Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Epigenetic modulation of inflammation and synaptic plasticity promotes resilience against stress in mice

  • Jun Wang,
  • Georgia E. Hodes,
  • Hongxing Zhang,
  • Song Zhang,
  • Wei Zhao,
  • Sam A. Golden,
  • Weina Bi,
  • Caroline Menard,
  • Veronika Kana,
  • Marylene Leboeuf,
  • Marc Xie,
  • Dana Bregman,
  • Madeline L. Pfau,
  • Meghan E. Flanigan,
  • Adelaida Esteban-Fernández,
  • Shrishailam Yemul,
  • Ali Sharma,
  • Lap Ho,
  • Richard Dixon,
  • Miriam Merad,
  • Ming-Hu Han,
  • Scott J. Russo,
  • Giulio M. Pasinetti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02794-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Polyphenols have partial antidepressant effect without known mechanism. Here, the authors identify two phytochemicals from bioactive dietary polyphenols, show their antidepressant effect in a rodent model of depression, and that this effect is mediated by epigenetic and anti-inflammatory mechanisms.