Influence of chronic diseases on the occurrence of depression: A 13-year follow-up study from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.

The causal association between chronic diseases and depression remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the effects of types and number of chronic diseases on the risk of depression using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). A self-admitted questionnaire was used to obtain data on 14 predefined chronic diseases and the European-Depression Scale (EURO-D) was used to assess depression.

The relationship between chronic diseases and depression in middle-aged and older adults: A 4-year follow-up study from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

Background: Evidence of the association between common chronic diseases and depression is sparse.

Methods: Totally 7819 participants aged 45+ without depression at baseline were followed-up (2011-2015) to detect incident depression. Chronic diseases and depression were defined by self-reported diagnosis and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D10), respectively.

[Cloning and phylogenetic analysis of bovine prochymosin gene].

The cDNA sequence of bovine prochymosin gene was cloned and sequenced from the abomasums of suckling calf by RT-PCR. The sequence was aligned and bioinformatically analyzed with related sequences in GenBank. The result of sequence analysis revealed that the gene was determined to bovine prochymosin B gene and had the high level of homology with prochymosin gene of other known mammals.