外源L-糖减轻了由慢性不可预测的压力引起的抑郁症:涉及核心糖化,具有抗抑郁药的潜在作用

Dan Wang1, Tomohiko Fukuda2, Tiangui Wu1

  • 1Division of Regulatory Glycobiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.

概括

在小鼠中,补充L-糖可减少类似抑郁症的行为和神经炎症. 这种核心的fucosylation修饰通过改善突触功能和减少炎症通路,显示出抗抑郁药的潜力.

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