Objective To investigate the effects of different components of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) on depression-like behaviors and intestinal flora in chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS)-induced depressive rats. Methods Seventy-six healthy male rats were randomly divided into six groups. Rats in the acetate group (n=12),propionate group (n=15) and butyrate group (n=14) were given intraperitoneal injection (i.p.) of 50 mg/kg sodium acetate,100 mg/kg sodium propionate and 50 mg/kg sodium butyrate,respectively. Rats in the SCFAs group (n=12) were given i.p of 1∶1∶1 sodium acetate,sodium propionate and sodium butyrate mixed solution. Rats in the CUMS group (n=13) were given i.p of 1 mL/100 g saline. Rats in the control group (n=10) did not receive any treatment. Besides the control group,other groups were subjected to CUMS and intraperitoneal injection before stress for 28 days. The depression-like behaviors were assessed by sucrose preference test,forced swimming test,open field test,and then cecal fecal samples were collected to examine the composition of intestinal flora by 16S rRNA sequencing. Results Compared with the control group,the body weight of rats and the sugar preference coefficient decreased and the immobility time increased in the CUMS group (P<0.05). The butyrate group reversed the alterations in change of the sugar preference coefficient and the immobility time (P<0.05). Additionally,the sugar preference coefficient was elevated in the SCFAs group (P<0.05). The community structure of intestinal flora was changed in the CUMS group compared to the control group and was partially improved in the acetate group. The number of unique species reduced in the CUMS group but increased in the acetate group,propionate group,butyrate group and SCFAs group. LEfSe found the enrichment of Bifidobacterium in the propionate group and the enrichment of Collinsella in the SCFAs group. Conclusions Sodium butyrate significantly improves depressive-like behaviors of the CUMS-induced rats. Sodium acetate,sodium propionate,and short-chain fatty acid mixture can influence the composition of intestinal flora. However,their antidepressant effect is not significant. Sodium butyrate may be a better alternative for supplementing short-chain fatty acids in depression.

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in adolescents, with high recurrence rate and high suicide rate, seriously endangering the physical and mental health development of adolescents. Adolescent depression animal models can mimic the human depression phenotype, which can help to study the disease pathogenesis, find effective therapeutic targets, and develop new antidepressant drugs. Therefore, in order to screen animal models that better meet the experimental requirements, this paper reviews the articles on animal models of adolescent depression, comprehensively summarises and analyses the modelling methods and principles, strengths and weaknesses, and behavioural evaluations of the commonly used animal models of adolescent depression (stress models, genetic models, chemically-induced models, surgical injury models and composite models), and look forward to the development direction of animal models of depression in adolescence. It also looks forward to the development direction of adolescent depression animal models, aiming to better simulate the development of the disease, provide a variety of animal models for adolescent depression animal model related research, and lay the foundation for subsequent research.

The clinical efficacy of mental illness is not good.Therefore,it is particularly important to find new therapeutic targets and new drugs.At present,it has been found that neuroimmune response is closely related to psychiatric disorders.In addition a large number of studies have confirmed the mechanism of anti-inflammatory action of zinc finger protein A20(A20)in psychiatric disorders.A20 can inhibit the activation of a variety of inflammatory pathways,promote the transformation of microglia into an anti-inflammatory phenotype and exert its anti-inflammatory properties,alleviate neuroinflammation in the brain.Furthermore,A20 also prevent the activation of inflammatory cells in the central nervous system,reduce neuronal apoptosis,protect nerve cells from damage and alleviate psychiatric symptoms,thereby playing an important role in psychiatric diseases.Elucidating the above mechanisms of action could provide new insights into the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders and provide possible targets for future therapeutic strategies.

Objective To investigate the effects of different components of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) on depression-like behaviors and intestinal flora in chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS)-induced depressive rats. Methods Seventy-six healthy male rats were randomly divided into six groups. Rats in the acetate group (n=12),propionate group (n=15) and butyrate group (n=14) were given intraperitoneal injection (i.p.) of 50 mg/kg sodium acetate,100 mg/kg sodium propionate and 50 mg/kg sodium butyrate,respectively. Rats in the SCFAs group (n=12) were given i.p of 1∶1∶1 sodium acetate,sodium propionate and sodium butyrate mixed solution. Rats in the CUMS group (n=13) were given i.p of 1 mL/100 g saline. Rats in the control group (n=10) did not receive any treatment. Besides the control group,other groups were subjected to CUMS and intraperitoneal injection before stress for 28 days. The depression-like behaviors were assessed by sucrose preference test,forced swimming test,open field test,and then cecal fecal samples were collected to examine the composition of intestinal flora by 16S rRNA sequencing. Results Compared with the control group,the body weight of rats and the sugar preference coefficient decreased and the immobility time increased in the CUMS group (P<0.05). The butyrate group reversed the alterations in change of the sugar preference coefficient and the immobility time (P<0.05). Additionally,the sugar preference coefficient was elevated in the SCFAs group (P<0.05). The community structure of intestinal flora was changed in the CUMS group compared to the control group and was partially improved in the acetate group. The number of unique species reduced in the CUMS group but increased in the acetate group,propionate group,butyrate group and SCFAs group. LEfSe found the enrichment of Bifidobacterium in the propionate group and the enrichment of Collinsella in the SCFAs group. Conclusions Sodium butyrate significantly improves depressive-like behaviors of the CUMS-induced rats. Sodium acetate,sodium propionate,and short-chain fatty acid mixture can influence the composition of intestinal flora. However,their antidepressant effect is not significant. Sodium butyrate may be a better alternative for supplementing short-chain fatty acids in depression.

The clinical efficacy of mental illness is not good.Therefore,it is particularly important to find new therapeutic targets and new drugs.At present,it has been found that neuroimmune response is closely related to psychiatric disorders.In addition a large number of studies have confirmed the mechanism of anti-inflammatory action of zinc finger protein A20(A20)in psychiatric disorders.A20 can inhibit the activation of a variety of inflammatory pathways,promote the transformation of microglia into an anti-inflammatory phenotype and exert its anti-inflammatory properties,alleviate neuroinflammation in the brain.Furthermore,A20 also prevent the activation of inflammatory cells in the central nervous system,reduce neuronal apoptosis,protect nerve cells from damage and alleviate psychiatric symptoms,thereby playing an important role in psychiatric diseases.Elucidating the above mechanisms of action could provide new insights into the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders and provide possible targets for future therapeutic strategies.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive physical therapy technique to treat depressive disorders by regulating the electrophysiological activity of neurons of specific brain regions. The treatment efficacy and safety of rTMS against depression have been proven. However, the underlying brain biological mechanism is still unclear. Besides, its clinical efficacy needs to be improved. This review emphasized the discussion on the related brain regions and brain network neural mechanisms of the anti-depressive effect of rTMS based on magnetic resonance imaging and, in addition, summarized relevant efficacy predictors, aiming to provide theoretical support for the exploration of the brain network mechanism of the anti-depressive effect of rTMS and for guiding clinical practice.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive physical therapy technique to treat depressive disorders by regulating the electrophysiological activity of neurons of specific brain regions. The treatment efficacy and safety of rTMS against depression have been proven. However, the underlying brain biological mechanism is still unclear. Besides, its clinical efficacy needs to be improved. This review emphasized the discussion on the related brain regions and brain network neural mechanisms of the anti-depressive effect of rTMS based on magnetic resonance imaging and, in addition, summarized relevant efficacy predictors, aiming to provide theoretical support for the exploration of the brain network mechanism of the anti-depressive effect of rTMS and for guiding clinical practice.

Patients?with?acute?myocardial?infarction?(AMI)?complicated?with?acute?Stanford?type?A?aortic?dissection?after?percutaneous?coronary?intervention?(PCI)?are?critically?ill,?with?a?very?high?fatality?rate,?and?few?cases?are?successfully?treated?clinically.?A?case?with?AMI?admitted?to?the?First?Affiliated?Hospital?of?Zhengzhou?University?complicated?with?acute?left?cardiac?insufficiency?after?PCI,?Stanford?type?A?aortic?dissection,?pericardial?and?pleural?infection,?recurrent?AMI?was?reviewed.?In?the?condition?of?coexistence?of?many?diseases,?through?timely?adjustment?of?treatment?strategy?and?exploratory?application?of?drugs?to?improve?cardiac?function,?the?patient?successfully?received?operation?and?discharged?from?the?hospital.?By?presenting?the?successful?treatment?experience?of?this?case,?the?author?aims?to?improve?the?overall?treatment?of?AMI?patients?with?acute?Stanford?type?A?aortic?dissection?after?PCI.

Objective To explore the clinical application value of the continuous blood purification (CBP) technology in pediatric intensive care unit (ICU). Methods A retrospective study was conducted. All CBP patients admitted to pediatric ICU of Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from 2015 to 2017 were enrolled. The disease diagnosis, CBP treatment mode, catheter placement, anticoagulation way, treatment time and adverse reactions were summarized and analyzed. Results ① A total of 203 children were included, male accounted for 59.1%; age 37 days to 14 years old, with an average of (4.52±3.60) years old; weight 3.3-68.0 kg, with an average of (21.38±13.77) kg.② There were a total of 660 CBP treatments, with an average of 3.25 times per person. The main treatment modes of CBP were plasma exchange (PE, 38.64%), and followed by continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF, 38.64%), hemoperfusion (HP, 16.51%) and continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH, 6.21%).③ Central venous catheterization was mainly placed in the right internal jugular vein (90.64%), followed by the right femoral vein (5.42%) and the left femoral vein (3.94%).④ Heparin sodium was the main anticoagulant in pipeline filters (84.73%), followed by low molecular weight heparin calcium (11.33%), sodium citrate and non-anticoagulant (both 1.97%). Mixed anticoagulants were used 21 children. ⑤ Primary diseases included poisoning (26.11%), liver failure (25.62%), sepsis (12.32%), shock after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (11.82%), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS, 8.37%), central nervous system diseases (5.41%) and metabolic diseases (4.93%). The lowest efficacy of CBP was metabolic diseases, with mortality rate of 60.00%; followed by ARDS, shock after cardiopulmonary resuscitation, sepsis and liver failure, with mortality was 58.82%, 41.67%, 36.00% and 32.69%, respectively. The length of hospitalization stay of children with central nervous system diseases was (30.89±15.13) days.⑥ Adverse events of CBP treatment included uncontrollable restlessness (2.88%), hypotension (1.82%), allergic rash (1.21%), catheterization and pipeline coagulation (1.21%), filter coagulation (1.06%), decreased heart rate and oxygen saturation (0.76%); CBP was stopped in 8 children due to cardiac arrest during the treatment. Conclusion At present, the application of CBP technology in pediatric ICU is universal, and it is an important way to rescue critical illness.

Objective: To determine the national norm of Chinese questionnaire of quality of life in Chinese patients with cardiovascular diseases (CQQC) according patients with hypertension, coronary artery disease（CAD）, and congestive heart failure（CHF）and to analyze the influence factors. Methods: The quality of life was estimated by CQQC to evaluate 7937 persons normal and with cardiovascular diseases（contain with hypertension, CAD, and CHF ） in 28 hospitals of 19 cities across China. The data were compared in gender, age, exercise, psychologic condition, education, number of family member and medical cost. Results: 1、The mean scores（national norms）of normal persons were （95.74±23.21）; 2、The scores of hypertension patients were （73.75±23.62）, the scores of hypertension stage 3 group （69.06±21.78）were least compared with other stages（P<0.01）; 3、The scores of CAD patients were（64.67±20.59）, the scores of unstable angina group（55.37±18.62）were least compared with other types in CAD patients（P<0.01）; 4、The scores of CHF patients were （40.36±17.24）, it was least compared with those of hypertension and CAD patients （P<0.01）; 5、Influence factor: （1）Sex, age: The mean scores were （71.41±27.8）for 7937 persons, the scores of male persons were significantly higher than those of female (P=0.000). In normal persons, along with age increased, the scores decreased （P<0.05） ; except ≥70 ages group, the scores of male persons were higher than those of female（P<0.05） ; （2）Exercise: The scores of patients participating exercise were significantly higher than those of no participating exercise [（72.64±21.87）vs.（66.91±23.13）, P=0.000]; （3）Psychological condition: The scores of patients with healthy psychological condition were significantly higher than those of with psychologic disorder [（70.13±25.66）vs.（68.91±20.44）, P=0.001]; （4）Other: patients with better education, more than 1 family members and medical insurance or public expense had more scores (P<0.05～0.001). Conclusions： The sample size is large and the datum is reliable for Chinese questionnaire of quality of life in Chinese patients with cardiovascular diseases. It can reflect influence of age, sex, exercise, psychologic condition, family, education background, medical condition and disease, its item is brief, clear, and operation is easy, so it may well be spread.