THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISEASES
Keywords:
Autistic spectrum disorders, gut microbiome, prebiotics, probiotics, neuroendocrine and neuroimmune systems.
Abstract
Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD or Russian RAS) have been widely researched as one of the diseases associated with the gut microbiome of the nervous system. Using the knowledge of microbes helps to understand this disease in a comprehensive way. Interestingly, researchers have also attracted the attention of the mother's oral cavity and vaginal microbiome as an important factor in the etiopathology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Thus, this review attempts to summarize knowledge about the microbiome and its relationship to the hypothesized etiology of ASK and related diseases. Effects of diet, prebiotics, probiotics, antibiotics, and fecal microbe transplantation on ASK have also been analyzed. Among them, the use of diet and probiotics is the most promising and advanced means due to the fact that they do not have side effects and are easy to take. Current gaps in knowledge and research call for larger and bolder investigations into the relationship between autism and the microbiome.
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6. Howes, O. D., Rogdaki, M., Findon, J. L., Wichers, R. H., Charman, T., King, B. H., et al. (2018). Autism spectrum disorder: consensus guidelines on assessment, treatment and research from the British Association for Psychopharmacology. J. Psychopharmacol. 32, 3–29. doi: 10.1177/0269881117741766
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11. Liu, S., Li, E., Sun, Z., Fu, D., Duan, G., Jiang, M., et al. (2019). Altered gut microbiota and short chain fatty acids in Chinese children with autism spectrum disorder. Sci. Rep. 9, 1–9. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36430-z
12. Luna, R. A., Oezguen, N., Balderas, M., Venkatachalam, A., Runge, J. K., Versalovic, J., et al. (2017). Distinct microbiome-neuroimmune signatures correlate with functional abdominal pain in children with autism spectrum disorder. Cell. Mol. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 3, 218–230. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2016.11.008
13. Iovene, M. R., Bombace, F., Maresca, R., Sapone, A., Iardino, P., Picardi, A., et al. (2017). Intestinal dysbiosis and yeast isolation in stool of subjects with autism spectrum disorders. Mycopathologia 182, 349–363. doi: 10.1007/s11046-016-0068-6
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29. Borisova, T. (2018). Nervous system injury in response to contact with environmental, engineered and planetary micro-and nano-sized particles. Front. Physiol. 9:728. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00728
30. Israelyan, N., and Margolis, K. G. (2019). Reprint of: serotonin as a link between the gut-brain-microbiome axis in autism spectrum disorders. Pharmacol. Res. 140, 115–120. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2018.12.023
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2024-03-29
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Nilufar ELOVA, & Shahlo MIRALIMOVA. (2024). THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISEASES. News of the NUUz, 1(1.3), 172-176. https://doi.org/10.69617/uzmu.v1i1.3.1761
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