ReviewNeurogastroenterology and motility2022
Anti-inflammatory effects of vagal nerve stimulation with a special attention to intestinal barrier dysfunction.
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
- Potential application of brain-gut axis-based treatments in Long COVID and ME/CFS: a case-based systematic review.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Exploring Electrical Neuromodulation as an Alternative Therapeutic Approach in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- The Cost of the Cure: Antibiotic Exposure as a Risk Factor for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Mechanistic Insights and Biomarker-Based Evaluation of Therapeutic Response.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Radon balneotherapy in rheumatologic diseases: potential mechanisms and implications for cardiovascular autonomic control and inflammation.Clinical rheumatology · 2026Review
- Gut Microbiota-Targeted Nutrition for Healthy Aging: Mechanistic Roles of Polyphenols and Dietary Fiber in Geroscience.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Non-invasive Vagal Nerve Stimulation as a Potential Treatment for Repetitive Blast Trauma.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- The Gut-Reproduction-Oral-Immune Axis: Microbial Dysbiosis as a Shared Driver in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Endometriosis.Current microbiology · 2026Review
- Key role of the autonomic nervous system in breast cancer (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2026Review
- Schizophrenia as a Disorder of Biological Barriers: A Narrative Review and Potential Interventions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Ameliorates Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Through Regulating Macrophage Polarization Mediated by Alpha7nAChR.Cardiovascular drugs and therapy · 2026Article
- Efficacy and safety of non-invasive transcutaneous nerve stimulation in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Vagus nerve stimulation: An update of currently registered clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov.Surgical neurology international · 2026Review
- Neuroimmune Interactions in Inflammatory Skin and Intestinal Diseases.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Review
- Efficacy and mechanisms of vagus nerve stimulation in irritable bowel syndrome: a comprehensive literature review.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- The Enteric Nervous System as a Mediator of Microbiota-Gut-Brain Interactions in Parkinson's Disease.Journal of neurochemistry · 2026Review
- Vagus nerve stimulation alleviates S. aureus-induced mastitis by regulating gut microbiota S24-7-PPARγ and NF-ΚB/NLRP3 signaling in mice.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2025Article
- Enteric nervous system as a therapeutic target in gastrointestinal disorders.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2025Article
- Gastrointestinal insufficiency is a risk factor for severely burned patients: a case-control study among 185 victims in Kunshan explosion.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The vagus nerve (VN), the longest nerve of the organism innervating the gastrointestinal tract, is a mixed nerve with anti-inflammatory properties through its afferents, activating the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis, and its efferents through the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway inhibiting the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines (e.g., TNFα) by splenic and gut macrophages. In addition, the VN is also able to modulate the permeability of the intestinal barrier although the VN does not innervate directly the intestinal epithelium. Targeting the VN through VN stimulation (VNS) has been developed in experimental model of intestinal inflammation and in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and might be of interest to decrease intestinal permeability in gastrointestinal disorders with intestinal barrier defect such as IBD, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and celiac disease. In this issue of neurogastroenterology and motility, Mogilevski et al. report that a brief non-invasive transcutaneous auricular VNS in healthy volunteers consistently reduces the permeability of the small intestine induced by intravenous administration of the stress peptide corticotropin releasing hormone, known to increase intestinal permeability and to inhibit the VN. In this review, we outline the mechanistic underpinning the effect of stress, of the VN and VNS on intestinal permeability. In particular, the VN can act on intestinal permeability through enteric nerves, and/or cells such as enteric glial cells. We also review the existing evidence of the effects VNS on intestinal permeability in models such as burn intestinal injury and traumatic brain injury, which pave the way for future clinical trials in IBD, IBS, and celiac disease.
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