Clinical characteristics of thyroid eye disease and expression profile of peripheral blood immune cells

Abstract This study included patients with thyroid eye disease (n = 81) and Graves’ disease (n = 165) for a cross-sectional study. Then, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were collected from patients with thyroid eye disease (n = 5), Graves’ disease (n = 15), and normal individuals (n = 5)...

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Main Authors: Hongli Lin, Honghong Duan, Jingyi Zheng, Zhengrong Jiang, Yajing Xu, Huibin Huang
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-08904-4
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Yajing Xu
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description Abstract This study included patients with thyroid eye disease (n = 81) and Graves’ disease (n = 165) for a cross-sectional study. Then, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were collected from patients with thyroid eye disease (n = 5), Graves’ disease (n = 15), and normal individuals (n = 5) for RNA-seq. WGCNA analysis was conducted on the RNA-seq results to identify genes related to thyroid eye disease, and these genes were verified by RT-qPCR. The results suggest that: (1) Neutrophil counts were elevated in the TED group compared to the GD group. (2) Ten hub genes, MMP9, BPI, CD177, MPO, CEACAM8, CEACAM1, SLPI, AZU1, KCNJ15 and TNFRSF10C, were identified. The above hub genes were positively correlated with neutrophils.
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spelling doaj-art-65fedcad5e4e413eab29ba79754c20db2025-08-20T03:46:04ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-08-0115111010.1038/s41598-025-08904-4Clinical characteristics of thyroid eye disease and expression profile of peripheral blood immune cellsHongli Lin0Honghong Duan1Jingyi Zheng2Zhengrong Jiang3Yajing Xu4Huibin Huang5Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical UniversityDepartment of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical UniversityDepartment of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical UniversityDepartment of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical UniversityDepartment of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical UniversityDepartment of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical UniversityAbstract This study included patients with thyroid eye disease (n = 81) and Graves’ disease (n = 165) for a cross-sectional study. Then, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were collected from patients with thyroid eye disease (n = 5), Graves’ disease (n = 15), and normal individuals (n = 5) for RNA-seq. WGCNA analysis was conducted on the RNA-seq results to identify genes related to thyroid eye disease, and these genes were verified by RT-qPCR. The results suggest that: (1) Neutrophil counts were elevated in the TED group compared to the GD group. (2) Ten hub genes, MMP9, BPI, CD177, MPO, CEACAM8, CEACAM1, SLPI, AZU1, KCNJ15 and TNFRSF10C, were identified. The above hub genes were positively correlated with neutrophils.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-08904-4Thyroid eye diseaseGraves’ diseaseWGCNA (weighted gene co-expression network analysis)NeutrophilRNA-seq
spellingShingle Hongli Lin
Honghong Duan
Jingyi Zheng
Zhengrong Jiang
Yajing Xu
Huibin Huang
Clinical characteristics of thyroid eye disease and expression profile of peripheral blood immune cells
Scientific Reports
Thyroid eye disease
Graves’ disease
WGCNA (weighted gene co-expression network analysis)
Neutrophil
RNA-seq
title Clinical characteristics of thyroid eye disease and expression profile of peripheral blood immune cells
title_full Clinical characteristics of thyroid eye disease and expression profile of peripheral blood immune cells
title_fullStr Clinical characteristics of thyroid eye disease and expression profile of peripheral blood immune cells
title_full_unstemmed Clinical characteristics of thyroid eye disease and expression profile of peripheral blood immune cells
title_short Clinical characteristics of thyroid eye disease and expression profile of peripheral blood immune cells
title_sort clinical characteristics of thyroid eye disease and expression profile of peripheral blood immune cells
topic Thyroid eye disease
Graves’ disease
WGCNA (weighted gene co-expression network analysis)
Neutrophil
RNA-seq
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-08904-4
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