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Overview

Yankai Xia is affiliated with Nanjing Medical University in China. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Environmental Science, with a significant body of work exploring intersections between these fields. Within these disciplines, they have concentrated on several subfields, including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pollution.

Their publications span key areas such as Air Quality and Health Impacts, Gut Microbiota and Health, Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Health, Environment and Cognitive Aging, Birth, Development, and Health, and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity.

Yankai Xia has contributed articles to various scientific venues. The most frequent venues include Environment International, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Gut Microbes, and Chemosphere.

  • Environment International
  • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Gut Microbes
  • Chemosphere

The scientist has coauthored extensively with several colleagues, indicating collaborations with:

  • Zhibin Hu
  • Quanquan Guan
  • Xinru Wang
  • Chuncheng Lu
  • Guangfu Jin

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Yankai Xia demonstrate a focus on environmental and microbial health impacts. Key publications include:

  • "Altered gut microbial profile is associated with abnormal metabolism activity of Autism Spectrum Disorder," 2020, Gut Microbes
  • "Pigment microparticles and microplastics found in human thrombi based on Raman spectral evidence," 2022, Journal of Advanced Research
  • "Effects induced by polyethylene microplastics oral exposure on colon mucin release, inflammation, gut microflora composition and metabolism in mice," 2021, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • "A systematic review of the impacts of exposure to micro- and nano-plastics on human tissue accumulation and health," 2023, Eco-Environment & Health
  • "Alteration in gut microbiota is associated with dysregulation of cytokines and glucocorticoid therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus," 2020, Gut Microbes

The work encompasses critical issues related to environmental pollutants such as microplastics and their interaction with biological systems, as well as gut microbiota dysregulation in disease contexts. This blend of environmental toxicology and medical science characterizes their research profile.

Best Publications

  • Birth defects in children conceived by in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a meta-analysis.

    Juan Wen;Jie Jiang;Chenyue Ding;Juncheng Dai

  • Association between exposure to a mixture of phenols, pesticides, and phthalates and obesity: Comparison of three statistical models

    Yuqing Zhang;Tianyu Dong;Weiyue Hu;Xu Wang

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Down-regulation of miR-206 is associated with Hirschsprung disease and suppresses cell migration and proliferation in cell models

    Ankur Sharan;Hairong Zhu;Hua Xie;Hongxing Li

  • Early second-trimester serum miRNA profiling predicts gestational diabetes mellitus.

    Chun Zhao;Jing Dong;Tao Jiang;Zhonghua Shi

  • Altered gut microbial profile is associated with abnormal metabolism activity of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Zhou Dan;Xuhua Mao;Qisha Liu;Mengchen Guo

  • Assessing hormone receptor activities of pyrethroid insecticides and their metabolites in reporter gene assays.

    Guizhen Du;Ouxi Shen;Hong Sun;Juan Fei

  • Developmental toxicity of cypermethrin in embryo-larval stages of zebrafish.

    Xiangguo Shi;Aihua Gu;Guixiang Ji;Yuan Li

  • A genome-wide association study in Chinese men identifies three risk loci for non-obstructive azoospermia

    Zhibin Hu;Yankai Xia;Xuejiang Guo;Juncheng Dai

  • Circular RNA ZNF609 functions as a competitive endogenous RNA to regulate AKT3 expression by sponging miR-150-5p in Hirschsprung's disease.

    Lei Peng;Guanglin Chen;Zhongxian Zhu;Ziyang Shen

  • Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) affects hormone receptor activity, steroidogenesis, and expression of endocrine-related genes in vitro and in vivo

    Guizhen Du;Jialei Hu;Hongyu Huang;Yufeng Qin

  • Study on the relation between occupational fenvalerate exposure and spermatozoa DNA damage of pesticide factory workers

    Q Bian;L C Xu;S L Wang;Y K Xia

  • Association of exposure to phenols and idiopathic male infertility.

    Minjian Chen;Rong Tang;Guangbo Fu;Bin Xu

  • Systematic identification of genes with a cancer-testis expression pattern in 19 cancer types.

    Cheng Wang;Yayun Gu;Kai Zhang;Kaipeng Xie

  • Effects induced by polyethylene microplastics oral exposure on colon mucin release, inflammation, gut microflora composition and metabolism in mice

    Hanqing Sun;Na Chen;Xiaona Yang;Yankai Xia

  • Seminal plasma microRNAs: potential biomarkers for spermatogenesis status

    Wei Wu;Zhibin Hu;Yufeng Qin;Jing Dong

  • Genome-wide microRNA expression profiling in idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia: significant up-regulation of miR-141, miR-429 and miR-7-1-3p

    Wei Wu;Yufeng Qin;Zheng Li;Jing Dong

  • Change in circulating microRNA profile of obese children indicates future risk of adult diabetes.

    Xianwei Cui;Lianghui You;Lijun Zhu;Xing Wang

  • A frequent Y chromosome b2/b3 subdeletion shows strong association with male infertility in Han-Chinese population

    B. Wu;N.X. Lu;Y.K. Xia;A.H. Gu

  • Associations of prenatal exposure to phenols with birth outcomes.

    Rong Tang;Min-jian Chen;Guo-dong Ding;Xiao-jiao Chen

  • The enhancer RNA lnc-SLC4A1-1 epigenetically regulates unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (URPL) by activating CXCL8 and NF-kB pathway

    Zhenyao Huang;Guizhen Du;Xiaomin Huang;Li Han

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhibin Hu
Zhibin Hu Nanjing Medical University
Hongbing Shen
Hongbing Shen Nanjing Medical University
Jiahao Sha
Jiahao Sha Nanjing Medical University
Guangfu Jin
Guangfu Jin Nanjing Medical University
Jian-Hua Mao
Jian-Hua Mao Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Yuan Lin
Yuan Lin University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
John D. Meeker
John D. Meeker University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David C. Christiani
David C. Christiani Harvard University
Kathleen Marchal
Kathleen Marchal Ghent University

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