The gut microbiota, environmental factors, and links to the development of food allergy

This 2016 article explains that lifestyles and exposure to various environmental factors may be responsible for the rapid rise in childhood allergies reported in Westernized countries. Microbiological studies have already demonstrated that altered compositions in gut microbial communities during very early life may be connected to the presence of food allergies during childhood. Moreover, infants […]

This 2019 study focuses on inflammation in the context of major depressive disorders (MDD) since systemic chronic low-grade inflammation has been previously linked with the progression of MDD. But it is unclear whether pro-inflammatory cytokine levels are excessively high before the first episode of MDD. Thus, Tao et al. recruited 184 adolescents who were experiencing […]