Bioactive components in for treating Hashimoto's disease via regulation of innate immune response in human thyrocytes.

Background: Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is a thyroid autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration and thyroid destruction. () is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine with documented clinical efficacy in treating HT. We previously reported an immunoregulatory effect of in thyrocytes; however, the bioactive components of remained unclear.

Genetically predicted metabolites mediate the causal associations between autoimmune thyroiditis and immune cells.

Introduction: We aimed to comprehensively investigate the causal relationship between 731 immune cell traits and autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) and to identify and quantify the role of 1400 metabolic traits as potential mediators in between.

Methods: Using summary-level data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) we performed a two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis of genetically predicted AIT and 731 immune cell traits. Furthermore, we used a two-step MR analysis to quantify the proportion of the total effects (that the immune cells exerted on the risk of AIT) mediated by potential metabolites.

Intraoperative frozen section for determining the extent of surgery in papillary thyroid carcinoma: comprehensive risk factor assessment.

Background: There is much debate on the optimal treatment approach of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Different guidelines base recommendations on various risk factors. While diagnosing the various risk factors is difficult due to the technical limitations, intraoperative frozen section (IFS) may be a feasible method.

Relationship between catecholamine level and gene polymorphism of β1 adrenergic receptor G1165C in children with EV71 infection in hand foot and mouth disease.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the levels of plasma adrenaline and norepinephrine and gene polymorphism of β1 adrenergic receptor G1165C in children with enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection in hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD).

Methods: The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect the expression of gene polymorphism of β1 adrenergic receptor G1165C in vitro. The levels of plasma adrenaline and norepinephrine were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).