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Objective:To explore the association between genetic polymorphism of APP gene and bipolar disorder(BD) in children and adolescents for seeking suitable single nucleotide loci(SNP), and provide reference for early diagnosis and intervention of children and adolescent BD.Methods:The genomic DNA of peripheral blood was extracted from 178 BD cases(case group) and 178 normal controls(control group) of Han children and adolescents.Four SNP loci of APP gene were selected and were analyzed by LDR-PCR SNP genotyping.Genotypes and allele differences were compared between the cases and control group by SPSS22.0 software.The software SHEsis was also used to make linkage disequilibrium and haplotype analysis.Results:The genotype frequency and allele frequency of the 4 SNP loci of APP gene were statistically significant different between the case group and the control group ( P<0.05). The association of s2040273, rs466433, rs463946, rs364048 with BD in the APP gene was statistically significant( P<0.05). The construction of 4 SNP haplotypes indicated that AACT, AGGC, and GACT accounted for more than 80% of the total.The percentage of haplotype AGGC in the case group(11.9%)was significantly higher than that in the control group(4.7%)( P<0.05), and the odds ratio of AGGC haploid was 2.727. Conclusion:Four SNP loci s2040273, rs466433, rs463946, rs364048 in the APP gene and haplotype AGGC are associated with BD in Han children and adolescents.These results confirmed that the APP gene is one of BD susceptible gene.
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Objective To explore the influence of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on inflammatory factors in serum and nucleus of the solitary tract,and hippocampal apoptosis in rats with depression induced by chronic unpredictable stress ( CUS). Methods Totally 32 male Sprague Dawley ( SD) rats aged 8-9 weeks were selected. Eight rats were chosen as control group,and the other 24 rats were treated as the de-pression model with CUS. The rats were randomly divided into CUS,fluoxetine and VNS group,with 8 rats in each group after successful modeling. The control group and CUS group were induced by normal saline. Flu-oxetine group and VNS group were implanted with VNS stimulation electrode. The VNS stimulation lasted for 28 d. On the time points of before experiment,after modeling and after treatment,the sucrose consumption test and open-field test (OFT) were performed to observe the behavioral changes of rats. Elisa was used to detect the levels of TNF-α,IL-6 and IL-1β in serum and nucleus of the solitary tract. Cell apoptosis was ob-served with TUNEL staining in hippocampal CA1 region. Results ( 1) Sucrose consumption experiment and OFT showed that,compared with the CUS group,the consumption of sucrose,percentage of sucrose con-sumption,scores of vertical and horizontal movement increased significantly in the VNS group ( consumption of sucrose: (11. 78±2. 67) ml,(8. 06±2. 85) ml; percentage of sucrose consumption: (72. 31±9. 98)%, (63. 67±8. 95)%; score of vertical movement: (16. 61±3. 98),(10. 31±3. 86); score of horizontal move-ment: (44. 25±9. 59),(36. 21±7. 21)) (t=4. 87,7. 98,5. 87,9. 12,all P<0. 05). There was no signifi-cant difference between VNS and fluoxetine groups (consumption of sucrose: (11. 32±2. 66) ml; percentage of sucrose consumption: (71. 31±9. 03)%; score of vertical movement: (15. 63±4. 11); score of horizontal movement: (45. 61±8. 54)) (t=-0. 32,-1. 83,0. 98,-1. 13,all P>0. 05). (2) Compared with the CUS group,levels of TNF-α,IL-6 and IL-1β in serum decreased in the VNS group ( serum TNF-α: ( 46. 72 ± 11. 63) pg/ml,(125. 47±15. 18) pg/ml; serum IL-6: (243. 65±38. 90) pg/ml,(441. 39±83. 31) pg/ml;serum IL-1β: (209. 31±32. 45) pg/ml,(339. 21±76. 37) pg/ml) (t=-70. 38,-196. 25,-131. 13,all P<0. 05). The results in the VNS group were lower than those in the fluoxetine group (serum TNF-α: (58. 76 ±12. 64) pg/ml; serum IL-6: (308. 83± 64. 31) pg /ml,serum IL-1β: ( 249. 18 ± 43. 6) pg/ml) ( t=-15. 38,-64. 25,-18. 83,both P<0. 05). The levels of TNF-α,IL-6 and IL-1β in nucleus of the solitary tract in the VNS group were lower than those in the CUS ( TNF-α: (53. 52± 12. 31) pg/ml,(135. 51± 20. 64)pg/ml; IL-6: (265. 31±45. 63) pg/ml,(465. 32±60. 21) pg/ml; IL-1β: (212. 66±43. 32)pg/ml, (365. 96±76. 32) pg/ml) (t=-79. 38,-189. 13,-127. 50,all P<0. 05) and fluoxetine groups (TNF-α:(63. 42±10. 64) pg/ml; IL-6: (315. 62±53. 21) pg/ml; IL-1β: (278. 32±65. 38) pg/ml ) (t=-10. 25,-39. 00,-83. 00,all P<0. 05). (3) The apoptotic rate of hippocampal CA1 region in VNS group ((21. 41± 5. 86)%) was lower than that in the CUS group ((32. 78±8. 32)%) (t=-10. 75,P<0. 05); and there was no difference between VNS group and fluoxetine group ((22. 54±6. 31)%) (t=-1. 75,P>0. 05). Conclu-sion VNS can improve the depression behavior in rats with depression induced by CUS and the mechanism maybe related to inhibiting the expression of TNF-α,IL-6 and IL-1β in serum and nucleus of the solitary tract and cell apoptosis in hippocampal CA1 region.
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Objective To compare the differences of personality in patients with depression between Uighurs and Han Chinese.Method Hospitalized depressed patients were selected including 44 cases of Uygur people,73 cases of Han people and Han people with normal control 41 cases.Using Minnesota Multiphasic Per-sonality Inventory(MMPI), Eysenck Personality Questionnai(EPQ) and Cattell's 16 Personality Factor (16PF) to make the survey.Results In MMPI : Uighur depression group's factors F,Hs, D,Hy,Pt,Pa and Sc's T score were all higher than 70,and Han depression group' s factors Hs, D,Hy,and T score of Pa were all higher than 70.Only F (76.98±16.01 vs 67.16±13.51, P＜0.01), Pt(72.09± 14.22 vs 66.82± 11.12, P＜0.05) and Sc (73.43± 13.02 vs 68.62± 11.14, P＜0.05) had statistically significant differences between the two groups.Comparing Han depression group with Han normal control group,only Pd score was not significantly different,the other nine scales were statistically significant (P＜0.01).In EPQ: comparing Uighur depression group with Han depression group,the 4 kinds of scale (extroversion, psychoticism, neuroticism and conceal) differences were not statistically significant (P＞0.05).And Han depression group compared with the Han control group, four scales were statistically significant differences (P＜0.01).In 16 PF: comparing Uighur depression group with Han depression group, only the wisdom of B (P＜0.01) and the independence of the Q2 (P＜0.05) between the two groups were statistically siguificant,other personality dimensions had no significant difference (P＞0.05).Comparing Han depression group with Han normal control group, the factors of gregariousness A, stability C, excitability D,perseverance G, boldness H, sensitivity I,skeptical L,anxiety and O,self-discipline Q3,tension Q4 (P＜0.0l) and experimental Q 1 (P＜0.05) differences were statistically significant, and the factors of Wisdom of B, aggressiveness E, fantasy M, sophisticated sex N, independence Q2 were not statistically significant (P＞0.05).Conclusion The personality model of depression between the Uygur and Han nationality has the consistency of national culture,and differences with normal people.Prompt Uygur and han depression may have a common characteristic of pathological personality model.Uighur and han ethnic differences in national culture and personality is the character of diversity,is not a Uighur and Han the pathological basis of personality of depression.
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ObjectiveTo study the relationship of the parental rearing behaviors between the psychological status and post-traumatic stress disorder in the injured deliberately.Methods 161 injured people were treated in five hospitals of the Urumqi and evaluated the self-reporting questionnaire-20 (SRQ20),7-items screening scale for PTSD( PTSD7 ),impact of event scale (IES) and symptom checklist 90 (SCL-90) in the third and the fourth week injured,including 113 injured people aged at 14 ～50 years old completed the Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran (EMBU).Two months after the injury,113 injured people were interviewed,including 106 injured people diagnosed by Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-Ⅳ-TR Axis Ⅰ Disorders/Patients (SCID-I/P) and 7 injured people were lost.ResultsFather's preferences correlated with the total score of IES ( r =- 0.234,P ＜ 0.05 ) and avoid factor( r=-0.309,P＜ 0.01 ) positively,Mother's emotional warmth and understand correlated with the flashback factor of IES ( r =0.194,P ＜ 0.05 ) negatively.The injured people were divided into three groups by diagnosis:the illness-free group,the PTSD group,and other group.Parental preferences correlated with Mental symptoms negatively.Father's punish severely,interference too much,refuse or deny and Mother's interference too much,over protection and punish severely correlated mental symptoms positively.The six subscales of father's rearing behaviors and the five subscales of mother's rearing behaviors had no significant difference.ConclusionsParental preferences in childhood can internalizes inside support to protect the psychological trauma in future.Father's punish severely,interference too much,refuse or deny and mother's interference too much,over protection and punish severely can damage mental health and aggravate symptoms after traumatic event.But the influence of parental rearing behaviors is limited to decide whether the injured people suffering from PTSD or other mental disorders.