Sue Gu, MD

Research Interests

I am interested in understanding the mechanisms of right ventricular adaptation and failure in pulmonary hypertension, particularly the role of inflammation and inflammatory cell types as well as biologic sex and sex hormones on right ventricular function.

Publications

• Winters R, Forbes LM, Ivy D, Cool C, Park BD, Hountras P, Badesch D, Gu S, Spiekerkoetter E, Zamanian R, LeierGluck S, Bull TM. Case report: A finding of PVOD and PAH in first degree relatives suggests shared heritable risk and overlapping features of both pulmonary vascular diseases. Respirol Case Rep. 2024 Nov;12(11):e70064. PubMed PMID: 39588328
• Li M, McKeon BA, Gu S, Prasad RR, Zhang H, Kumar S, Riddle S, Irwin DC, Stenmark KR. Honokiol and Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Improve Exercise Endurance in Pulmonary Hypertensive Rats Through Increasing SIRT3 Function in Skeletal Muscle. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Oct 29;25(21). PubMed PMID: 39519152
• Kovacs G, Bartolome S, Denton CP, Gatzoulis MA, Gu S, Khanna D, Badesch D, Montani D. Definition, classification and diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2024 Oct;64(4). PubMed PMID: 39209475
• Rockstrom MD, Jin Y, Peterson RA, Hountras P, Badesch D, Gu S, Park B, Messenger J, Forbes LM, Cornwell WK 3rd, Bull TM. The effects of oxygenation on acute vasodilator challenge in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2024 Apr;14(2):e12375. PubMed PMID: 38736893
• Bousseau S, Sobrano Fais R, Gu S, Frump A, Lahm T. Pathophysiology and new advances in pulmonary hypertension. BMJ Med. 2023;2(1):e000137. PubMed PMID: 37051026
• Gu S, Goel K, Forbes LM, Kheyfets VO, Yu YA, Tuder RM, Stenmark KR. Tensions in Taxonomies: Current Understanding and Future Directions in the Pathobiologic Basis and Treatment of Group 1 and Group 3 Pulmonary Hypertension. Compr Physiol. 2023 Jan 30;13(1):4295-4319. PubMed PMID: 36715285
• Gu S, Goel K, Forbes LM, Kheyfets VO, Yu YA, Tuder RM, Stenmark KR. Tensions in Taxonomies: Current Understanding and Future Directions in the Pathobiologic Basis and Treatment of Group 1 and Group 3 Pulmonary Hypertension. Compr Physiol. 2023 Jan 30;13(1):4295-4319. PubMed PMID: 36715285
• Bousseau S, Sobrano Fais R, Gu S, Frump A, Lahm T. Pathophysiology and new advances in pulmonary hypertension. BMJ Med. 2023;2(1):e000137. PubMed PMID: 37051026
• Gu S, Goel K, Forbes LM, Kheyfets VO, Yu YA, Tuder RM, Stenmark KR. Tensions in Taxonomies: Current Understanding and Future Directions in the Pathobiologic Basis and Treatment of Group 1 and Group 3 Pulmonary Hypertension. Compr Physiol. 2023 Jan 30;13(1):4295-4319. PubMed PMID: 36715285
• Bousseau S, Sobrano Fais R, Gu S, Frump A, Lahm T. Pathophysiology and new advances in pulmonary hypertension. BMJ Med. 2023;2(1):e000137. PubMed PMID: 37051026
• Gu S, Mickael C, Kumar R, Lee MH, Sanders L, Kassa B, Harral J, Williams J, Hansen KC, Stenmark KR, Tuder RM, Graham BB. The role of macrophages in right ventricular remodeling in experimental pulmonary hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2022 Jul;12(3):e12105. PubMed PMID: 35874852
• Campbell NV, Mickael C, Kumar S, Zhang H, Campbell IL, Gillen AE, Trentin CO, Diener K, Gao B, Kheyfets VO, Gu S, Kumar R, Phang T, Brown RD, Graham BB, Stenmark KR. Single-cell RNA sequencing and binary hierarchical clustering define lung interstitial macrophage heterogeneity in response to hypoxia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2022 Jul 1;323(1):L58-L68. PubMed PMID: 35608266
• Kassa B, Kumar R, Mickael C, Sanders L, Vohwinkel C, Lee MH, Gu S, Poth JM, Stenmark KR, Zhao YY, Tuder RM, Graham BB. Endothelial cell PHD2-HIF1a-PFKFB3 contributes to right ventricle vascular adaptation in pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 Oct 1;321(4):L675-L685. PubMed PMID: 34346780
• Forbes LM, Gu S, Badesch DB. Surrogate Markers for Pulmonary Hypertension May Inform Prognosis in Lung Cancer. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 May 15;203(10):1220-1221. PubMed PMID: 33789070
• Mickael C, Lee MH, Gu S, Graham BB. Comparing pulmonary hypertension severity between rat strains suggests right ventricle NK cells are protective. Cardiovasc Res. 2019 Mar 15;115(4):699-700. PubMed PMID: 30517607
• Gu S, Kumar R, Lee MH, Mickael C, Graham BB. Common genetic variants in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Lancet Respir Med. 2019 Mar;7(3):190-191. PubMed PMID: 30527955
• Mickael C, Kumar R, Hernandez-Saavedra D, Kassa B, Sanders L, Koyanagi D, Gu S, Lee MH, Tuder RM, Graham BB. IL-6Ra in Smooth Muscle Cells Protects against Schistosoma- and Hypoxia-induced Pulmonary Hypertension. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2019 Jul;61(1):123-126. PubMed PMID: 31259624
• Ahmad N, Ahuja SD, Akkerman OW, Alffenaar JC, Anderson LF, Baghaei P, Bang D, Barry PM, Bastos ML, Behera D, Benedetti A, Bisson GP, Boeree MJ, Bonnet M, Brode SK, Brust JCM, Cai Y, Caumes E, Cegielski JP, Centis R, Chan PC, Chan ED, Chang KC, Charles M, Cirule A, Dalcolmo MP, D'Ambrosio L, de Vries G, Dheda K, Esmail A, Flood J, Fox GJ, Fréchet-Jachym M, Fregona G, Gayoso R, Gegia M, Gler MT, Gu S, Guglielmetti L, Holtz TH, Hughes J, Isaakidis P, Jarlsberg L, Kempker RR, Keshavjee S, Khan FA, Kipiani M, Koenig SP, Koh WJ, Kritski A, Kuksa L, Kvasnovsky CL, Kwak N, Lan Z, Lange C, Laniado-Laborín R, Lee M, Leimane V, Leung CC, Leung EC, Li PZ, Lowenthal P, Maciel EL, Marks SM, Mase S, Mbuagbaw L, Migliori GB, Milanov V, Miller AC, Mitnick CD, Modongo C, Mohr E, Monedero I, Nahid P, Ndjeka N, O'Donnell MR, Padayatchi N, Palmero D, Pape JW, Podewils LJ, Reynolds I, Riekstina V, Robert J, Rodriguez M, Seaworth B, Seung KJ, Schnippel K, Shim TS, Singla R, Smith SE, Sotgiu G, Sukhbaatar G, Tabarsi P, Tiberi S, Trajman A, Trieu L, Udwadia ZF, van der Werf TS, Veziris N, Viiklepp P, Vilbrun SC, Walsh K, Westenhouse J, Yew WW, Yim JJ, Zetola NM, Zignol M, Menzies D. Treatment correlates of successful outcomes in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis. Lancet. 2018 Sep 8;392(10150):821-834. PubMed PMID: 30215381
• Mohan S, Gu S, Parikh A, Radhakrishnan J. Prevalence of hyponatremia and association with mortality: results from NHANES. Am J Med. 2013 Dec;126(12):1127-37.e1. PubMed PMID: 24262726

Professional Memberships

• American Thoracic Society, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Pulmonary Vascular Disease Clinic
(PH, PE/CTEPH, HHT, High Altitude) 
12505 E. 16th Ave, 3rd Floor, Inpatient Pavilion 2
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-5300

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Center Affiliations

• Comprehensive Lungs and Breathing Program

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Pulmonary Disease, Board Certification

Conditions & Treatments

• Lungs and Breathing
• Lungs and Breathing - Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)
• Lungs and Breathing - Lung Disease
• Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Embolism
• Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Hypertension
• Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Disorders