Zhihong Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Pathology/Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Professor, Pathology/Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2004 | Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, US, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Ph.D |
| 1993 | Bethune University of Medical Science, Changchun, CN, MD |
Postgraduate Training
| 2015-2017 | Clinical Fellowship, Hematopathology, The University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center (UT-MDACC), Houston, Texas |
| 2014-2015 | Clinical Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Maywood, Illinois |
| 2010-2014 | Clinical Residency, Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Maywood, Illinois |
| 2005-2006 | Research Fellowship, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2017 | Texas Medical License |
| 2016 | American Board of Pathology, Hematology |
| 2015 | American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology |
| 2014 | Illinois Medical License |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Pathology/Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas Health Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2022
Research Associate, Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2005 - 2006
Medical Research Scientist, Institute of Space Medico-Engineering of China, Beijing, 1993 - 1999
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Research Specialist/Supervisor, Physiology, Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Maywood, IL, 2008 - 2010
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Harris Health System Laboratory Utilization and Stewardship Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - Present
Member, Harris Health Laboratory Supply Equipment and Contracts Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - Present
Member, Harris Health Cancer Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2022 | Best Investigative Platform Presentation, TSP Annual Meeting |
| 2022 | Best Investigative Poster Presentation, TSP Annual Meeting |
| 2021 - 2022 | Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX |
| 2021 | Best Case Report Poster Presentation, TSP Annual Meeting |
| 2021 | Best Investigative Poster Presentation, TSP Annual Meeting |
| 2017 | The Shannon Timmins Fellowship for Leukemia Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Center |
| 2011 | Best Infectious Disease Presentation |
| 2011 | Best Infectious Disease Presentation Award, 100th Annual Meeting of USCAP, Binford-Dammin Society of Infectious Disease Pathologists |
| 2010 | Stowell-Orbison, Surgical Pathology and/or Autopsy Award (2nd Author), Annual Meeting of USCAP |
| 2003 - 2004 | Travel Award, The Shock Society, Annual Shock Conference |
| 2003 | Young Investigator Award, The Shock Society, Annual Shock Conference |
| 1996 - 1997 | Outstanding Young Researcher of the Year, Institute of Medico-Space Engineering |
| 1992 | Award for Outstanding Students, Bethune University of Medical Sciences |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2018. Diagnostic Challenges and Updates in Hematopathology. Conference. The Alumni and Friends of the Department of Hematopathology. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2022. Interesting Case Presentation. Conference. Hematology Focus Interest Group (HFIG) Study, US.
- 2022. Interesting Case Presentation. Conference. Hematology Focus Interest Group (HFIG) Study, US.
- 2021. Interesting Case Presentation. Conference. Hematology Focus Interest Group (HFIG) Study, US.
- 2021. Pathology Grand Rounds talk - HIV-Associated Lymphomas. Conference. UTHealth, US.
- 2019. Interesting Case Presentation. Conference. Hematology Focus Interest Group (HFIG) Study, US.
- 2018. Interesting Case Presentation. Conference. Hematology Focus Interest Group (HFIG) Study, US.
- 2017. Interesting Case Presentation. Conference. Hematology Focus Interest Group (HFIG) Study, US.
National Presentations
- 2022. Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Monocytic Differentiation, Marked Leukocytosis and Myeloperoxidase Expression Portends Poor Prognosis. Conference. CAP Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2022. High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma with Effusion as The Initial Presentation. Conference. 2022 ASCP Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2022. An Unusual Case of Thymic Castleman Disease with Calcifications. Conference. TSP Annual Meeting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2022. A 12-year Retrospective Study of 110 Patients with Central Nervous System Lymphomas from One Single Institution. Conference. TSP Annual Meeting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2022. Leukocytosis with Monocytosis on Peripheral Blood: A Diagnostic Clue for Acute Myeloid Leukemia with KMT2A (MLL) Gene Rearrangement. Conference. TSP Annual Meeting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2022. Amyloidosis Associated with Low-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma: A Report of 18 Cases. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. LA, CA, US.
- 2022. EBV-positive Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphomas of the CNS: A Report of 12 Cases. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. LA, CA, US.
- 2021. Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma transformed from hydroa vacciniforme-like lymphoproliferative disorder. Platform Presentation. Conference. SH/EAHP Workshop - Virtual, US.
- 2021. Initial Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma and subsequent Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: separate entities with a continuum of BCL2 rearrangement. Platform presentation. Conference. SH/EAHP Workshop - Virtual, US.
- 2021. T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia with t(X;14)(q28;q11.2): a report of 17 cases. Conference. USCAP - Virtual, US.
- 2021. Acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome with MYC rearrangement. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting - Virtual, US.
- 2021. The diagnostic and prognostic roles of EBER for patients with HIV-associated aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphomas in the era of HAART. Platform presentation. Conference. USCAP - Virtual, US.
- 2020. Primary effusion lymphoma: a clinicopathological study of 29 cases. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. LA, CA, US.
- 2020. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) with superimposed herpes simplex (HSV) lymphadenitis. Conference. TSP Annual Meeting. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2020. An Elderly Patient with Refractory Thrombocytosis and Transfusion Dependent Anemia. Conference. TSP Annual Meeting. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2019. Lymphocyte variant of hypereosinophilic syndrome. Platform Presentation. Conference. SH/EAHP Workshop, US.
- 2019. HIV-associated plasmablastic lymphoma: ten-year experience in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Washington DC, US.
- 2019. High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma is Associated with a Worse Survival than Other Aggressive B-Cell Lymphomas in HIV+ Patients. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Washington DC, US.
- 2018. A multimodality work-up of patients with hypereosinophilia. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting, US.
- 2017. 3q26.2/EVI1 rearrangements are associated with poor prognosis in Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. CD200 expression in mantle cell lymphoma correlates with absence of SOX11 expression and a leukemic presentation. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2016. Clinical significance of trisomy 8 that emerges during therapy in chronic myeloid leukemia. Platform Presentation. Conference. 18th Annual John Goldman Conference on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Biology and Therapy. Houston, TX, US.
- 2016. Complex karyotypes predict a poorer prognosis in T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2016. Mantle cell lymphoma with MYC rearrangement: best considered as a form of double hit lymphoma. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2015. Myeloid antigen expression in lymphoid blasts does not impact prognosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Boston, MD, US.
- 2015. Depth of invasion: a reliable predictor of lymphadenectomy in FIGO grade II endometrial carcinoma patients. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Boston, MA, US.
- 2013. Follicular T cell lymphomas frequently display an aberrant CD3-/CD4+ population by flow cytometry: an important clue to the diagnosis of a Hodgkin lymphoma mimic. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2011. Measuring dimension of tumor invasion of urothelial carcinoma (UCa) in transurethral resection (TUR) predicts time of recurrence. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2011. Transbronchial lung biopsy is not an optimal method for evaluating chronic rejection in lung transplant patients. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2011. Comparison of infectious pathogen detection in pre- and postmortem specimens from lung transplant patients. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2010. Increased length of survival after lung transplantation is not dependent on patient age at transplantation - analysis of 625 cases from a single center. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Washington DC, US.
- 2010. Retrospective analysis of lung transplant patients between 1991-2009: improved survival is related to native lung disease. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Washington DC, US.
- 2010. Medical complications in lung transplant patients - autopsy data from a single center. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Washington DC, US.
International Presentations
- 2022. Nodal marginal zone lymphoma with T-follicular helper expansion in a patient with a history of subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma. Conference. EAHP-HP 2020 Workshop. Florence, IT.
- 2022. HHV8-negative primary effusion lymphoma in a patient with a liver transplant. Platform Presentation. Conference. EAHP-HP Workshop. Florence, IT.
- 2018. 3q26/EVI1 rearrangement in myelodysplastic/ myeloproliferative neoplasms: an early event associated with a poor prognosis. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Vancouver, CA.
- 2012. Incidence of thyroid malignancy in completion thyroidectomy - a single institution experience over ten years. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Vancouver, CA.
- 2012. The effect of general versus sub-specialty sign-out on the the reporting of lung transplant biopsy rejection. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Vancouver, CA.
- 2012. Marrow hematogones as a percent of B-lymphocytes correlates with event-free survival (EFS) after allogeneic bone marrow transplant. Conference. USCAP Annual Meeting. Vancouver, CA.
Formal Peers
- 2022. Diagnostic Challengers and Recent Updates in T-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia. Invited, US.
- 2021. Diagnostic Challengers and Recent Updates in T-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia. Invited, US.
- 2021. Diagnostic Challengers and Recent Updates in T-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia. Invited, US.
- 2018. HIV-Associated Aggressive B-Cell Lymphomas. Invited, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2015 |
| Title: | Prognostic Implications of IGH Rearrangement in AML |
| Funding Source: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| Date: | 1999 - 2001 |
| Title: | Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Grant |
| Funding Source: | Loyola University Medical Center |
| Role: | Student |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Shuai, W, Hu, Z, Yin, CC, Chen, L, Wang, W, Tang, G, Sui, D, Li, S, Xu, J, Ibrahim, NE, Pan, Z, You, MJ, Patel, KP, Vega Vazquez, F, Medeiros, LJ, Lin, P. Lowering the Diagnostic Threshold in Secondary Plasma Cell Leukemia? Comparison With Primary Cases and Implications for Flow Cytometry Immunophenotyping. Modern Pathology 39(2), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41456722.
- Wang, WJ, Hu, Z, Gehris, BT, Naik, U, Bhattacharjee, M, Wahed, MA, Hu, S, You, MJ, Chen, L, Wang, W, Medeiros, LJ. Clinicopathological features of primary epidural B-cell lymphoma. Pathology 58(1):24-29, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41062339.
- Chen, L, Ibrahim, NE, Tang, G, Meng, QH, Hu, Z. Aberrant Plasma Cells in the Absence of M-Protein. Clinical chemistry 71(12):1195-1199, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41329021.
- Fitzpatrick, MJ, Yuan, J, Capa, I, Bledsoe, J, Kibler, CE, Tucker, C, Shuai, W, Matsumoto, NP, Zhu, GG, Ding, Y, Wu, X, Wang, W, Hu, Z, Jiang, L, Jia, Y, Zhao, Y, Lin, Y, Tian, X, Galliani, CA, Venkataraman, G, Mehrotra, S, Dal Cin, P, Haag, M, Siegele, B, Zhang, W, Wang, E, Castañeda-Sánchez, I, Zhang, Q, Perez-Atayde, AR, Young, KH, Sadigh, S, Wang, HY, Hasserjian, RP, Medeiros, LJ, Pan, Z. Erythroblastic Sarcoma in Adults and Children. Modern Pathology 38(8), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40126459.
- Gao, Y, Ali, H, Hu, Z, Sun, H. Sarcoid-like Reaction in Breast Cancer Tumor Bed and Axillary Lymph Nodes Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Annals of clinical and laboratory science 55(2):281-285, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40340873.
- Wang, WJ, Hu, Z. CD5-positive high-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC, BCL2, and BCL6 rearrangements. Blood 145(4):455, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39847381.
- Sameeta, F, Wang, S, Tang, Z, Khoury, JD, Fang, H, Wang, D, Xu, J, Li, S, Hu, Z, Hu, S, Jorgensen, JL, Medeiros, LJ, Wang, W. Integrative immunophenotypic and genetic characterization of acute myeloid leukemia with CBFB rearrangement. American journal of clinical pathology 162(5):455-463, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38801226.
- Hu, Z, Ok, CY. Immature Erythroblasts in Pleural Effusion. Blood 144(7):794, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39145944.
- Hu, Z, Ok, CY. Immature erythroblasts in pleural effusion. Blood 144(7):794, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39145944.
- Rivera, D, Cui, W, Gao, J, Peker, D, Zhang, Q, Dewar, R, Qiu, L, Konoplev, SN, Hu, Z, Sasaki, K, Hu, AY, E, S, Liu, M, Fang, H, Wang, W, Tang, G, Apperley, JF, Hochhaus, A, Cortes, JE, Khoury, J, Medeiros, LJ, Jabbour, EJ, Hu, S. Aleukemic Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Without Neutrophilia and Thrombocytosis: a Report From the BCR::ABL1 Pathology Group. Modern Pathology 37(2), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38104892.
- Al-Jumaili Z, Helen Zhang Y, Wang WJ, Mai B, Wang XI, Ahmed A, Wang W, Hu S, James You M, Hu Z. High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma With Malignant Effusions as the Initial Presentation. Am J Clin Pathol 159(5):420-428, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36879405.
- Hu, Z, Medeiros, LJ, Xu, M, Yuan, J, Peker, D, Shao, L, Tang, Z, Mai, B, Thakral, B, Rios, A, Hu, S, Wang, W. T-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia with t(X;14)(q28;q11.2). American journal of clinical pathology 159(4):325-336, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36883805.
- Rivera, D, Wang, W, Al-Jumaili, Z, Hu, Z. Leukemic phase follicular lymphoma in a young adult. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis 37(5), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36930792.
- Wang W, Gehris BT, Mai B, Chen L, Hu S, You MJ, Hu Z. HHV8-Negative Effusion-Based lymphoma in a patient with recurrent HCV hepatitis status post liver transplantation. Leuk Lymphoma 63(14):3480-3483, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36154351.
- Fang H, Wang SA, Khoury JD, El Hussein S, Kim DH, Tashakori M, Tang Z, Li S, Hu Z, Jelloul FZ, Patel KP, McDonnell TJ, Kadia T, Medeiros LJ, Wang W. Pure erythroid leukemia is characterized by biallelic TP53 inactivation and abnormal p53 expression patterns in de novo and secondary cases. Haematologica 107(9):2232-2237, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35511670.
- Wang X, Tang G, Hu Z, Fang H, Wang W, Tang Z, Toruner GA, Zhou T, DiNardo CD, Garcia-Manero G, Verstovsek S, Bueso-Ramos CE, Medeiros LJ, Hu S. Myeloid neoplasms with 8q24/MYC rearrangement are frequently associated with myelodysplasia, complex karyotype, TP53 alterations, and inferior survival. Br J Haematol 198(3):604-608, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35645146.
- Fang H, Wang W, Zhang L, Shen Q, Yuan J, Reichard KK, Hu Z, Medeiros LJ. Reactive Intralymphovascular Immunoblastic Proliferations Mimicking Aggressive Lymphomas. Am J Surg Pathol 46(3):326-335, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34310368.
- Ricks E, Hu S, Hu Z. Cytokeratin-positive follicular dendritic cell sarcoma: A mimic of carcinoma. EJHaem 3(1):254-255, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35846219.
- Ghosh A, Chen L, Wahed A, Wang W, Saluja K, Nguyen AND, Hu S, Hu Z. Incidental but rapidly progressing T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia with t(X;14)(q28;q11) involving parotid lymphoepithelial cysts: A diagnostic pitfall. Int J Lab Hematol 44(1):e17-e20, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34275205.
- Xia M, Wu L, Sun X, Han X, Yan H, Huang J, Zhang Y, Hu Z, Zu Y, Yin CC, Qiu X. Next-Generation Sequencing Revealed a Distinct Immunoglobulin Repertoire with Specific Mutation Hotspots in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Biology (Basel) 11(2), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35205028.
- Wang W, Hu Z. Leukocytosis with left-shifted myeloid maturation in a peripheral blood specimen: a clue to the lymphoid blast phase of CML. Blood 139(2):305, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35024807.
- Mai B, Friscia M, Elzamly S, Thomas-Ogunniyi J, Wahed A, Nguyen A, Hu Z, Cai Z, Chen L. Obesity Is a Risk Factor Associated with H. pylori-negative MALT Lymphoma of Stomach. Ann Clin Lab Sci 51(5):609-614, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34686502.
- Tang Y, Kortum A, Vohra I, Schwarz RA, Carns J, Kannady CR, Clavell-Hernandez J, Hu Z, Dhanani N, Richards-Kortum R. Initial Results of First In Vivo Imaging of Bladder Lesions Using a High-Resolution Confocal Microendoscope. J Endourol 35(8):1190-1197, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33307957.
- Hu Z, Singhi EK, Apostolidou E, Mai B, Juneja HS, Hu S. Mass-forming neoplastic extramedullary hematopoiesis mimics myeloid sarcoma in a patient with chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia. Int J Lab Hematol 43(3):e135-e137, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33314782.
- Hu Z, Wang W, Thakral B, Chen Z, Estrov Z, Bueso-Ramos CE, Verstovsek S, Medeiros LJ, Wang SA. Lymphocytic variant of hypereosinophilic syndrome: A report of seven cases from a single institution. Cytometry B Clin Cytom 100(3):352-360, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 32157815.
- Hu Z, Pan Z, Chen W, Shi Y, Wang W, Yuan J, Wang E, Zhang S, Kurt H, Mai B, Zhang X, Liu H, Rios AA, Ma HY, Nguyen ND, Medeiros LJ, Hu S. Primary Effusion Lymphoma: A Clinicopathological Study of 70 Cases. Cancers (Basel) 13(4):1-14, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33669719.
- Mai B, Wang W, Lin M, Hu S, Wang XI, Chen L, Wahed A, Nguyen A, Ma HY, Medeiros LJ, Hu Z. HIV-associated plasmablastic lymphoma in the era of HAART: a single-center experience of 21 patients. AIDS 34(12):1735-1743, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32889849.
- Dodge DL, Cherian SV, Ali YD, Murzabdillaeva A, Hu Z, Estrada-Y-Martin RM. A 35-Year-Old Woman With Progressive Dyspnea and Cough. Chest 158(3):e103-e106, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32892884.
- Mai B, Wahed MA, Chen L, Nguyen ND, Wang XI, Hu Z. Educational Case: Systemic Mastocytosis with an Associated Hematological Neoplasm. Acad Pathol 7:2374289520906526, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32158933.
- Mai B, Saluja K, Hu Z, Nguyen ND, Wahed A, Wang XI, Chen L. Educational Case: Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Acad Pathol 7:2374289520932286, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32671196.
- Mai B, Wang W, Medeiros LJ, Ma HY, Hu Z. TdT-positive high grade B-cell lymphoma transformed from grade 3B follicular lymphoma in an HIV-positive patient. Pathology 51(7):764-768, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31666176.
- El Achi H, Glass WF, Wang W, Medeiros LJ, Hu Z. Reactive lymphadenopathy with concurrent idiopathic plasma cell variant Castleman disease, amyloid deposition and non-caseating granulomas. Pathology 51(7):762-764, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31662201.
- Jaitly V, Hu Z, Ayala G, Wahed MA, Nguyen ND, Brown RE. M2 Macrophages in Crystal Storing Histiocytosis Associated with Plasma Cell Myeloma. Ann Clin Lab Sci 49(5):666-670, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31611212.
- Xu J, Wang L, Li J, Saksena A, Wang SA, Shen J, Hu Z, Lin P, Tang G, Yin CC, Wang M, Medeiros LJ, Li S. SOX11-negative Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Clinicopathologic and Prognostic Features of 75 Patients. Am J Surg Pathol 43(5):710-716, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30768440.
- Achi HE, Belousova T, Chen L, Wahed A, Wang I, Hu Z, Kanaan Z, Rios A, Nguyen AND. Automated Diagnosis of Lymphoma with Digital Pathology Images Using Deep Learning. Ann Clin Lab Sci 49(2):153-160, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31028058.
- Hu Z, Ramos CEB, Medeiros LJ, Zhao C, Yin CC, Li S, Hu S, Wang W, Thakral B, Xu J, Verstovsek S, Lin P. Utility of JAK2 V617F allelic burden in distinguishing chronic myelomonocytic Leukemia from Primary myelofibrosis with monocytosis. Hum Pathol 85:290-298, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30447300.
- Angelova EA, Medeiros LJ, Wang W, Muzzafar T, Lu X, Khoury JD, Ravandi F, Patel KP, Hu Z, Kanagal-Shamanna R. Clinicopathologic and molecular features in hairy cell leukemia-variant: single institutional experience. Mod Pathol 31(11):1717-1732, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29955146.
- Hu Z, Boddu PC, Loghavi S, Miranda RN, Goswami M, Medeiros LJ, Tam W, Orazi A, Verstovsek S, Wang SA. A multimodality work-up of patients with Hypereosinophilia. Am J Hematol 93(11):1337-1346, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30105844.
- Sun Y, Tang G, Hu Z, Thakral B, Miranda RN, Medeiros LJ, Wang SA. Comparison of karyotyping, TCL1 fluorescence in situ hybridisation and TCL1 immunohistochemistry in T cell prolymphocytic leukaemia. J Clin Pathol 71(4):309-315, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 28821581.
- Quesada AE, Hu Z, Routbort MJ, Patel KP, Luthra R, Loghavi S, Zuo Z, Yin CC, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Wang SA, Jorgensen JL, Medeiros LJ, Ok CY. Mixed phenotype acute leukemia contains heterogeneous genetic mutations by next-generation sequencing. Oncotarget 9(9):8441-8449, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29492206.
- Hu Z, Hu S, Ji C, Tang Z, Thakral B, Loghavi S, Medeiros LJ, Wang W. 3q26/EVI1 rearrangement in myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms: An early event associated with a poor prognosis. Leuk Res 65:25-28, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29288910.
- Hu Z, Sun Y, Schlette EJ, Tang G, Li S, Xu J, Yin CC, Young KH, Patel KP, Miranda RN, Goswami M, Wang M, Jorgensen JL, Medeiros LJ, Wang SA. CD200 expression in mantle cell lymphoma identifies a unique subgroup of patients with frequent IGHV mutations, absence of SOX11 expression, and an indolent clinical course. Mod Pathol 31(2):327-336, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 28984300.
- Hu Z, Sun Y, Wang W, Medeiros LJ, Kanagal-Shamanna R. Refractory hairy cell leukemia-variant. Am J Hematol 92(12):1398-1399, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27727469.
- Hu Z, Konoplev S. Aleukemic mast cell leukemia associated with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 130(19):2150, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29122774.
- Hu Z, Li S, Medeiros LJ, Sun T. TCL-1-positive hematogones in a patient with T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia after therapy. Hum Pathol 65:175-179, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28232160.
- Hidalgo-López JE, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Quesada AE, Thakral B, Hu Z, Mitsuhashi T, Yabe M, Garcia-Manero G, Bueso-Ramos CE. Progress in Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Clinicopathologic Correlations and Immune Checkpoints. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 17S:S16-S25, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28760297.
- Hu Z, Medeiros LJ, Wang W, Chen Z, Tang G, Hodjat P, Yang S, Fang L, Li Y, Verstovsek S, Hu S. 3q26.2/EVI1 rearrangement is associated with poor prognosis in classical Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms. Mod Pathol 30(7):940-951, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28338652.
- Hu Z, Medeiros LJ, Fang L, Sun Y, Tang Z, Tang G, Sun T, Quesada AE, Hu S, Wang SA, Pei L, Lu X. Prognostic significance of cytogenetic abnormalities in T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia. Am J Hematol 92(5):441-447, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28194886.
- Hu Z, Medeiros LJ, Chen Z, Chen W, Li S, Konoplev SN, Lu X, Pham LV, Young KH, Wang W, Hu S. Mantle Cell Lymphoma With MYC Rearrangement: A Report of 17 Patients. Am J Surg Pathol 41(2):216-224, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27776009.
- Wang W, Chen Z, Hu Z, Yin CC, Li S, Bai S, Bueso-Ramos CE, Medeiros LJ, Hu S. Clinical significance of trisomy 8 that emerges during therapy in chronic myeloid leukemia. Blood Cancer J 6(11):e490, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27813536.
- Hu Z, Sun T. Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm associated with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Blood 128(12):1664, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28092882.
- McCroskey Z, Bahar B, Hu Z, Wojcik EM, Barkan GA. Subclassifying atypia in urine cytology: what are the helpful features?. J Am Soc Cytopathol 4(4):183-189, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 31051752.
- Hu Z, Mudaliar K, Quek ML, Paner GP, Barkan GA. Measuring the dimension of invasive component in pT1 urothelial carcinoma in transurethral resection specimens can predict time to recurrence. Ann Diagn Pathol 18(2):49-52, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24370460.
- Bahar B, Hu Z, Szpaderska A, Liotta M, Potkul RK, Smith D, Ç E. Fatal case of luteinized thecoma with sclerosing peritonitis in a 40-year-old woman. Int J Gynecol Pathol 33(1):30-4, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24300532.
- Pallikkuth S, Blackwell DJ, Hu Z, Hou Z, Zieman DT, Svensson B, Thomas DD, Robia SL. Phosphorylated phospholamban stabilizes a compact conformation of the cardiac calcium-ATPase. Biophys J 105(8):1812-21, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24138857.
- Hou Z, Hu Z, Blackwell DJ, Miller TD, Thomas DD, Robia SL. 2-Color calcium pump reveals closure of the cytoplasmic headpiece with calcium binding. PLoS One 7(7):e40369, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22808146.
- Hu Z, Wang Y, Graham WV, Su L, Musch MW, Turner JR. MAPKAPK-2 is a critical signaling intermediate in NHE3 activation following Na+-glucose cotransport. J Biol Chem 281(34):24247-53, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16793766.
- Hu Z, Sayeed MM. Activation of PI3-kinase/PKB contributes to delay in neutrophil apoptosis after thermal injury. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 288(5):C1171-8, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15625305.
- Hu Z, Sayeed MM. Suppression of mitochondria-dependent neutrophil apoptosis with thermal injury. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 286(1):C170-8, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 13679304.
- Hu Z, Zhao G, Xiao Z, Chen X, Zhong C, Yang J. Different responses of cerebral vessels to -30 degrees head-down tilt in humans. Aviat Space Environ Med 70(7):674-80, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10417003.
- Zhao GX, Yang JS, Zhong CF, Lu LL, Hu ZH. [Star figure in medical monitoring during lower body negative pressure test]. Space Med Med Eng (Beijing) 12(2):101-5, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 12430534.
- Yang J, Zhao G, Zhong C, Hu Z, Lu L. [Heart rate variability analysis under lower body negative pressure]. Space Med Med Eng (Beijing) 11(6):430-4, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 11543380.
- Zhao G, Hu Z, Yang J, Zhong C. [Changes of cervical blood flow in subjects with different tolerances to -30 degrees head-down bed rest]. Space Med Med Eng (Beijing) 11(5):324-8, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 11543252.
- Hu Z, Zhao G, Yang J, Jiao J, Zhong C, Lu L. Linear and nonlinear analysis of heart rate variability during lower body negative pressure. Space Med Med Eng (Beijing) 11(4):235-9, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 11543238.
- Hu Z, Liu Y, Zhong C, Zhao G, Liu B. [Nonlinear dynamic analysis of heart rate variability during exercise]. Space Med Med Eng (Beijing) 11(2):111-5, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 11543226.
Review Articles
- Rivera, D, Wang, WJ, Chan, KH, Ali, H, Wang, W, Medeiros, LJ, Hu, Z. From the archives of MD Anderson Cancer Center Castleman disease involving the thymus gland. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 65, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37060884.
- Li R, Saluja K, Lin M, Hu Z, Cai Z, Zhu H. Sinonasal Hamartomas: From Nasal Chondromesenchymal Hamartoma to Respiratory Epithelial Adenomatoid Hamartoma. Report of six Cases and Review of the Literature. Int J Surg Pathol 30(4):448-456, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35001691.
- Hu Z, Chou PM, Jennings LJ, Arva NC. Infantile fibrosarcoma-a clinical and histologic mimicker of vascular malformations: case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Dev Pathol 16(5):357-63, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23718697.
Other Articles
- Rivera, D, Cui, W, Gao, J, Peker, D, Zhang, Q, Dewar, R, Qiu, L, Konoplev, SN, Hu, Z, Sasaki, K, Hu, AY, Shuyu, E, Liu, M, Fang, H, Wang, W, Tang, G, Apperley, JF, Hochhaus, A, Cortes, JE, Khoury, J, Medeiros, LJ, Jabbour, EJ, Hu, S Corrigendum to “Aleukemic Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Without Neutrophilia and Thrombocytosis: A Report From the BCR::ABL1 Pathology Group” [Modern Pathology. 2024;37(2):100406] (Modern Pathology (2024) 37(2), (S0893395223003113), (10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100406)). Modern Pathology 39(2), 2026. PMID: 41518888.
Book Chapters
- Bittar EE, Khurana S. Mechanisms of ion transport and regulation by microfilaments. In: Advances in Molecular and Cell Biology: Aspects of the Cytoskeleton, 2006.
Letters to the Editor
- Wang, X, Tang, G, Hu, Z, Medeiros, LJ, Hu, S. Splenic B-Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia With TCL1 Gene Rearrangement. International Journal of Laboratory Hematology 48: 683-688, 2026.
- Hu, Z, Yin, CC, Sun, X, Han, X, Wang, W, Wang, S, You, MJ. A diagnostic dilemma for a patient with skin lesions and marked leukocytosis. Pathology 57: 371-374, 2025.
- Gehris, BT, Wang, WJ, Mai, B, Chen, L, Wang, W, Hu, Z. Initial classic Hodgkin lymphoma and subsequent diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Pathology 56: 115-118, 2024.
Patient Reviews
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