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ArticleBrain, behavior, & immunity - health2023

Chronic early life stress alters the neuroimmune profile and functioning of the developing zebrafish gut.

Christina L Graves, Erik Norloff, Darius Thompson, Oksana Kosyk, Yingning Sang, Angela Chen, Anthony S Zannas, Shannon M Wallet

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Article in Brain, behavior, & immunity - health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Orexinergic responses to environmental stressors in the zebrafish gut.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christina L GravesDivision of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Erik NorloffDivision of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Darius ThompsonDivision of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Oksana KosykDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Yingning SangDivision of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Angela ChenDivision of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Anthony S ZannasDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Shannon M WalletDivision of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Deborah F. Tate · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
BASIC IMMUNE MECHANISMST32AI007273 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI TISCH, ROLAND M · 1985 to 2020
$5.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007273
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic early life stress (ELS) potently impacts the developing central nervous and immune systems and is associated with the onset of gastrointestinal disease in humans. Though the gut-brain axis is appreciated to be a major target of the stress response, the underlying mechanisms linking ELS to gut dysfunction later in life is incompletely understood. Zebrafish are a powerful model validated for stress research and have emerged as an important tool in delineating neuroimmune mechanisms in the developing gut. Here, we developed a novel model of ELS and utilized a comparative transcriptomics approach to assess how chronic ELS modulated expression of neuroimmune genes in the developing gut and brain. Zebrafish exposed to ELS throughout larval development exhibited anxiety-like behavior and altered expression of neuroimmune genes in a time- and tissue-dependent manner. Further, the altered gut neuroimmune profile, which included increased expression of genes associated with neuronal modulation, correlated with a reduction in enteric neuronal density and delayed gut transit. Together, these findings provide insights into the mechanisms linking ELS with gastrointestinal dysfunction and highlight the zebrafish model organism as a valuable tool in uncovering how "the body keeps the score."

Indexed as

AnxietyChronic stressEarly life stressGutNeuroimmuneZebrafish

Identifiers

PMID37449287
PMCPMC10336164
OpenAlexW4380989754

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