Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39482179›Full record

ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2024

Thinking outside the brain: Gut microbiome influence on innate immunity within neurodegenerative disease.

Andrea R Merchak, MacKenzie L Bolen, Malú Gámez Tansey, Kelly B Menees

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Lewy body diseases and the gut.Molecular neurodegeneration · 2025
    Review
  7. Review
  8. Gut microbiota dysbiosis and neurologic diseases: New Horizon with potential diagnostic and therapeutic impact.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2024
    Article
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.

Andrea R MerchakDepartment of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, USA. Electronic address: amerchak@ufl.edu.
MacKenzie L BolenDepartment of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, USA. Electronic address: m.bolen@ufl.edu.
Malú Gámez TanseyDepartment of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, USA; Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: mgtansey@ufl.edu.
Kelly B MeneesDepartment of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, USA. Electronic address: kellymenees@ufl.edu.

Funding

Role of central and peripheral immune crosstalk in FTD-Grn neurodegenerationRF1NS128800 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FINKBEINER, STEVEN M, TANSEY, MARIA DE LOURDES GAMEZ · 2022 to 2022
$2.4M
Role of Gut Inflammation and Immunity on Proteostasis, Noradrenergic Degeneration and AD riskRF1AG057247 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI NEISH, ANDREW S, TANSEY, MARIA DE LOURDES GAMEZ · 2017 to 2017
$1.6M
NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG057247NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS128800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complex network of factors that contribute to neurodegeneration have hampered the discovery of effective preventative measures. While much work has focused on brain-first therapeutics, it is becoming evident that physiological changes outside of the brain are the best target for early interventions. Specifically, myeloid cells, including peripheral macrophages and microglia, are a sensitive population of cells whose activity can directly impact neuronal health. Myeloid cell activity includes cytokine production, migration, debris clearance, and phagocytosis. Environmental measures that can modulate these activities range from toxin exposure to diet. However, one of the most influential mediators of myeloid fitness is the gut microenvironment. Here, we review the current data about the role of myeloid cells in gastrointestinal disorders, Parkinson's disease, dementia, and multiple sclerosis. We then delve into the gut microbiota modulating therapies available and clinical evidence for their use in neurodegeneration. Modulating lifestyle and environmental mediators of inflammation are one of the most promising interventions for neurodegeneration and a systematic and concerted effort to examine these factors in healthy aging is the next frontier.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeImmunity, InnateNeurodegenerative DiseasesAnimalsBrainHumansInnate immunityMicrobiomeNeurodegeneration

Identifiers

PMID39482179
PMCPMC11585893

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.