Diet-derived Microbial Metabolites Modulate Stress-Responsive Gene Expression in Germ-free Zebrafish
Jayson Dale R. Capistrano, Bianka Ketheeswaranathan, Matthew Horn, Pham Ngoc Giao Tran, Taylor Ball, Shalvi Chirmade, Sarah J. Vancuren, David W. L. Ma, Kathryn Walton, Emma Allen‐Vercoe, Terence J. Van Raay
The paper assesses how diet-derived microbial metabolites affect stress-responsive gene expression in germ-free zebrafish, finding that metabolites mitigate stress-induced bdnf expression.
bioRxiv · May 7, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology