“The research, carried out in cell cultures and verified in mice, provides strong evidence that microbiota can interfere with human physiology by modulating the serotonin transporter activity. Serotonin transporter is a target for numerous diseases and it seems that microbiota living in our guts is able to interfere with this transporter, controlling our serotonin levels.”
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Eva Latorre, Elena Layunta, Laura Grasa, Marta Castro, Julián Pardo, Fernando Gomollón, Ana I. Alcalde and José E. Mesonero. ‘Intestinal serotonin transporter inhibition by Toll-like receptor 2 activation. A feedback modulation. PLOS ONE, 2016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169303