Gut Microbe Byproducts May Cool Brain Inflammation

Neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis may be worsened by proinflammatory astrocyte neurotoxins, which may be more plentiful if astrocytes are exposed to certain microglia secretions, which may be promoted—or limited—by metabolites produced by gut microbes. This chain of events, which was uncovered by scientists based at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BMH), contains links that could be weakened or reinforced. Perhaps the most intriguing link is near the start of the c