Gut microbiota and its metabolites in depression: from pathogenesis to treatment

L Liu, H Wang, X Chen, Y Zhang, H Zhang, P Xie - EBioMedicine, 2023 - thelancet.com
Major depressive disorder is one of the most disabling mental disorders worldwide.
Increasing preclinical and clinical studies have highlighted that compositional and functional …

[HTML][HTML] Brain–gut–microbiota axis in depression: A historical overview and future directions

L Chang, Y Wei, K Hashimoto - Brain Research Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Depression is the most common mental disorder and a leading cause of disability
worldwide. Despite abundant research, the precise mechanisms underlying the …

Gut microbiome–brain alliance: a landscape view into mental and gastrointestinal health and disorders

JM Sasso, RM Ammar, R Tenchov… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Gut microbiota includes a vast collection of microorganisms residing within the
gastrointestinal tract. It is broadly recognized that the gut and brain are in constant …

Detrimental effects of COVID-19 in the brain and therapeutic options for long COVID: the role of Epstein–Barr virus and the gut–brain axis

K Hashimoto - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in a serious public …

Molecular mechanisms underlying the antidepressant actions of arketamine: beyond the NMDA receptor

Y Wei, L Chang, K Hashimoto - Molecular Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
The discovery of robust antidepressant actions exerted by the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor
(NMDAR) antagonist (R, S)-ketamine has been a crucial breakthrough in mood disorder …

Emerging role of the host microbiome in neuropsychiatric disorders: overview and future directions

K Hashimoto - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The human body harbors a diverse ecosystem of microorganisms, including bacteria,
viruses, and fungi, collectively known as the microbiota. Current research is increasingly …

Microbiome and tryptophan metabolomics analysis in adolescent depression: roles of the gut microbiota in the regulation of tryptophan-derived neurotransmitters and …

M Zhou, Y Fan, L Xu, Z Yu, S Wang, H Xu, J Zhang… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background Adolescent depression is becoming one of the major public health concerns,
because of its increased prevalence and risk of significant functional impairment and …

[HTML][HTML] Brain-spleen axis in health and diseases: A review and future perspective

Y Wei, T Wang, L Liao, X Fan, L Chang… - Brain Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
The spleen, an important tissue for the immune system, acts as a filter for blood within the
immune system. Accumulating evidence suggests that the spleen affects a number of brain …

Recognizing the role of the vagus nerve in depression from microbiota-gut brain axis

C Tan, Q Yan, Y Ma, J Fang, Y Yang - Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Depression is a worldwide disease causing severe disability, morbidity, and mortality.
Despite abundant studies, the precise mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of …

Gut microbiota regulates chronic ethanol exposure-induced depressive-like behavior through hippocampal NLRP3-mediated neuroinflammation

H Yao, D Zhang, H Yu, H Yuan, H Shen, X Lan… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic ethanol exposure (CEE), which can lead to neuroinflammation, is an increasing risk
factor for depression disorder, but the underlying mechanism is not clear. Recent …