@article{Paudel2018145,
title = {Role of inflammation in epilepsy and neurobehavioral comorbidities: Implication for therapy},
author = {Y N Paudel and M F Shaikh and S Shah and Y Kumari and I Othman},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053082063&doi=10.1016%2fj.ejphar.2018.08.020&partnerID=40&md5=27ff0199bae72f156425637a7ad02228},
doi = {10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.08.020},
issn = {00142999},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
journal = {European Journal of Pharmacology},
volume = {837},
pages = {145-155},
publisher = {Elsevier B.V.},
abstract = {Epilepsy is a devastating condition affecting around 70 million people worldwide. Moreover, the quality of life of people with epilepsy (PWE) is worsened by a series of comorbidities. The neurobehavioral comorbidities discussed herein share a reciprocal and complex relationship with epilepsy, which ultimately complicates the treatment process in PWE. Understanding the mechanistic pathway by which these comorbidities are associated with epilepsy might be instrumental in developing therapeutic interventions. Inflammatory cytokine signaling in the brain regulates important brain functions including neurotransmitter metabolism, neuroendocrine function, synaptic plasticity, dopaminergic transmission, the kynurenine pathway, and affects neurogenesis as well as the neural circuitry of moods. In this review, we hypothesize that the complex relationship between epilepsy and its related comorbidities (cognitive impairment, depression, anxiety, autism, and schizophrenia) can be unraveled through the inflammatory mechanism that plays a prominent role in all these individual conditions. An ample amount of evidence is available reporting the role of inflammation in epilepsy and all individual comorbid condition but their complex relationship with epilepsy has not yet been explored through the prospective of inflammatory pathway. Our review suggests that epilepsy and its neurobehavioral comorbidities are associated with elevated levels of several key inflammatory markers. This review also sheds light on the mechanistic association between epilepsy and its neurobehavioral comorbidities. Moreover, we analyzed several anti-inflammatory therapies available for epilepsy and its neurobehavioral comorbidities. We suggest, these anti-inflammatory therapies might be a possible intervention and could be a promising strategy for preventing epileptogenesis and its related neurobehavioral comorbidities. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.},
note = {cited By 14},
keywords = {3 Dioxygenase, Acetylsalicylic Acid, Adalimumab, Anakinra, Animals, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Anxiety, Autacoid, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Behaviour Disorder, Belnacasan, Celecoxib, Cognition, Comorbidity, Complication, Cyclooxygenase 2, Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitor, Cytokine, Cytokines, Depression, Dexmedetomidine, Disease Association, Dopaminergic Transmission, Electroencephalogram, Electroencephalography, Epilepsy, Epileptogenesis, Esculetin, High Mobility Group B1 Protein, Human, Ibuprofen, Icariin, IImmunoglobulin Enhancer Binding Protein, Immunology, Indoleamine 2, Inflammation, Inflammation Mediators, Infliximab, Interleukin 1beta, Interleukin 6, Minocycline, Nerve Cell Plasticity, Nervous System Development, Nervous System Inflammation, Neuroendocrine Regulation, Neurotransmitter Release, Nonhuman, Palmidrol, Paracetamol, Physiology, Priority Journal, Prostaglandin E2, Psychology, Review, SC 51089, Schizophrenia, Toll-Like Receptor 4, Transforming Growth Factor Beta, Tryptophan Hydroxylase, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Unclassified Drug},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Kho2018,
title = {The human gut microbiome - A potential controller of wellness and disease},
author = {Z Y Kho and S K Lal},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85051459505&doi=10.3389%2ffmicb.2018.01835&partnerID=40&md5=d89097ac9c0963d8ef7666aa99cff46f},
doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2018.01835},
issn = {1664302X},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology},
volume = {9},
number = {AUG},
publisher = {Frontiers Media S.A.},
abstract = {Interest toward the human microbiome, particularly gut microbiome has flourished in recent decades owing to the rapidly advancing sequence-based screening and humanized gnotobiotic model in interrogating the dynamic operations of commensal microbiota. Although this field is still at a very preliminary stage, whereby the functional properties of the complex gut microbiome remain less understood, several promising findings have been documented and exhibit great potential toward revolutionizing disease etiology and medical treatments. In this review, the interactions between gut microbiota and the host have been focused on, to provide an overview of the role of gut microbiota and their unique metabolites in conferring host protection against invading pathogen, regulation of diverse host physiological functions including metabolism, development and homeostasis of immunity and the nervous system. We elaborate on how gut microbial imbalance (dysbiosis) may lead to dysfunction of host machineries, thereby contributing to pathogenesis and/or progression toward a broad spectrum of diseases. Some of the most notable diseases namely Clostridium difficile infection (infectious disease), inflammatory bowel disease (intestinal immune-mediated disease), celiac disease (multisystemic autoimmune disorder), obesity (metabolic disease), colorectal cancer, and autism spectrum disorder (neuropsychiatric disorder) have been discussed and delineated along with recent findings. Novel therapies derived from microbiome studies such as fecal microbiota transplantation, probiotic and prebiotics to target associated diseases have been reviewed to introduce the idea of how certain disease symptoms can be ameliorated through dysbiosis correction, thus revealing a new scientific approach toward disease treatment. Toward the end of this review, several research gaps and limitations have been described along with suggested future studies to overcome the current research lacunae. Despite the ongoing debate on whether gut microbiome plays a role in the above-mentioned diseases, we have in this review, gathered evidence showing a potentially far more complex link beyond the unidirectional cause-and-effect relationship between them. © 2018 Kho and Lal.},
note = {cited By 80},
keywords = {Acetylcholine, Autism, Blood Clotting Factor 13, CD14 Antigen, Celiac Disease, Clostridium Difficile Infection, Colorectal Cancer, Cyanocobalamin, Dysbiosis, Enterotoxin, G Protein Coupled Bile Acid Receptor 1, G Protein Coupled Receptor 41, Gamma Interferon, Human, Hydrocortisone, Immunity, Immunoglobulin A, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Interleukin 10, Interleukin 12, Interleukin 15, Interleukin 17, Interleukin 1beta, Interleukin 22, Interleukin 6, Interleukin 8, Intestine Flora, Leptin, Membrane Protein, Metabolism, Metabolite, Nervous System, Nonhuman, Obesity, Pantothenic Acid, Pathogenesis, Protein Bcl-2, Protein Expression, Protein ZO1, Review, RNA 16S, Toll-Like Receptor 4, Transcription Factor FOXP3, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Unclassified Drug, Unindexed Drug, Uvomorulin, Vasculotropin},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}