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ReviewBiomedicines2023

Role of the Intestinal Microbiota in the Genesis of Major Depression and the Response to Antidepressant Drug Therapy: A Narrative Review.

Tiziana Mundula, Simone Baldi, Elisabetta Gerace, Amedeo Amedei

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Review in Biomedicines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. GABADrug design, development and therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tiziana MundulaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3021-454X
Simone BaldiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5151-2618
Elisabetta GeraceDepartment of Health Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology and Oncology Unit, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8448-6092
Amedeo AmedeiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6797-9343
University of Florence · ITAzienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · IT

Funding

European Union 696295
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major depressive disorder is a serious mental illness characterized by a pervasive low mood that negatively concerns personal life, work life, or education, affecting millions of people worldwide. To date, due to the complexity of the disease, the most common and effective treatments consist of a multi-therapy approach, including psychological, social, and pharmacological support with antidepressant drugs. In general, antidepressants are effective in correcting chemical imbalances of neurotransmitters in the brain, but recent evidence has underlined the pivotal role of gut microbiota (GM) also in the regulation of their pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, through indirect or direct mechanisms. The study of these complex interactions between GM and drugs is currently under the spotlight, and it has been recently named "pharmacomicrobiomics". Hence, the purpose of this review is to summarize the contribution of GM and its metabolites in depression, as well as their role in the metabolism and activity of antidepressant drugs, in order to pave the way for the personalized administration of antidepressant therapies.

Indexed as

antidepressant therapydepressiongut microbiotapersonalized medicinepharmacomicrobiomics

Identifiers

PMID36831086
PMCPMC9953611
OpenAlexW4320727974

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