Microbiota–gut–brain axis mechanisms in the complex network of bipolar disorders: potential clinical implications and translational opportunities

MA Ortega, MA Álvarez-Mon, C García-Montero… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Bipolar disorders (BD) represent a severe leading disabling mental condition worldwide
characterized by episodic and often progressive mood fluctuations with manic and …

Inflammatory signaling mechanisms in bipolar disorder

GH Jones, CM Vecera, OF Pinjari… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Bipolar disorder is a decidedly heterogeneous and multifactorial disease, with a high
individual and societal burden. While not all patients display overt markers of elevated …

Inflammation‐driven brain and gut barrier dysfunction in stress and mood disorders

E Doney, A Cadoret, L Dion‐Albert… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Regulation of emotions is generally associated exclusively with the brain. However, there is
evidence that peripheral systems are also involved in mood, stress vulnerability vs …

The kynurenine pathway in bipolar disorder: a meta-analysis on the peripheral blood levels of tryptophan and related metabolites

F Bartoli, B Misiak, T Callovini, D Cavaleri… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Growing evidence suggests that a dysregulation of the kynurenine pathway (KP) occurs in
bipolar disorder (BD). This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at assessing the …

The relationship between immune and cognitive dysfunction in mood and psychotic disorder: a systematic review and a meta-analysis

M Morrens, C Overloop, V Coppens, E Loots… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Background In psychotic and mood disorders, immune alterations are hypothesized to
underlie cognitive symptoms, as they have been associated with elevated blood levels of …

Association between diffusion tensor imaging, inflammation and immunological alterations in unipolar and bipolar depression: a review

R Aronica, P Enrico, L Squarcina, P Brambilla… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Bipolar Disorder Depression (BDD) are
common psychiatric illnesses characterized by structural and functional brain alterations and …

Neurobiology of bipolar disorders: a review of genetic components, signaling pathways, biochemical changes, and neuroimaging findings

G Scaini, SS Valvassori, AP Diaz, CN Lima… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic mental illness characterized by changes in mood that
alternate between mania and hypomania or between depression and mixed states, often …

[HTML][HTML] The tryptophan catabolite or kynurenine pathway in major depressive and bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

AF Almulla, Y Thipakorn, A Vasupanrajit… - Brain, behavior, & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background There is now evidence that affective disorders including major depressive
disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) are mediated by immune-inflammatory and nitro …

Selective association of cytokine levels and kynurenine/tryptophan ratio with alterations in white matter microstructure in bipolar but not in unipolar depression

S Comai, E Melloni, C Lorenzi, I Bollettini, B Vai… - European …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bipolar (BD) and major depression (MDD) disorders are severe mental illnesses
characterised by altered levels of immune/inflammatory markers and disrupted white matter …

The tryptophan catabolite or kynurenine pathway in a major depressive episode with melancholia, psychotic features and suicidal behaviors: a systematic review and …

AF Almulla, Y Thipakorn, A Vasupanrajit… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) with melancholia and psychotic
features and suicidal behaviors are accompanied by activated immune-inflammatory and …