ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2022
Toward a Deeper Understanding of Gut Microbiome in Depression: The Promise of Clinical Applicability.
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87 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 141 citations in OpenAlex.
- Neurobiological effects of microbial treatments within psychiatry: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Antidepressant activity of flavones from traditional Chinese medicine: a meta-analysis.Pharmaceutical biology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of gut microbiome-targeted treatment in patients with depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation in alleviating depressive symptoms: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- Exercise-Mediated Molecular Mechanisms of Antidepressant Effects: The Role of the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Gut Microbiome in Depression with and without REM Sleep Behavior Disorder.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Association of gut microbiota and inflammatory markers with enteral nutrition intolerance in patients with early-stage moderate-to-severe intracerebral hemorrhage.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Auricularia auricula polysaccharides alleviate Propionibacterium acnes-induced lung sarcoidosis-like granulomatosis in mice via the gut-lung axis.Journal of natural medicines · 2026Article
- Kynurenine pathway metabolites are increased in inflammatory depression and decrease with omega-3 treatment.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Article
- TheFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Gut microbial metabolic disorder in depression: insights from computational modeling and mediation analysis.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Mapping the reciprocal interactions between antidepressants and the gut microbiome: novel targets for the personalisation and optimization of drug response.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Review
- Role of Gut Microbiota in Psychiatric Disorders: From Mechanistic Insights to Therapeutic Strategies.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Review
- Nanomedicine-Driven Therapeutic Strategies for Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Depression: Mechanisms and Pharmacological Progress.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Associations of body fat percentage-based obesity with depression and comorbidity-related gut microbiota features in college students.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Harnessing Dietary Tryptophan: Bridging the Gap Between Neurobiology and Psychiatry in Depression Management.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Therapeutic impact of Mongolian Andai therapy on gut microbiota and metabolomic profiles in depression.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
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Abstract
The emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has dramatically increased the global prevalence of depression. Unfortunately, antidepressant drugs benefit only a small minority of patients. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop new interventions. Accumulating evidence supports a causal relationship between gut microbiota dysbiosis and depression. To advance microbiota-based diagnostics and therapeutics of depression, a comprehensive overview of microbial alterations in depression is presented to identify effector microbial biomarkers. This procedure generated 215 bacterial taxa from humans and 312 from animal models. Compared to controls, depression shows significant differences in β-diversity, but no changes in microbial richness and diversity. Additionally, species-specific microbial changes are identified like increased Eggerthella in humans and decreased Acetatifactor in rodent models. Moreover, a disrupted microbiome balance and functional changes, characterized by an enrichment of pro-inflammatory bacteria (e.g., Desulfovibrio and Escherichia/Shigella) and depletion of anti-inflammatory butyrate-producing bacteria (e.g., Bifidobacterium and Faecalibacterium) are consistently shared across species. Confounding effects of geographical region, depression type, and intestinal segments are also investigated. Ultimately, a total of 178 species and subspecies probiotics are identified to alleviate the depressive phenotypes. Current findings provide a foundation for developing microbiota-based diagnostics and therapeutics and advancing microbiota-oriented precision medicine for depression.
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