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REVIEW article

Front. Psychiatry

Sec. Mood Disorders

Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1629182

Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis Induces Neuroinflammation in Major Depressive Disorders: Mechanisms Targeting the Gut-Brain Axis

Provisionally accepted
  • 1Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
  • 2Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
  • 3Texas A&M University, Temple, United States

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

Keywords: neuroinflammation; MDD; gut-brain axis; microglia; astrocytes Conflict of Interest:The authors declare no potential conflict of interest. Author Contributions: SG, FW and JHH contributed to the conception and design of the study, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. LZ, BW and XQ wrote sections of the manuscript, QX, XM, JHH and SG did a revision. All authors contributed to the manuscript revision, the read, and approved the submitted version. Acknowledgement: The work was partly supported by National Nature Science Foundation in China (82171392 FW), and also by a grant from Shanghai Zongchenghuihai medical technology company, grant name is the mechanism of anti-depressive effect of ICMF.

Keywords: Neuroinflammation, MDD, gut-brain axis, Microglia, Astrocytes

Received: 16 May 2025; Accepted: 25 Aug 2025.

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* Correspondence: Fushun Wang, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China

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