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ReviewMicroorganisms2025

Alcohol Use Disorder and the Gut-Brain Axis: A Narrative Review of the Role of Gut Microbiota and Implications for Treatment.

Shikha Shukla, Cynthia L Hsu

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Review in Microorganisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Psychiatric Morbidity Following Intestinal Infectious Diseases: A Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shikha ShuklaDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8322-1703
Cynthia L HsuDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2604-1340

Funding

Role of gut microbial ethanol production in alcohol use disorder and alcohol-associated liver diseaseK99AA031328 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HSU, CYNTHIA LI-SHIN · 2023 to 2024
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American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Foundation #CTORA23-208366NIAAA NIH HHS K99 AA031328NIH HHS K99AA031328
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects millions of people worldwide and can lead to deleterious physical and social consequences. Recent research has highlighted not only the effect of alcohol on the gut microbiome, but also the role of the gut microbiome and the gut-brain axis in the development and maintenance of alcohol use disorder. This review provides an overview of the reciprocal relationship between alcohol consumption and the gut microbiome, including the effects of alcohol on gut microbial composition, changes in gut microbial metabolites in response to alcohol consumption, and how gut microbial metabolites may modulate alcohol use behavior. We also discuss the gut-mediated mechanisms of neuroinflammation that contribute to and result from AUD, including disruption of the intestinal barrier, toll-like receptor signaling, and the activation of glial cells and immune cells. Finally, we review the current evidence on gut microbial-directed therapies for AUD and discuss the implications of this research for our understanding of the pathophysiology of AUD and future research directions.

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glial cellsneuroinflammationneurotransmittersshort-chain fatty acidstoll-like receptorstryptophan metabolism

Identifiers

PMID39858835
PMCPMC11767426

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