Publications by authors named "Haixia Guan"

Thyroid nodules are a common endocrine condition with an increasing incidence over the decades. Data-independent acquisition has been widely utilized in discovery proteomics to identify disease biomarkers and therapeutic targets. To analyze the thyroid disease-related proteome in a high-throughput, reproducible and reliable manner, we introduce thyroid-specific peptide spectral libraries.

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  • The study explores the genetic characteristics of urinary bladder paragangliomas (UBPGLs) in a cohort of 70 Chinese patients, aiming to better understand their heritability and genetic variations.
  • Results show that 38 patients had pathogenic variants (PVs), mainly in cluster 1A genes like SDHB and HRAS, with UBPGLs showing higher PV rates in cluster 1A compared to non-head and neck PGLs.
  • The findings indicate a diverse genetic profile among Chinese patients with UBPGLs, emphasizing the necessity for genetic testing to identify significant pathogenic variants.
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Metabolism-related fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is associated with abnormal fat accumulation in the liver. The exact mechanism underlying the occurrence and development of MAFLD remains to be elucidated. Here, we discovered that the expression of sucrose non-fermenting-related kinase (SNRK) is elevated in the liver of the MAFLD population.

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  • * A study of 156 Asian patients found frequent genetic mutations in oncocytic tumors, specifically TERT promoter mutations in carcinomas, and identified 66 mitochondrial proteins that are significantly elevated in these tumors.
  • * IDH2 was notably overexpressed in oncocytic tumors and could serve as a useful biomarker for differentiating between oncocytic adenomas and carcinomas, enhancing the understanding of their molecular pathology.
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  • Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is the most prevalent organ-specific autoimmune disorder, resulting in thyroid dysfunction and autoimmune imbalance, affecting overall quality of life.
  • Patients with AITD, even those with normal thyroid function (euthyroid), experience neuropsychiatric issues like anxiety, depression, and cognitive problems, which are linked to changes in brain structure and function.
  • The exact cause of these neuropsychiatric symptoms and brain alterations is not fully understood, but it is thought to arise from multiple factors, including thyroid dysfunction, metabolic issues, autoimmune factors, and brain connectivity changes.
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Introduction: Diabetes and neuronal loss in the hippocampus have been observed to be correlated in several studies; however, the exact causality of this association remains uncertain. This study aims to explore the potential causal relationship between diabetes and the hippocampal nervous system.

Methods: We utilized the two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to investigate the potential causal connection between diabetes and the hippocampal nervous system.

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Context: Soluble immune checkpoints play an important role in peripheral tolerance that has seldom been investigated in Graves' disease (GD) and thyroid eye disease (TED).

Objective: The objective of this work is to examine the alteration of soluble immune checkpoints in GD and TED.

Methods: We performed a quantitative multiplex analysis of 17 immune checkpoint proteins in serum from 50 GD patients without TED, 28 GD patients with TED and 40 healthy controls.

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Adiponectin, a unique adipose-derived factor, is significantly downregulated in obesity, making it a crucial target for tumor-related metabolic research. AdipoRon is a novel adiponectin receptor agonist with the advantages of a small molecular weight, high stability and a long half-life. By screening the cervical adipose tissue of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients with adipokine antibody array, we found that adiponectin was a potential correlation factor between obesity and PTC progression.

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Background: This study sought to investigate the correlation between serum sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) levels and nutrition indicators and the malnutrition exposure risk in men and postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted, involving patients diagnosed with T2DM at the Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital between May 2018 and December 2019.

Results: The study comprised 551 participants (363 men, mean age of 55.

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Purpose: This study aims to systematically evaluate the incidence of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)-related endocrinopathies and their onset time in patients with breast cancer (BC) in a real-world setting.

Methods: An analysis was conducted on the medical records of 122 BC patients who underwent ICIs therapy at the Department of Breast Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, from April 2019 to September 2021. Follow-up data continued until October 2022.

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Purpose: There is still controversy in different guidelines regarding the necessity of routine preoperative calcitonin (Ctn) testing in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). The level of preoperative Ctn may influence the extent of surgery.

Methods: This retrospective multicenter cohort study involved 149 MTC patients from 6 centers between 2013 to 2023.

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  • Australian wheat cultivars Janz and Sunco possess resistance genes Lr24 and Sr24 from Thinopyrum ponticum, but their specific alien segment sizes were previously unknown.
  • The study utilized advanced techniques like ND-FISH, GISH, and PLUG markers to visualize these alien segments and found that Janz and Sunco have smaller segments compared to US cultivars Agent and Amigo.
  • Additionally, the research identified NBS-LRR receptor genes related to Lr24 and Sr24, and created new molecular markers to aid in the detailed mapping and potential cloning of these important resistance genes.
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MAPK pathway-driven tumorigenesis, often induced by BRAF, relies on epithelial dedifferentiation. However, how lineage differentiation events are reprogrammed remains unexplored. Here, we demonstrate that proteostatic reactivation of developmental factor, TBX3, accounts for BRAF/MAPK-mediated dedifferentiation and tumorigenesis.

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  • * The study analyzed data from 65,559 participants across 25 cohorts, focusing on risk factors like maternal age, BMI, and antibody positivity while excluding those with pre-existing thyroid issues.
  • * Results indicated a screening rate of 58% among high-risk cohorts, with minimal variation in risk for hypothyroidism based on age and BMI, and TPOAb/TgAb positivity significantly correlated with higher risks for overt and subclinical hypothyroidism.
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Context: Obesity is a risk factor for the development of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). However, the molecular mechanisms by which obesity promotes PTC are unclear.

Objective: This study aims to identify adipokines that are linked to PTC progression.

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Background: Abnormal preconception thyrotropin levels were associated with fecundability and adverse fetomaternal outcomes, however, little is known regarding the natural change of serum thyrotropin in euthyroid preconception women. Thus, we performed a population-based study to evaluate the progression to abnormal thyrotropin in euthyroid preconception women.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study used data from the National Free Prepregnancy Checkups Project (NFPCP) collected between 2010 and 2020.

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Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common malignant endocrine tumour, and its incidence and prevalence are increasing considerably. Cellular heterogeneity in the tumour microenvironment is important for PTC prognosis. Spatial transcriptomics is a powerful technique for cellular heterogeneity study.

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Background: Thyroid eye disease (TED) is highly correlated with dysregulated immunoendocrine status. The insular cortex was found to regulate peripheral inflammation and immunomodulation in mice. This study aimed to explore whether the insular cortex in patients with TED played a modulatory role including the aberrant brain functional alteration and its association with immunoendocrine status.

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Objectives: To comprehensively assess the association of husband smoking with wives' thyrotropin abnormality.

Methods: This population-based retrospective cohort study included 2 406 090 Chinese reproductive-aged women who had participated twice in the National Free Pre-pregnancy Checkups Project between 2010 and 2020. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for subnormal and supranormal thyrotropin were estimated according to the husband's smoking status.

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The activation of Treg cell subsets is critical for the prognosis of tumor patients; however, their heterogeneity and disease association in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) need further investigation. We performed high-dimensional flow cytometry for immunophenotyping on thyroid tissues and matched peripheral blood samples from patients with multinodular goiters or PTC. We analyzed CD4+ T cell and Treg cell phenotypes and compared the recurrence-free survival of PTC patients with different Treg cell subset characteristics using TCGA.

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Bisphenol A (BPA) and its structural analogs (bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF)) are widely consumed endocrine disrupting chemicals that may contribute to the etiology of obesity. To date, few studies have directly investigated the sex-related associations between bisphenols and body fat distribution in adults. In this study, we included 2669 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2016 to evaluate and compare sex-specific differences of the associations of BPA, BPS, and BPF with body fat distribution.

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Prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism substantially increased during the last decade in China, which has been commonly/clinically diagnosed as elevation in thyrotropin (thyroid-stimulating hormone [TSH]). Tobacco smoke containing toxic substances has been linked to thyroid dysfunction; however, data on perturbation of TSH following air pollution exposure in human has not been assessed at nationwide population level. We investigated the longitudinal impact of daily ambient air pollution estimated at residential level on serum TSH in 1.

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