Microbiome, peptide autoantibodies, and eating disorders: a missing link between gut and brain

Nutrition. 2015 Mar;31(3):544-5. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.01.007. Epub 2015 Jan 30.

Authors

Akio Inui¹, Chih-Yen Chen², Michael Meguid³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical & Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan. Electronic address: inui@m.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp.
² Faculty of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Nutrition Department of Surgery, Upstate Medical University, University Hospital, NY.

PMID: 25701349
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.01.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Autoantibodies / blood*
Colon / microbiology*
Eating / immunology*
Escherichia coli*
Feeding and Eating Disorders / microbiology*
Female
Gastrointestinal Microbiome / immunology*
Male
Melanocortins / immunology*

Substances

Autoantibodies
Melanocortins