Publications by authors named "Shaoke Chen"

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  • - The PRODY survey in China (2017-2019) aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors for obesity and diabetes among youth, involving over 193,000 children aged 3-18 across twelve provinces.
  • - The study found a low prevalence of diagnosed pediatric diabetes at 0.62 per 1,000, with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) being more common (0.44) than Type 2 diabetes (T2D, 0.18), while undiagnosed T2D cases were significantly higher at 1.59 per 1,000.
  • - Maternal history of diabetes emerged as the primary risk factor for pediatric diabetes in China, highlighting the need for
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  • Scientists studied changes in the DMD gene, which can cause Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy, to understand how they affect people differently.
  • They looked at two families with different DMD gene changes and used special techniques to see those changes clearly.
  • The study found that one family had a gene change but no symptoms, while the other family showed serious symptoms, helping researchers learn more about how these changes can impact health.
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Background: The optimal approach for managing hepatic hemangioma is controversial.

Aim: To evaluate a clinical grading system for management of hepatic hemangioma based on our 17-year of single institution experience.

Methods: A clinical grading system was retrospectively applied to 1171 patients with hepatic hemangioma from January 2002 to December 2018.

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Context: Age of pubertal onset has been decreasing in many countries but there have been no data on pubertal development in Chinese children over the last decade.

Objective: The primary objective of the study was to evaluate the current status of sexual maturation in Chinese children and adolescents. Secondary objectives were to examine socioeconomic, lifestyle, and auxological associations with pubertal onset.

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Context: The evidence of long-term polyethylene glycol recombinant human GH (PEG-rhGH) in pediatric GH deficiency (GHD) is limited.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness and safety of long-term PEG-rhGH in children with GHD in the real world, as well as to examine the effects of dose on patient outcomes.

Design: A prospective, observational, posttrial study (NCT03290235).

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Background: Growth chart is a valuable clinical tool to monitor the growth and nutritional status of children. A growth chart widely used in China is based on the merged data sets of national surveys in 2005. We aimed to establish an up-to-date, complete growth curve for urban Chinese children and adolescents with a full range of ages.

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Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is an autosomal dominant or X-linked genetic disease with significant genetic heterogeneity. Variants of the gene are responsible for CdLS in 60% of patients. Herein, we report the case of a patient with CdLS showing distinctive facial features, microcephaly, developmental delay, and growth retardation.

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Background: To evaluate the effectiveness of individualized-dose polyethylene glycol recombinant human growth hormone (PEG-rhGH) for short stature.

Methods: This real-world study enrolled children with short stature in 19 hospitals throughout China. They were treated with PEG-rhGH for 6 months.

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Objective: This study aimed to analyze a comprehensive set of potential risk factors for obesity and overweight among Chinese children with a full range of ages and with wide geographical coverage.

Methods: In the Prevalence and Risk Factors for Obesity and Diabetes in Youth (PRODY) study (2017-2019), the authors analyzed 193,997 children aged 3 to 18 years from 11 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities that are geographically representative of China. All participants underwent physical examinations, and their caregivers completed questionnaires including dietary, lifestyle, familial, and perinatal information of participants.

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Objective: To provide new information about androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS), we studied growth patterns in Chinese children with AIS. Subjects: Data are from 118 untreated AIS patients who were admitted to eight pediatric endocrine centers from January 2010 to December 2019. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, clinical data were collected from a multicenter database.

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Background: Skeletal deformity is characterized by an abnormal anatomical structure of bone and cartilage. In our previous studies, we have found that a substantial proportion of patients with skeletal deformity could be explained by monogenic disorders. More recently, complex phenotypes caused by more than one genetic defect (i.

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Objective: Craniosynostosis is the result of the early fusion of cranial sutures. Syndromic craniosynostosis includes but not limited by Crouzon syndrome and Pfeiffer syndrome. Considerable phenotypic overlap exists among these syndromes and mutations in FGFR2 may cause different syndromes.

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Objective: To analyze the metabolic profile and genetic variants for newborns with primary carnitine deficiency (PCD) from Guangxi, China.

Methods: From January 2014 to December 2019, 400 575 newborns from the jurisdiction of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Newborn Screening Center were subjected to tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) analysis. Newborns with positive results for PCD and their mothers were recalled for retesting.

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Importance: Obesity is a public health challenge in China, but the geographical profiles of overweight and obesity among Chinese children are limited.

Objective: To examine regional disparities in the prevalence of obesity among the heterogeneous population of Chinese children and adolescents to provide a more accurate profile of obesity among children in China.

Design, Setting, And Participants: The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Obesity and Diabetes in Youth (PRODY) study was a cross-sectional survey study conducted from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2019, among 201 098 children aged 3 to 18 years from 11 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities that produced a sample of Chinese children with a full range of ages and wide geographical coverage using a multistage, stratified, cluster-sampling design.

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Purpose: Congenital growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a rare and etiologically heterogeneous disease. We aim to screen disease-causing mutations of GHD in a relatively sizable cohort and discover underlying mechanisms a candidate gene-based mutational burden analysis.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 109 short stature patients associated with hormone deficiency.

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Purpose: To investigate the features and treatment status of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in China.

Methods: We recruited patients <14 years of age with T1DM from 33 medical centers in 25 major cities of China between January 2012 and March 2015. All patients completed a questionnaire that was conducted by their pediatric endocrinologists at all centers.

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Short stature is among the most common endocrinological disease phenotypes of childhood and may occur as an isolated finding or in conjunction with other clinical manifestations. Although the diagnostic utility of clinical genetic testing in short stature has been implicated, the genetic architecture and the utility of genomic studies such as exome sequencing (ES) in a sizable cohort of patients with short stature have not been investigated systematically. In this study, we recruited 561 individuals with short stature from two centers in China during a 4-year period.

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  • ROR2 is crucial for skeletal development as it acts as a receptor for Wnt5a, and this study focuses on understanding mutations in ROR2 in children with short stature.
  • Researchers analyzed clinical and genetic data from 426 short-stature patients, discovering 12 mutations in ROR2 among 21 of them, with one particular mutation (c.1675G > A) affecting protein expression and location.
  • The findings suggest that the c.1675G > A mutation alters the Wnt5a-ROR2 signaling pathway by changing ROR2's function, providing insights into the biological mechanisms underlying short stature.
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Aims: Findings from previous studies about the association of preterm birth as well as birth weight with the risk of T1DM were still inconsistent. We aimed to further clarify these associations based on Chinese children and explore the role of gender therein.

Methods: A nationwide multicenter and population-based large cross-sectional study was conducted in China from 2017 to 2019.

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Background: Compared to adult studies, studies which involve the treatment of pediatric congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) are limited and no universal treatment regimen is available. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)/human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) therapy for treating male adolescents with CHH.

Methods: Male adolescent CHH patients were treated with hCG/hMG (n = 20) or a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) pump (n = 21).

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Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKHS) is associated with congenital absence of the uterus, cervix, and the upper part of the vagina; it is a sex-limited trait. Disrupted development of the Müllerian ducts (MD)/Wölffian ducts (WD) through multifactorial mechanisms has been proposed to underlie MRKHS. In this study, exome sequencing (ES) was performed on a Chinese discovery cohort (442 affected subjects and 941 female control subjects) and a replication MRKHS cohort (150 affected subjects of mixed ethnicity from North America, South America, and Europe).

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Background: Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome is a well-characterized genomic disorder caused by 4p16.3 deletions. Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome patients exhibit characteristic facial dysmorphism, growth retardation, developmental delay, intellectual disability and seizure disorders.

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In this study, we performed a spinal muscular atrophy carrier screening investigation with NGS-based method. First, the validation for NGS-based method was implemented in 2255 samples using real-time PCR. The concordance between the NGS-based method and real-time PCR for the detection of SMA carrier and patient were up to 100%.

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  • - This study looked at liver enzyme patterns in 16,383 Chinese children and adolescents (ages 4-18) to understand how these enzymes relate to health issues like metabolic syndrome.
  • - Researchers used data like weight, height, and blood tests, applying a machine learning technique to find six different patterns of elevated liver enzymes among participants.
  • - Two main groups were identified: one group showed elevated liver enzymes without metabolic syndrome features, while the other had increased liver enzymes along with significant metabolic syndrome characteristics. Further research on the second group's health risks is needed.
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Fine-resolution differentiation trajectories of adult human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) involved in the generation of red cells is critical for understanding dynamic developmental changes that accompany human erythropoiesis. Using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of primary human terminal erythroid cells (CD34CD235a) isolated directly from adult bone marrow (BM) and umbilical cord blood (UCB), we documented the transcriptome of terminally differentiated human erythroblasts at unprecedented resolution. The insights enabled us to distinguish polychromatic erythroblasts (PolyEs) at the early and late stages of development as well as the different development stages of orthochromatic erythroblasts (OrthoEs).

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