Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: April 8, 2024
Abstract
Inflammatory
depression
is
a
treatment-resistant
subtype
of
depression.
A
causal
role
the
gut
microbiota
as
source
low-grade
inflammation
remains
unclear.
Here,
part
an
observational
trial,
we
first
analyze
composition
in
stool,
inflammatory
factors
and
short-chain
fatty
acids
(SCFAs)
plasma,
permeability
markers
intestinal
mucosa
patients
with
(ChiCTR1900025175).
Gut
exhibits
higher
Bacteroides
lower
Clostridium
,
increase
SCFA-producing
species
abnormal
butanoate
metabolism.
We
then
perform
fecal
transplantation
(FMT)
probiotic
supplementation
animal
experiments
to
determine
After
FMT,
group
shows
increased
peripheral
central
mucosal
recipient
mice
depressive
anxiety-like
behaviors.
butyricum
administration
normalizes
microbiota,
decreases
factors,
displays
antidepressant-like
effects
mouse
model
These
findings
suggest
that
processes
derived
from
can
be
involved
neuroinflammation
World Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
20(1), P. 124 - 130
Published: Oct. 7, 2020
Concerns
have
been
expressed
that
persons
with
a
pre‐existing
mental
disorder
may
represent
population
at
increased
risk
for
COVID‐19
infection
and
higher
likelihood
of
adverse
outcomes
the
infection,
but
there
is
no
systematic
research
evidence
in
this
respect.
This
study
assessed
impact
recent
(within
past
year)
diagnosis
–
including
attention‐deficit/hyperactivity
(ADHD),
bipolar
disorder,
depression
schizophrenia
on
infection
related
mortality
hospitalization
rates.
We
analyzed
nation‐wide
database
electronic
health
records
61
million
adult
patients
from
360
hospitals
317,000
providers,
across
50
states
US,
up
to
July
29,
2020.
Patients
had
significantly
an
effect
strongest
(adjusted
odds
ratio,
AOR=7.64,
95%
CI:
7.45‐7.83,
p<0.001)
(AOR=7.34,
6.65‐8.10,
p<0.001).
Among
African
Americans
than
Caucasians,
ethnic
disparity
(AOR=3.78,
3.58‐3.98,
Women
disorders
males,
gender
ADHD
(AOR=2.03,
1.73‐2.39,
both
death
rate
8.5%
(vs.
4.7%
among
27.4%
18.6%
These
findings
identify
individuals
as
being
which
further
exacerbated
women,
having
frequency
some
infection.
highlights
need
address
modifiable
vulnerability
factors
prevent
delays
care
provision
population.
Brain Research Bulletin,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
182, P. 44 - 56
Published: Feb. 11, 2022
Depression
is
the
most
common
mental
disorder
and
a
leading
cause
of
disability
worldwide.
Despite
abundant
research,
precise
mechanisms
underlying
pathophysiology
depression
remain
elusive.
Accumulating
evidence
from
preclinical
clinical
studies
suggests
that
alterations
in
gut
microbiota,
microbe-derived
short-chain
fatty
acids,
D-amino
acids
metabolites
play
key
role
via
brain–gut–microbiota
axis,
including
neural
immune
systems.
Notably,
axis
might
crucial
susceptibility
versus
resilience
rodents
exposed
to
stress.
Vagotomy
reported
block
depression-like
phenotypes
after
fecal
microbiota
transplantation
"depression-related"
microbiome,
suggesting
vagus
nerve
influences
through
axis.
In
this
article,
we
review
recent
findings
regarding
discuss
its
potential
as
therapeutic
target
for
depression.
Molecular Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
28(1), P. 284 - 297
Published: Oct. 6, 2022
Abstract
Major
depressive
disorder
(MDD)
is
a
psychiatric
disease
of
still
poorly
understood
molecular
etiology.
Extensive
studies
at
different
levels
point
to
high
complexity
numerous
interrelated
pathways
as
the
underpinnings
depression.
systems
under
consideration
include
monoamines,
stress,
neurotrophins
and
neurogenesis,
excitatory
inhibitory
neurotransmission,
mitochondrial
dysfunction,
(epi)genetics,
inflammation,
opioid
system,
myelination,
gut-brain
axis,
among
others.
This
review
aims
illustrating
how
these
multiple
signaling
may
interact
provide
more
comprehensive
view
MDD’s
neurobiology.
In
particular,
considering
pattern
synaptic
activity
closest
physical
representation
mood,
emotion,
conscience
we
can
conceptualize,
each
pathway
or
system
will
be
scrutinized
for
links
neurotransmission.
Models
neurobiology
MDD
discussed
well
future
actions
improve
understanding
treatment
options.
Frontiers in Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: May 11, 2023
In
a
subset
of
patients,
chronic
exposure
to
stress
is
an
etiological
risk
factor
for
neuroinflammation
and
depression.
Neuroinflammation
affects
up
27%
patients
with
MDD
associated
more
severe,
chronic,
treatment-resistant
trajectory.
Inflammation
not
unique
depression
has
transdiagnostic
effects
suggesting
shared
underlying
psychopathologies
metabolic
disorders.
Research
supports
association
but
necessarily
causation
Putative
mechanisms
link
dysregulation
the
HPA
axis
immune
cell
glucocorticoid
resistance
resulting
in
hyperactivation
peripheral
system.
The
extracellular
release
DAMPs
DAMP-PRR
signaling
creates
feed
forward
loop
that
accelerates
central
inflammation.
Higher
plasma
levels
inflammatory
cytokines,
most
consistently
interleukin
IL-1β,
IL-6,
TNF-α,
are
correlated
greater
depressive
symptomatology.
Cytokines
sensitize
axis,
disrupt
negative
feedback
loop,
further
propagate
reactions.
Peripheral
inflammation
exacerbates
(neuroinflammation)
through
several
including
disruption
blood-brain
barrier,
cellular
trafficking,
activation
glial
cells.
Activated
cells
chemokines,
reactive
oxygen
nitrogen
species
into
extra-synaptic
space
dysregulating
neurotransmitter
systems,
imbalancing
excitatory
inhibitory
ratio,
disrupting
neural
circuitry
plasticity
adaptation.
particular,
microglial
toxicity
plays
role
pathophysiology
neuroinflammation.
Magnetic
resonance
imaging
(MRI)
studies
show
reduced
hippocampal
volumes.
Neural
dysfunction
such
as
hypoactivation
between
ventral
striatum
ventromedial
prefrontal
cortex
underlies
melancholic
phenotype
Chronic
administration
monoamine-based
antidepressants
counters
response,
delayed
therapeutic
onset.
Therapeutics
targeting
mediated
immunity,
generalized
specific
pathways,
nitro-oxidative
have
enormous
potential
advance
treatment
landscape.
Future
clinical
trials
will
need
include
system
perturbations
biomarker
outcome
measures
facilitate
novel
antidepressant
development.
this
overview,
we
explore
correlates
elucidate
pathomechanisms
development
biomarkers
therapeutics.
Frontiers in Medicine,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
9
Published: March 31, 2022
Over
the
last
10
years,
there
has
been
a
growing
interest
in
relationship
between
gut
microbiota,
brain,
and
neurologic-associated
affections.
As
multiple
preclinical
clinical
research
studies
highlight
microbiota’s
potential
to
modulate
general
state
of
health
state,
it
goes
without
saying
that
microbiota
plays
significant
role
neurogenesis,
mental
cognitive
development,
emotions,
behaviors,
progression
neuropsychiatric
illnesses.
Gut
produces
important
biologic
products
that,
through
gut-brain
axis,
are
directly
connected
with
appearance
evolution
neurological
psychiatric
disorders
such
as
depression,
anxiety,
bipolar
disorder,
autism,
schizophrenia,
Parkinson’s
disease,
Alzheimer’s
dementia,
sclerosis,
epilepsy.
This
study
reviews
recent
on
link
microbiome’s
shaping
development
most
common
Moreover,
special
attention
is
paid
use
probiotic
formulations
non-invasive
therapeutic
opportunity
for
prevention
management
neuropsychiatric-associated
World Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
22(1), P. 4 - 24
Published: Jan. 14, 2023
Psychiatric
genetics
has
made
substantial
progress
in
the
last
decade,
providing
new
insights
into
genetic
etiology
of
psychiatric
disorders,
and
paving
way
for
precision
psychiatry,
which
individual
profiles
may
be
used
to
personalize
risk
assessment
inform
clinical
decision‐making.
Long
recognized
heritable,
recent
evidence
shows
that
disorders
are
influenced
by
thousands
variants
acting
together.
Most
these
commonly
occurring,
meaning
every
a
each
disorder,
from
low
high.
A
series
large‐scale
studies
have
discovered
an
increasing
number
common
rare
robustly
associated
with
major
disorders.
The
most
convincing
biological
interpretation
findings
implicates
altered
synaptic
function
autism
spectrum
disorder
schizophrenia.
However,
mechanistic
understanding
is
still
incomplete.
In
line
their
extensive
epidemiological
overlap,
appear
exist
on
continua
share
large
degree
one
another.
This
provides
further
support
notion
current
diagnoses
do
not
represent
distinct
pathogenic
entities,
ongoing
attempts
reconceptualize
nosology.
also
influences
range
behavioral
somatic
traits
diseases,
including
brain
structures,
cognitive
function,
immunological
phenotypes
cardiovascular
disease,
suggesting
shared
potential
importance.
Current
polygenic
score
tools,
predict
susceptibility
illness,
yet
provide
clinically
actionable
information.
likely
improve
coming
years,
they
eventually
become
part
practice,
stressing
need
educate
clinicians
patients
about
use
misuse.
review
discusses
key
possible
applications,
suggests
future
directions.
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
150, P. 113005 - 113005
Published: April 25, 2022
Ligusticum
chuanxiong
Hort
(known
as
Chuanxiong
in
China,
CX)
is
one
of
the
most
widely
used
and
long-standing
medicinal
herbs
China.
Tetramethylpyrazine
(TMP)
an
alkaloid
active
components
CX.
Over
past
few
decades,
TMP
has
been
proven
to
possess
several
pharmacological
properties.
It
treat
a
variety
diseases
with
excellent
therapeutic
effects.
Here,
characteristics
molecular
mechanism
recent
years
are
reviewed,
emphasis
on
signal-regulation
TMP.
This
review
shows
that
many
physiological
functions,
including
anti-oxidant,
anti-inflammatory,
anti-apoptosis
properties;
autophagy
regulation;
vasodilation;
angiogenesis
mitochondrial
damage
suppression;
endothelial
protection;
reduction
proliferation
migration
vascular
smooth
muscle
cells;
neuroprotection.
At
present,
treating
cardiovascular,
nervous,
digestive
system
conditions,
cancer,
other
conditions
achieved
good
curative
The
involves
multiple
targets,
pathways,
bidirectional
regulation.
is,
thus,
promising
drug
great
research
potential.
American Journal of Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
178(12), P. 1107 - 1118
Published: Oct. 14, 2021
Evidence
from
anti-inflammatory
drug
trials
for
the
treatment
of
depression
has
been
inconsistent.
This
may
be
ascribed
to
differing
symptom-specific
effects
inflammation.
Accordingly,
authors
explored
associations
between
systemic
inflammation
and
an
array
individual
symptoms
across
multiple
studies.This
random-effects
pooled
analysis
included
15
population-based
cohorts
56,351
individuals
age
18
years
older.
Serum
or
plasma
concentrations
C-reactive
protein
(CRP)
interleukin-6
(IL-6)
were
measured
at
baseline.
Using
validated
self-report
measures,
24
depressive
ascertained
in
cross-sectional
studies,
and,
seven
cohorts,
also
assessed
follow-up
(mean
period,
3.2
years).The
prevalence
ranged
1.1%
(suicidal
ideation)
21.5%
(sleep
problems).
In
analyses,
higher
CRP
robustly
associated
with
increased
risk
experiencing
four
physical
(changes
appetite,
felt
everything
was
effort,
loss
energy,
sleep
problems)
one
cognitive
symptom
(little
interest
doing
things).
These
remained
after
adjustment
sociodemographic
variables,
behavioral
factors,
chronic
conditions;
sex-
age-stratified
analyses;
longitudinal
when
using
IL-6
as
inflammatory
marker
interest;
depressed
individuals;
excluding
chronically
ill
individuals.
For
exclusively
emotional
(bothered
by
things,
hopelessness
about
future,
fearful,
life
had
a
failure),
overall
evidence
strongly
against
association
inflammation.These
findings
suggest
rather
than
generalized
on
depression.
Future
exploring
regimens
benefit
targeting
presenting
profiles
characterized
distinct
inflammation-related
symptoms.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: April 20, 2023
Theory
predicts
that
biological
processes
of
aging
may
contribute
to
poor
mental
health
in
late
life.
To
test
this
hypothesis,
we
evaluated
prospective
associations
between
age
and
incident
depression
anxiety
424,299
UK
Biobank
participants.
We
measured
from
clinical
traits
using
the
KDM-BA
PhenoAge
algorithms.
At
baseline,
participants
who
were
biologically
older
more
often
experienced
depression/anxiety.
During
a
median
8.7
years
follow-up,
with
at
increased
risk
depression/anxiety
(5.9%
increase
per
standard
deviation
[SD]
acceleration,
95%
confidence
intervals
[CI]:
3.3%-8.5%;
11.3%
SD
CI:
9.%-13.0%).
Biological-aging-associated
was
independent
additive
genetic
by
genome-wide-association-study-based
polygenic
scores.
Advanced
represent
potential
factor
for
midlife
adults
target
assessment
intervention.