ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Epigenetic Mechanisms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Developmental Origins of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2025Pooled it
- A starch- and sucrose-reduced dietary intervention in irritable bowel syndrome patients produced a shift in gut microbiota composition along with changes in phylum, genus, and amplicon sequence variant abundances, without affecting the micro-RNA levels.United European gastroenterology journal · 2022Trial
- Impact of different stress paradigms on irritable bowel syndrome: Evidence from clinical and animal studies.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Review
- Deciphering the mitochondria-gut microbiota axis in irritable bowel syndrome: pathogenic insights and therapeutic frontiers.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- Early life stress and the pathogenesis of visceral hypersensitivity: mechanisms and implications for disorders of gut-brain interaction.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- A Review of the Mechanisms of Action of the Herbal Medicine, STW 5-II, Underlying Its Efficacy in Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2026Review
- The Gut-Brain Axis-From Science to Clinical Practice.Gastro hep advances · 2026Review
- Multi-omics analysis reveal clinical-gut-brain interactions in female ibs patients with adverse childhood experiences.Biology of sex differences · 2025Article
- Unraveling the Pathophysiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Mechanisms and Insights.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Physical Activity and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: The Role of Evolutionary Mismatch in Chronic Disease Risk.American journal of biological anthropology · 2025Article
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- Decoding Abdominal Pain in Constipation-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Functional Constipation: Mechanisms and Managements.Current gastroenterology reports · 2025Review
- Irritable bowel syndrome remains a complex disorder of gut-brain interaction: Too many actors on stage.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Identifies Potential Disease-Specific Biomarkers and Pathophysiologic Mechanisms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Celiac Disease.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025Article
- Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Exhibit Aberrant Expression of Endogenous Retroviruses and SETDB1.Cells · 2025Article
- Chronic Gastrointestinal Disorders and miRNA-Associated Disease: An Up-to-Date.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- LncRNA-Associated ceRNA Network in the Spinal Cord Reveals the Central Mechanism of Chronic Inflammatory Visceral Pain.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Impact of electro-acupuncture on EAAT2 and NMDAR-2B expression in goats with visceral hypersensitivity.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Overexpression of miRNA29a gene inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis of jejunal epithelial cells in yak.Animal biotechnology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a brain-gut axis disorder characterized by abdominal pain and altered bowel habits. IBS is a multifactorial, stress-sensitive disorder with evidence for familial clustering attributed to genetic or shared environmental factors. However, there are weak genetic associations reported with IBS and a lack of evidence to suggest that major genetic factor(s) contribute to IBS pathophysiology. Studies on animal models of stress, including early life stress, suggest a role for environmental factors, specifically, stress associated with dysregulation of corticotropin releasing factor and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis pathways in the pathophysiology of IBS. Recent evidence suggests that epigenetic mechanisms, which constitute molecular changes not driven by a change in gene sequence, can mediate environmental effects on central and peripheral function. Epigenetic alterations including DNA methylation changes, histone modifications, and differential expression of non-coding RNAs (microRNA [miRNA] and long non-coding RNA) have been associated with several diseases. The objective of this review is to elucidate the molecular factors in the pathophysiology of IBS with an emphasis on epigenetic mechanisms. Emerging evidence for epigenetic changes in IBS includes changes in DNA methylation in animal models of IBS and patients with IBS, and various miRNAs that have been associated with IBS and endophenotypes, such as increased visceral sensitivity and intestinal permeability. DNA methylation, in particular, is an emerging field in the realm of complex diseases and a promising mechanism which can provide important insights into IBS pathogenesis and identify potential targets for treatment.
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