Publications by authors named "Liyan Liao"

Cervical abnormal cell detection is a challenging task as the morphological discrepancies between abnormal and normal cells are usually subtle. To determine whether a cervical cell is normal or abnormal, cytopathologists always take surrounding cells as references to identify its abnormality. To mimic these behaviors, we propose to explore contextual relationships to boost the performance of cervical abnormal cell detection.

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This study evaluated the preoperative diagnostic value of lymph node ultrasonography in distinguishing between benign and malignant central cervical lymph nodes (CCLNs) in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). A total of 176 patients who had PTC with 216 CCLNs (49 benign and 155 malignant) were enrolled in this study and preoperatively imaged by ultrasonography, including conventional ultrasound (US) and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). We evaluated the ultrasonography parameters for each lymph node.

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Introduction: Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) rarely metastasizes to regional lymph nodes, as they mainly metastasize through hematogenous route; in particular, a large FTC with only lateral lymph node metastasis and without distant metastasis has rarely been reported.

Case Report: We present a 66-year-old male patient with a progressively growing thyroid for more than 20 years, causing tracheal compression and narrowing. Neck ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) were carried out to obtain images of the thyroid and surrounding tissues.

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Introduction: Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) that metastasizes to bone, especially metastasizes to contralateral humerus with so large mass, is rarely reported before.

Case Report: We presented a 50-year-old female patient with a large painful mass in the right humerus for 5 years, presenting with swelling of the right shoulder with limited mobility. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) showed a large mass in the right humerus, bilateral lung lesions, and enlarged lymph nodes in the right supraclavicular fossa.

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The method of enhancing mass transfer and improving reaction efficiency by confinement has attracted much attention in the electrochemical research field. In this research, to make low diffusion-limited electrochemical reactors fieldable, a new electrochemical reactor in flow-through mode was established with the mass-produced Ti/RuO-IrO felt fibers as the electrodes. The effects of voltage, current, and electrode thickness were explored in this study.

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Mummified thyroid nodules (MTNs) are rarely reported and are usually misdiagnosed as malignant nodules. This article first reviewed the contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) enhancement features of 218 MTNs and classified them into three (A, B, C) patterns. The A pattern MTNs show linear hypo-enhancement, the B pattern MTNs show heterogeneous hypo-enhancement, and the C pattern MTNs show no enhancement in thyroid nodules.

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in distinguishing between benign and malignant cervical lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Two hundred and one cervical LNs (157 metastatic from PTC and 44 benign) were evaluated using conventional ultrasonography (US) and CEUS before biopsy or surgery. Histopathology was used as the gold standard.

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Partially cystic papillary thyroid carcinomas (PCPTCs) are rarely reported papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) and are usually misdiagnosed as benign nodules. The objective of this study was to provide the various sonographic characteristics of partially cystic thyroid nodules for differentiation between malignant and benign nodules, including those for conventional ultrasound (US) and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Twenty-three PCPTC patients and 37 nodular goiter patients were enrolled in this study.

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Our objective was to provide the various sonographic characteristics of clinically atypical subacute thyroiditis (CAST) in distinguishing CAST from papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) by using conventional ultrasound (US) and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Forty-six CAST patients and 50 PTC patients were enrolled in this study. We evaluated the size, shape, margin, echogenicity, calcification, vascularity and CEUS parameters for each nodule.

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Rationale: Ursolic acid (UA) has exhibited anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative drug effects.

Objectives: In the research, we assessed the effects of UA on Nthy-ori 3-1 cells stimulated by IL-1β and attempted to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the effects.

Methods: Autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) was simulated using Nthy-ori 3-1 cells by IL-1β (10 μM) treatment.

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Background: Traboulsi syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by ectopia lentis and facial dysmorphism (large beaked nose), which was only reported in 18 individuals to date. It is caused by homozygous/compound heterozygous variants in the aspartate/asparagine-β-hydroxylase (ASPH) gene, which hydroxylates the aspartic acid and asparagine in epidermal growth factor-like domains of various proteins.

Methods: Whole-exome and Sanger sequencing were used to identify the disease-causing gene of the patient in a consanguineous Chinese family.

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p120-catenin (p120) serves as a stabilizer of the calcium-dependent cadherin-catenin complex and loss of p120 expression has been observed in several types of human cancers. The p120-dependent E-cadherin-β-catenin complex has been shown to mediate calcium-induced keratinocyte differentiation via inducing activation of plasma membrane phospholipase C-γ1 (PLC-γ1). On the other hand, PLC-γ1 has been shown to interact with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase enhancer in the nucleus and plays a critical role in epidermal growth factor-induced proliferation of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells.

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Parathyroid glands contain the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1-hydroxylase (CYP27B1) and 24-hydroxylase (CYP24A1), which catalyze the production and degradation of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)D], respectively. Previous studies have shown that the serum level of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) increases with age. We hypothesized that the expression of CYP27B1 or VDR in parathyroid glands decreases with age, which might account for the increased serum levels of iPTH due to decreased suppression of parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion by 1,25(OH)D in older people.

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To study the clinical application value of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (US-FNAB) and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEU) in the diagnosis of thyroid imaging reported and data system Grade 4 (TI-RADS 4) nodules.
 Methods: A retrospective analysis of 134 patients with thyroid nodules surgery were selected, and their results of preoperative color Doppler ultrasonography were TI-RADS 4. The data of US-FNAB and CEU before operation and the results of pathological section after operation were collected.

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Renal 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1α-hydroxylase (1αOHase, CYP27B1) and 24-hydroxylase (24OHase, CYP24A1) are tightly regulated. However, little is known about the regulation of 1α(OH)ase and 24(OH)ase in extrarenal tissue such as the epidermis. This study was to determine the roles of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF 23) in the regulation of 1α(OH)ase and 24(OH)ase in epidermal keratinocytes as well as epidermal keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation.

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Previous studies have shown that dietary calcium suppresses oral carcinogenesis, but the mechanism is unclear. p120-catenin (p120) is a cytoplasmic protein closely associated with E-cadherin to form the E-cadherin-β-catenin complex and may function as a tumor suppressor in the oral epithelium. To determine whether p120 is involved in the mechanism by which dietary calcium suppresses oral carcinogenesis, The normal, low, or high calcium diet was fed control mice (designated as floxed p120 mice) or mice in which p120 was specifically deleted in the oral squamous epithelium during the adult stage (designated as p120cKO mice).

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Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most lethal malignant tumors. The cadherin/catenin cell-cell adhesion complex plays a major role in cancer development and progression. p120-catenin (p120) is a cytoplasmic molecule closely associated with E-cadherin which activates phospholipase C-γ1 (PLC-γ1).

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Oyster has gained much attention recently for its anticancer activity but it is unclear whether calcium, the major antitumor ingredient in oyster shell, is responsible for the anticarcinogenic role of the oyster. To address this issue, C57BL/6 mice were fed with the carcinogen 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO, 50 µg/mL) and normal diet or a diet containing oyster powder, oyster calcium, or calcium depleted oyster powder. The tongue tissue specimens isolated from these mice were histologically evaluated for hyperplasia, dysplasia, and papillary lesions, and then analyzed for proliferation and differentiation markers by immunohistochemistry.

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Calcium is a strong inducer of keratinocyte differentiation. We have previously demonstrated that extracellular calcium promotes keratinocyte differentiation via E-cadherin-catenin complex-mediated phospholipase C-γ1 (PLC-γ1) activation in the plasma membrane. However, it is unclear whether dietary calcium regulates keratinocyte proliferation, differentiation or carcinogenesis.

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A novel and simple analytical procedure using cold activated carbon fiber-solid phase microextraction (CACF-SPME) was applied to determine organochlorine pesticides (OCs) in soil samples. The pesticides in this study consist of alpha -, beta -, gamma -, and delta -hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH). By heating the sample while cooling the fiber, the developed method not only provides better performance in terms of sensitivity, linearity and recovery but also offers shorter adsorption procedure than that of traditional headspace-solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME).

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A novel solid-phase microextraction (SPME) setup, circulating cooling solid-phase microextraction (CC-SPME), is developed for determining organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in water. The linearity area of this method is 0.5-120 microg/l, its RSD value is less than 10% and detection limit is in the low ng/l when it is used to detect gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane, which is better than traditional headspace SPME (HS-SPME) and direct immersion SPME (DI-SPME) methods.

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