Gastrointestinal and brain barriers: unlocking gates of communication across the microbiota–gut–brain axis

MR Aburto, JF Cryan - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2024 - nature.com
Crosstalk between gut and brain has long been appreciated in health and disease, and the
gut microbiota is a key player in communication between these two distant organs. Yet, the …

Neurobiology and systems biology of stress resilience

R Kalisch, SJ Russo, MB Müller - Physiological reviews, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Stress resilience is the phenomenon that some people maintain their mental health despite
exposure to adversity or show only temporary impairments followed by quick recovery …

Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses

KL Chan, WC Poller, FK Swirski… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Stress-linked psychiatric disorders, including anxiety and major depressive disorder, are
associated with systemic inflammation. Recent studies have reported stress-induced …

Epigenetic regulation in major depression and other stress-related disorders: molecular mechanisms, clinical relevance and therapeutic potential

M Yuan, B Yang, G Rothschild, JJ Mann… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic, generally episodic and debilitating disease
that affects an estimated 300 million people worldwide, but its pathogenesis is poorly …

SGLT2 inhibition via empagliflozin improves endothelial function and reduces mitochondrial oxidative stress: insights from frail hypertensive and diabetic patients

P Mone, F Varzideh, SS Jankauskas, A Pansini… - …, 2022 - ahajournals.org
Background: Frailty is a multidimensional condition often diagnosed in older adults with
hypertension and diabetes, and both these conditions are associated with endothelial …

Psychological resilience: An update on definitions, a critical appraisal, and research recommendations

CA Denckla, D Cicchetti, LD Kubzansky… - European journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The ability to resist adverse outcomes, or demonstrate resilience after
exposure to trauma is a thriving field of study. Yet ongoing debate persists regarding …

Vascular and blood-brain barrier-related changes underlie stress responses and resilience in female mice and depression in human tissue

L Dion-Albert, A Cadoret, E Doney… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Prevalence, symptoms, and treatment of depression suggest that major depressive
disorders (MDD) present sex differences. Social stress-induced neurovascular pathology is …

The CLDN5 gene at the blood-brain barrier in health and disease

Y Hashimoto, C Greene, A Munnich… - Fluids and Barriers of the …, 2023 - Springer
The CLDN5 gene encodes claudin-5 (CLDN-5) that is expressed in endothelial cells and
forms tight junctions which limit the passive diffusions of ions and solutes. The blood–brain …

Association between vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated blood–brain barrier dysfunction and stress-induced depression

H Matsuno, S Tsuchimine, K O'Hashi, K Sakai… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Several lines of evidence suggest that stress induces the neurovascular dysfunction
associated with increased blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability, which could be an …

Neurobiological basis of stress resilience

EJ Nestler, SJ Russo - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
A majority of humans faced with severe stress maintain normal physiological and behavioral
function, a process referred to as resilience. Such stress resilience has been modeled in …