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ReviewGut microbes2026

Nutritional regulation of gut-brain immune crosstalk across the lifespan.

Yulin Zhou, Sebastian Del Toro, Melody Y Zeng

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Review in Gut microbes, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yulin ZhouGale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children's Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America.
Sebastian Del ToroGale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children's Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America.
Melody Y ZengGale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children's Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0031-4267

Funding

Megakaryocyte regulation by the gut microbiomeR01HL169989 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Melody Y Zeng · 2023 to 2026
$2.6M
Immune regulation by the gut microbiome at the maternal-fetal interfaceR01HD110118 · NICHD · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI ZENG, MELODY Y · 2022 to 2024
$1.3M
Dissecting the interplay between immunoglobulin G and the gut microbiome in cancer progression and metastasisR21CA270998 · NCI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI MATEI, IRINA, ZENG, MELODY Y · 2023 to 2024
$426k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA270998NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL169989NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD110118
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut-brain immune axis integrates microbial, immune, and neural signals to regulate neurodevelopment, homeostasis, and disease susceptibility. Early-life nutrition, particularly human milk oligosaccharides, shapes beneficial microbiota composition, enhances hippocampal plasticity, promotes anti-inflammatory microglia polarization, and fosters immune tolerance. Gut microbiota-derived metabolites, including short-chain fatty acids, tryptophan derivatives and secondary bile acids, regulate microglia maturation, astrocyte function, T cell differentiation, neurotransmitter production, and vagus nerve signaling. These processes influence synaptic pruning, neurogenesis, and neuroinflammation. Adaptive immune cells in the central nervous system, notably meningeal and infiltrating CD4 T cells, further connect peripheral immunity to neuronal responses through cytokines, such as IL-4, IFNγ, and IL-17A. Nutritional imbalances may exacerbate disease-associated microglia and pathogenic T cell activity in Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and autism spectrum disorders. In aging, diet helps mitigate "inflammaging" by countering metabolic shifts in microglia and lymphocytes. This review examines how nutrition modulates bidirectional gut-brain immune crosstalk across the lifespan.

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BrainBrain-Gut AxisGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGastrointestinal TractAgingAnimalsHumansaginggut-brain axismetabolitesmicrobiomeneuroimmunologyNutrition

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PMID42696146
PMCPMC13556973

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