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[Major depression and liver disease: the role of microbiome and inflammation].
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie 2018 Februrary 29
Depression and liver disease are closely associated. Every third patient with liver cirrhosis or hepatitis shows depressive symptoms. On the other hand, every third patient with depressive disorder develops an alcohol disorder at some point during his / her life. A crucial link between depression and hepatic disease seems to be inflammatory processes in which the microbiome and increased intestinal permeability of the intestine play a pivotal role. Depression as well as liver disease, alcohol consumption, stress, and aging processes disturb the delicate balance of intestinal microbiota resulting in increased intestinal permeability. Therefore, bacteria or their metabolites such as the endotoxine lipopolysaccharide are able to reach the blood circulation resulting in inflammation in the liver as well as in the brain via a cytokine cascade, which in turn can lead to liver changes, depression, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. Therefore, liver values, blood glucose levels, and metabolic parameters should be closely monitored in patients with depressive disorders, and in the case of patients with hepatic diseases, increased attention should be given to depressive symptoms, diabetes and obesity.
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