ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2024
Autism spectrum disorders and the gastrointestinal tract: insights into mechanisms and clinical relevance.
Review in Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06030752 (Washed Microbiota Transplantation), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Washed Microbiota Transplantation (WMT) for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
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54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Influential articles in autism and gut microbiota: bibliometric profile and research trends.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of clinical efficacy and gut microbiota characteristics in children with ASD treated with fecal microbiota transplantation and ketogenic diet.BMC psychiatry · 2026Trial
- GutMIND: A multi-cohort machine learning framework for integrative characteristics of the microbiota-gut-brain axis in neuropsychiatric disorders.Gut microbes · 2026Article
- Overall Weak Association Between Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Psychological, Autism, and Demographic Variables in Autistic Children.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Altered Intestinal Neurotransmission in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Expanding the Molecular Landscape of the Gut-Brain Axis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Article
- Elevated Rates of Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Not Just an Autism Issue.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Maternal and infant gut microbiome.iMeta · 2026Review
- Gut microbial culturomics identifies autism-associatedMicrobiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Targeting the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: Emerging Nanomedicine Approaches for Neurodegenerative Diseases.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Review
- Relationship Between Calcium and Gut Microbial Composition and Metabolic Pathways in Children with Autism.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Dup15q model mice exhibit impaired gastrointestinal motility and a constipation-like phenotype, alleviated by prucalopride.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Chronic Gastrointestinal Symptoms Have Alterations in Intestinal Neurotransmitter Pathways.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Article
- Beyond the clinic: sensory-adapted food services to support nutrition in autism spectrum disorder.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- An integrative multi-omics approach identifies microbiome alterations linked to pathological and behavioral features in autism spectrum disorder.Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Article
- Evodiamine alleviates MPTP-induced Parkinson's disease in mice by regulating gut microbiota and suppressing TLR4/MyD88/NF-kB pathway.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Shank3B deficiency disrupts GABAergic synaptic transmission in pyramidal neurons of the medial prefrontal cortex region in autism spectrum disorder.Molecular brain · 2026Article
- <p>Harnessing MSC‑derived exosomes to modulate the pathophysiology of ASD: Recent advances and therapeutic implications (Review)</p>.International journal of molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Isovaleric acid alleviates food allergy-related constipation in mice via repairing serotonin synthesis in serotonergic neurons.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Fecal microbiota transplantation and Akkermansia muciniphila restore neurodevelopment and behavior via the gut-brain axis in autism-like zebrafish.The ISME journal · 2026Article
- Streptococcus mutans exacerbates gut microbiota dysbiosis in SHANK3Journal of oral microbiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are recognized as central neurodevelopmental disorders diagnosed by impairments in social interactions, communication and repetitive behaviours. The recognition of ASD as a central nervous system (CNS)-mediated neurobehavioural disorder has led most of the research in ASD to be focused on the CNS. However, gastrointestinal function is also likely to be affected owing to the neural mechanistic nature of ASD and the nervous system in the gastrointestinal tract (enteric nervous system). Thus, it is unsurprising that gastrointestinal disorders, particularly constipation, diarrhoea and abdominal pain, are highly comorbid in individuals with ASD. Gastrointestinal problems have also been repeatedly associated with increased severity of the core symptoms diagnostic of ASD and other centrally mediated comorbid conditions, including psychiatric issues, irritability, rigid-compulsive behaviours and aggression. Despite the high prevalence of gastrointestinal dysfunction in ASD and its associated behavioural comorbidities, the specific links between these two conditions have not been clearly delineated, and current data linking ASD to gastrointestinal dysfunction have not been extensively reviewed. This Review outlines the established and emerging clinical and preclinical evidence that emphasizes the gut as a novel mechanistic and potential therapeutic target for individuals with ASD.
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