Effects of Akkermansia muciniphila and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii on serotonin transporter expression in intestinal epithelial cells.
Rezvan YaghoubfarAva BehrouziAbolfazl FatehSeyed Ali NojoumiFarzam VaziriShohreh KhatamiSeyed Davar SiadatPublished in: Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders (2021)
The present results showed that A. muciniphila and F. prausnitzii, as well as their supernatants, increased the expression of SERT gene in Caco-2 cells. Therefore, they might be helpful in the microbiota-modulating treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases.