A study of sociocultural factors on depression in Chinese infertile women from Hunan Province

<p><b>Objective:</b> To explore the sociocultural factors influencing depression in Chinese infertile women in Hunan Province.</p> <p><b>Methods:</b> A cross-sectional study was carried out. A total of 211 Chinese infertile women completed demographic details, a disease-related information questionnaire, a self-rating depression scale (SDS) and a social support rating scale (SSRS).</p> <p><b>Results:</b> One hundred and seven (50.71%) of the participants were classified as depressed according to the self-rating depression scale. The average SDS index score was 50.06 ± 10.59. Using analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlation and a multivariable regression analysis, the results showed family type, feelings of discrimination, social support, feelings of shame and reproductive pressures were influential factors in depression among Chinese infertile women.</p> <p><b>Conclusion:</b> Sociocultural factors influence depression levels in Chinese female infertile patients. The unique aspects of Chinese culture may have a negative mental impact on the patients, and cultural factors should be taken into consideration in the development of coping strategies for Chinese infertile women.</p

Additional file 1: of Targeting FLT3 in acute myeloid leukemia using ligand-based chimeric antigen receptor-engineered T cells

Figure S1. Flow cytometry analysis of CD45+CD33+ leukemia cells in peripheral blood of 14 and 7 days before death of leukemia mice. Figure S2. FLT3 SFI of three cord blood CD34+ HSCs, five FLT3+ leukemia cell lines, and leukemia cells of ten AML patients were analyzed by flow cytometry. (PNG 1277 kb

Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Sertad1 antagonizes iASPP function by hindering its entrance into nuclei to interact with P53 in leukemic cells

The percentage of cell cycle in G0/G1, S and G2/M in K562-iASPPhi, Sertad1hi and Douhi cells. (ZIP 2313 kb