Contractile Dysfunction: Role of microRNA-1 and microRNA-133a. J. Cell. Mol. Med. 16: 83-95, 2012.