Systematic Review
Bipolar disorder and gut microbiota
Chen Zhenzhu, Ren Yan, Yang Hong
Published 2020-05-20
Cite as Chin J Behav Med & Brain Sci, 2020, 29(5): 475-480. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20200228-01072
Abstract
Bipolar disorder is a chronic and severe mental disease, but its pathogenesis is still unknown.The disease is easy to relapse, and the cure rate is not ideal. The intestinal flora plays an important role in maintaining human health and regulating human function. The change of intestinal flora in human can directly or indirectly lead to the occurrence of a variety of diseases. And more and more studies have found that the intestinal flora of patients with many kinds of mental diseases and some of patients with physical diseases has obvious changes. Therefore, the in-depth study of brain-gut-flora axis has become a hot direction to explore the objective markers and pathogenesis of mental diseases. In this paper, the research progress of the relationship between intestinal microflora and bipolar disorder in recent years is reviewed. The changes of intestinal microflora in brain-gut-flora axis, bipolar disorder, the possible biological mechanism of bipolar disorder caused by intestinal microflora and the new discovery of treatment of bipolar disorder are discussed, which provides reference for further research and effective diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder biomarkers.
Key words:
Bipolar disorder; Gut microbiota; Brain-gut-microbiota; Probiotics
Contributor Information
Chen Zhenzhu
Department of Mental Health, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030000, China
Ren Yan
Department of Mental Health, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Science, Taiyuan 030000, China
Yang Hong
Department of Mental Health, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030000, China