肠道菌群与抑郁症相关性的研究进展

正常人体内的肠道菌群数量可达100万亿,可参与人体的多项生理活动,包括营养物质的吸收与代谢、免疫系统的发育与成熟、抵挡外来病原体的入侵等,对人类的健康有着至关重要的作用。近年来发现肠道中的定植微生物与抑郁症、自闭症、焦虑症和帕金森病等一系列的神经精神疾病密切相关。最新研究表明,肠道菌群是通过神经、体液、代谢和免疫多种途径双向调节肠道和中枢神经系统的。目前,随着医学技术和医学理论的的提高,抑郁症与肠道菌群间的关系受到极大地重视。本文从肠道菌群对抑郁症的影响机制以及益生菌对抑郁症的改善作用两方面来综述肠道菌群与抑郁症相关性的最新进展。     

益生菌与肠道健康

肠道菌群与人体肠道健康密切相关.益生菌在防治感染、调节机体菌群平衡,提高机体免疫力和儿童生长发育等发挥关键作用.本文主要介绍了益生菌与肠道健康的主要作用机制及益生菌在消化道疾病的应用.     

基于微生物-肠-脑轴的粪菌移植抗抑郁的研究和展望CSCD

抑郁症是一种常见的精神疾病,病程持久且反复难愈,极大地影响了患者的正常生活。目前临床常规一线抗抑郁药物的疗效并不理想,亟待研发新的治疗方法。已有研究表明抑郁症与肠道菌群密切相关,微生物-肠-脑轴功能障碍是抑郁症的主要病理基础,是直接诱发和影响抑郁症的关键因素。以肠道微生物群为导向的抗抑郁治疗是目前最有前景的研究方向之一。本文主要介绍了肠道菌群与抑郁症的关系,以及粪菌移植在临床前和临床阶段抗抑郁的效果。     

后生元(postbiotics):调节肝硬化患者肠道菌群及疾病进程的新策略

肝硬化是慢性肝炎发展的终末阶段,患者出现有不同程度的肠道菌群失调,并伴有肠道屏障功能的缺失和菌群移位,是引发肝硬化并发症的重要原因。尽管益生菌能在多个层面保护肠道屏障功能,但其在肝硬化肠道菌群紊乱中的疗效并不明确。现在的研究发现一些益生菌的组分或代谢产物有着与益生活菌类似的益生功效,包括稳定肠道菌群、加强肠上皮屏障功能和调节肠黏膜免疫反应等,其重要的优点是具有明确的分子结构和显著的生物活性,可能是未来调节肝硬化肠道菌群及疾病进程的新方向。本文主要总结了肝硬化肠道菌群失调对于肝硬化并发症及疾病进程的影响,探讨了益生菌的作用及局限性,并重点讨论后生元在调控肝硬化肠道菌群及疾病进程中的应用前景。     

肠道菌群与多囊卵巢综合征并发抑郁症关系的研究进展

抑郁症是多囊卵巢综合征（polycystic ovary syndrome,PCOS）常并发的精神障碍性疾病,不仅严重影响PCOS患者的生活质量,还会进一步加重内分泌代谢的紊乱,形成恶性循环,增加治疗疾病的难度。目前临床上对PCOS并发抑郁症主要采用分开诊治的方案,并未根据两者之间内在的联系找到针对性的治疗药物。近年的研究表明,PCOS患者的肠道菌群存在明显失衡,而失衡的肠道菌群可通过“肠-脑轴”导致抑郁症的发生。因此肠道菌群与PCOS并发抑郁症的发生密切相关。本文就肠道菌群与PCOS并发抑郁症关系的研究进展进行综述,以期为临床上治疗PCOS并发抑郁症提供参考。     

肠道菌群和黄疸的研究进展

新生儿黄疸是一种常见的临床问题,80%以上的新生儿出生后会出现黄疸。大部分黄疸是需要临床进一步干预和治疗的,否则严重的并发症可导致终身残疾。目前,随着肠道菌群与疾病关系的探讨逐渐深入,对肠道菌群与疾病关系的研究已成为热门话题。肠道菌群通过免疫、神经和代谢等多种途径影响儿童的发育和健康。益生菌可以调节肠道微生物环境,因此为预防及改善黄疸提供新的思路。本文就肠道菌群在黄疸中的作用、肠道菌群与黄疸及相关疾病的关系和益生菌在黄疸中应用的最新进展进行综述。     

益生菌对口腔微生物的影响

益生菌(Probiotic)是添加入食物的能够增加营养摄入并改善人体肠道菌群平衡的活菌。大量研究认为益生菌有促进人体健康的作用,目前研究主要集中在益生菌促进人体肠道菌群平衡的作用。口腔是消化道的起始端,最先接触到益生菌并且也有其特有的微生态系统,近年来越来越多的研究关注益生菌对口腔微生物的作用。本文主要从益生菌在口腔的定植,益生菌对口腔微生物群落的影响,益生菌对口腔细菌作用机制三个方面对近年来益生菌对口腔微生物的影响进行综述。     

化疗对肠道菌群及血清5-羟色胺水平的影响

化疗不仅导致肠黏膜炎和5-羟色胺(5-HT)水平的异常,也会诱发肠道菌群失衡。平衡状态下的微生物是一道生物屏障,菌群失衡可加剧肠道炎症。近期研究发现,5-HT的水平受肠道菌群的调节。因此,化疗引起的5-HT水平改变可能与肠道菌群的异常有关。本研究主要探讨肠道菌群通过何种途径影响化疗后肠黏膜炎和5-HT水平,为临床上以益生菌调节肠道菌群来改善化疗后的胃肠道反应提供依据。     

肠道菌群在2型糖尿病并发抑郁症中的作用探析

抑郁症作为2型糖尿病常见并发症,不仅严重危害人体的健康,而且增加了疾病的治疗难度。临床中对于本病的治疗通常将二者分开,采用降糖与抗抑郁联合的方法,却忽视了抑郁症作为2型糖尿病的并发症,两者必定存在内在联系。研究表明,2型糖尿病患者肠道菌群存在明显失衡,而肠道菌群与抑郁症的发生密切相关,因此肠道菌群可能在2型糖尿病并发抑郁症中起着重要作用,本文通过论述三者的关系,认为肠道菌群失调可能是糖尿病并发抑郁症的关键因素,提出肠道菌群可能是干预2型糖尿病并发抑郁的新靶点,以期为2型糖尿病并发抑郁症的治疗提供新的途径。     

益生菌在儿童炎症性肠病中的应用

炎症性肠病(inflammatory bowel disease,IBD)是一种原因不明的慢性非特异性肠道炎性疾病,主要包括溃疡性结肠炎(ulcerative colitis,UC)、克罗恩病(Crohn′s disease,CD)和未定型的炎症性肠病(IBD-unclassified,IBDU)。随着对肠道微生物与IBD关系认识的不断加深,许多研究发现肠道菌群的生态失调在IBD的发病中起着重要作用。益生菌在儿童IBD治疗中具有良好前景,但仍缺乏有效的证据来确证益生菌疗效,并指导临床对益生菌的种类和剂量等进行选择。现有研究表明,益生菌对儿童IBD的治疗具有特异性,在诱导和维持UC缓解效果明显,但在诱导CD缓解、维持CD缓解和预防术后并发症及复发方面效果并不理想。     

便秘相关肠道微生物研究进展

随着生活水平的提高、生活节奏的加快、年龄的增长及饮食结构的改变等,便秘的发生率与日俱增。便秘严重危害患者的身心健康,并带来诸多并发症。便秘造成肠道的微生态改变,总的来说是益生菌的种类和数目减少,而有害菌或条件治病菌却显著增加。以活的益生菌作为微生态制剂,对缓解症状、治愈便秘和恢复肠道正常菌群有十分显著的作用,其应用前景也相当广阔。本研究对便秘相关肠道微生物的研究进展进行综述。     

Role of gut microbiota-derived metabolites on vascular calcification in CKD

The interaction between gut microbiota and the host has gained widespread concern. Gut microbiota not only provides nutrients from the ingested food but also generates bioactive metabolites and signalling molecules to impact host physiology, especially in chronic kidney disease (CKD). The development of CKD, accompanied by changed diet and medication, alters the gut flora and causes the effect in distant organs, leading to clinical complications. Vascular calcification (VC) is an actively regulated process and a high prevalence of VC in CKD has also been linked to an imbalance in gut microbiota and altered metabolites. In this review, we focused on gut microbiota-derived metabolites involved in VC in CKD and explained how these metabolites influence the calcification process. Correcting the imbalance of gut microbiota and regulating microbiota-derived metabolites by dietary modification and probiotics are new targets for the improvement of the gut-kidney axis, which indicate innovative treatment options of VC in CKD.     

Research progress on the regulation mechanism of probiotics on the microecological flora of infected intestines in livestock and poultry

The animal intestine is a complex ecosystem composed of host cells, gut microbiota and available nutrients. Gut microbiota can prevent the occurrence of intestinal diseases in animals by regulating the homeostasis of the intestinal environment. The intestinal microbiota is a complex and stable microbial community, and the homeostasis of the intestinal environment is closely related to the invasion of intestinal pathogens, which plays an important role in protecting the host from pathogen infections. Probiotics are strains of microorganisms that are beneficial to health, and their potential has recently led to a significant increase in studies on the regulation of intestinal flora. Various potential mechanisms of action have been proposed on probiotics, especially mediating the regulation mechanism of the intestinal flora on the host, mainly including competitive inhibition of pathogens, stimulation of the host's adaptive immune system and regulation of the intestinal flora. The advent of high-throughput sequencing technology has given us a clearer understanding and has facilitated the development of research methods to investigate the intestinal microecological flora. This review will focus on the regulation of probiotics on the microbial flora of intestinal infections in livestock and poultry and will depict future research directions.     

Probiotics in man and animals

There is good evidence that the complex microbial flora present in the gastrointestinal tract of all warm-blooded animals is effective in providing resistance to disease. However, the composition of this protective flora can be altered by dietary and environmental influences, making the host animal susceptible to disease and/or reducing its efficiency of food utilization. What we are doing with the probiotic treatments is re-establishing the natural condition which exists in the wild animal but which has been disrupted by modern trends in conditions used for rearing young animals, including human babies, and in modern approaches to nutrition and disease therapy. These are all areas where the gut flora can be altered for the worse and where, by the administration of probiotics, the natural balance of the gut microflora can be restored and the animal returned to its normal nutrition, growth and health status.     

The Role of Clostridium perfringens in the Growth Response of Chicks to Dietary Penicillin

S ummary . The previous observation that Clostridium perfringens is responsible for penicillin-relieved growth depression in chicks has been reassessed. The administration of Cl. perfringens to germfree chicks, to birds harbouring a non-growth depressing gut flora and to birds reared in an environment free from Cl. perfringens was without effect on growth rate. No correlation was observed in conventional chicks between the incidence of growth depression and the presence of Cl. perfringens in the gut of the chicks one day after food was first given.     

Regulation of immune response at intestinal and peripheral sites by probiotics

The gut associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) should protect intestinal mucosa against pathogens, but also avoid hypersensitivity reactions to food proteins, normal bacterial flora and other environmental macromolecules. The interaction between epithelial cells and microflora is fundamental to establish gut mucosal barrier and GALT development. The normal colonization of intestine by commensal bacteria is thus crucial for a correct development of mucosal immune system. Probiotic bacteria are normal inhabitants of microflora and may confer health benefits to the host. The modification of the intestinal microflora towards a healthier probiotics enriched microflora may generate beneficial mucosal immunomodulatory effects and may represent a new strategy to cure intestinal and allergic diseases. The health benefits may be specific for different probiotic strains. Ongoing research is providing new insights into the probiotic beneficial effects and related mechanisms. This review represents an update of immunomodulatory activity of different probiotics and of the more accredited mechanisms underlying such activities. Presented at the Second Probiotic Conference, Košice, 15–19 September 2004, Slovakia.     

Microbial treatment in chronic constipation

Chronic functional constipation is a kind of common intestinal disease that occurs in children, adults and elderly people. This disease not only causes great influence to physiological function, but also results in varying degrees of psychological barriers. At present, constipation treatments continue to rely on traditional methods such as purgative therapy and surgery. However, these approaches can disrupt intestinal function. Recent research between intestinal diseases and gut microbiota has gradually revealed a connection between constipation and intestinal flora disturbance, providing a theoretical basis for microbial treatment in chronic constipation. Microbial treatment mainly includes probiotic preparations such as probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). Due to its safety, convenience and curative effect, probiotic preparations have been widely accepted, especially gradually developed FMT with higher curative effects. Microbial treatment improves clinical symptoms, promotes the recovery of intestinal flora, and has no complications during the treatment process. Compared with traditional treatments, microbial treatment in chronic constipation has advantages, and is worthy of further promotion from clinical research to clinical application.