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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

Comprehensive metagenomic and lipidomic analysis showed that baicalin could improve depressive behaviour in atherosclerotic mice by inhibiting nerve cell ferroptosis.

Peng Ren, Yulong Zhao, Xue Li, Jing Xie, Xingxing Liao, Qiang Luo, Xu Liu, Jiameng Li, Yuzhen Fan, Xinyi Cheng and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  2. Ferroptosis in depression: mechanisms, association, and therapeutic strategies.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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13 authors.

Peng RenSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Yulong ZhaoSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Xue LiSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Jing XieSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Xingxing LiaoSchool of Rehabilitation, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Qiang LuoSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Xu LiuSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Jiameng LiSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Yuzhen FanSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Xinyi ChengSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Xinyao FuSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Junjie ZhouSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Xiaoyun WuSchool of Basic Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Atherosclerosis (AS) concomitant depression is a serious clinical problem with unclear mechanisms of co-morbidity. Baicalin (BA) can resist atherosclerosis and depression by regulating intestinal flora and host lipid metabolism. Therefore, based on intestinal microorganisms and lipid metabolism, this study explored the mechanism of baicalin against AS concomitant depression. Methods: 16 C57BL/6 mice were fed with normal diet as blank control group. 48 ApoE Results: Baicalin could effectively improve the indexes of AS co-depressed mice, and the results of metagenomics and lipidomics showed that there were disorders of intestinal flora represented by Helicobacter_typhlonius and Escherichia_coli and disorders of lipid metabolism represented by PE in the AS co-depressed model mice. The correlation analysis showed that the lipid metabolism disorders in the model mice were closely related to the intestinal flora disorders, and baicalin intervention could effectively improve the intestinal flora and lipid metabolism disorders in the AS co-depressed mice. Metabolic pathway enrichment analysis showed that differential lipid PEs were significantly enriched in the iron death pathway, and our further Conclusion: Baicalin improves intestinal microbiota and brain lipid metabolism and inhibits ferroptosis of nerve cells, which possesses the application value of anti-atherosclerotic concomitant depression.

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AtherosclerosisDepressionFerroptosisFlavonoidsNeuronsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalDisease Models, AnimalGastrointestinal MicrobiomeLipid MetabolismLipidomicsMaleMetagenomicsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLbaicalinFlavonoidsatherosclerosisbaicalindepressionferroptosisgut microbiotalipid metabolism

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PMID40977701
PMCPMC12446369

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