Gut microbial molecules in behavioural and neurodegenerative conditions

BD Needham, R Kaddurah-Daouk… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Mounting evidence suggests that the gut microbiome impacts brain development and
function. Gut–brain connections may be mediated by an assortment of microbial molecules …

[HTML][HTML] Microglia require CD4 T cells to complete the fetal-to-adult transition

E Pasciuto, OT Burton, CP Roca, V Lagou, WD Rajan… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The brain is a site of relative immune privilege. Although CD4 T cells have been reported in
the central nervous system, their presence in the healthy brain remains controversial, and …

Gut microbiota and psychiatric disorders: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

JJ Ni, Q Xu, SS Yan, BX Han, H Zhang, XT Wei… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Evidence supports the observational associations of gut microbiota with a variety of
psychiatric disorders, but the causal nature of such associations remains obscure. Aiming to …

Microglia and neurodevelopmental disorders

JR Lukens, UB Eyo - Annual review of neuroscience, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Mounting evidence indicates that microglia, which are the resident immune cells of the brain,
play critical roles in a diverse array of neurodevelopmental processes required for proper …

Fecal microbiota transplantation in neurological disorders

KEW Vendrik, RE Ooijevaar, PRC De Jong… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Several studies suggested an important role of the gut microbiota in the
pathophysiology of neurological disorders, implying that alteration of the gut microbiota …

Gut microbiota modulates the inflammatory response and cognitive impairment induced by sleep deprivation

Z Wang, WH Chen, SX Li, ZM He, WL Zhu, YB Ji… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Sleep deprivation (SD) is increasingly common in modern society, which can lead to the
dysregulation of inflammatory responses and cognitive impairment, but the mechanisms …

The microbiota–gut–brain axis: pathways to better brain health. Perspectives on what we know, what we need to investigate and how to put knowledge into practice

A Chakrabarti, L Geurts, L Hoyles, P Iozzo… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
The gut and brain link via various metabolic and signalling pathways, each with the potential
to influence mental, brain and cognitive health. Over the past decade, the involvement of the …

Muconic acid production from glucose and xylose in Pseudomonas putida via evolution and metabolic engineering

C Ling, GL Peabody, D Salvachúa, YM Kim… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Muconic acid is a bioprivileged molecule that can be converted into direct replacement
chemicals for incumbent petrochemicals and performance-advantaged bioproducts. In this …

Establishing or exaggerating causality for the gut microbiome: lessons from human microbiota-associated rodents

J Walter, AM Armet, BB Finlay, F Shanahan - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human diseases are increasingly linked with an altered or" dysbiotic" gut microbiota, but
whether such changes are causal, consequential, or bystanders to disease is, for the most …

Bacteroides species differentially modulate depression-like behavior via gut-brain metabolic signaling

Y Zhang, Q Fan, Y Hou, X Zhang, Z Yin, X Cai… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gut microbiome disturbances have been widely implicated in major depressive disorder
(MDD), although the identity of causal microbial species and the underlying mechanisms are …