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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2022

The Gut Microbiome in Parkinson's Disease: A Longitudinal Study of the Impacts on Disease Progression and the Use of Device-Assisted Therapies.

Michal Lubomski, Xiangnan Xu, Andrew J Holmes, Samuel Muller, Jean Y H Yang, Ryan L Davis, Carolyn M Sue

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Michal LubomskiDepartment of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.
Xiangnan XuSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, Sydney Precision Bioinformatics, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Andrew J HolmesThe Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Samuel MullerSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, Sydney Precision Bioinformatics, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Jean Y H YangSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, Sydney Precision Bioinformatics, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Ryan L DavisDepartment of Neurogenetics, Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.
Carolyn M SueDepartment of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.
University of Sydney · AUMacquarie University · AUNorthern Sydney Local Health District · AURoyal North Shore Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Altered gut microbiome (GM) composition has been established in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, few studies have longitudinally investigated the GM in PD, or the impact of device-assisted therapies. Objectives: To investigate the temporal stability of GM profiles from PD patients on standard therapies and those initiating device-assisted therapies (DAT) and define multivariate models of disease and progression. Methods: We evaluated validated clinical questionnaires and stool samples from 74 PD patients and 74 household controls (HCs) at 0, 6, and 12 months. Faster or slower disease progression was defined from levodopa equivalence dose and motor severity measures. 19 PD patients initiating Deep Brain Stimulation or Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel were separately evaluated at 0, 6, and 12 months post-therapy initiation. Results: Persistent underrepresentation of short-chain fatty-acid-producing bacteria, Conclusion: We present longitudinal GM studies in PD patients, showing persistently altered GM profiles suggestive of a reduced butyrogenic production potential. DATs exerted variable GM influences across the short and longer-term. We found that specific GM profiles combined with dietary factors improved prediction of disease progression in PD patients.

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deep brain stimulationdevice-assisted therapiesgastrointestinal microbiomegut microbiotalevodopa-carbidopa intestinal gellongitudinalParkinson’s diseaseprogression

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PMID35656540
PMCPMC9152137
OpenAlexW4280518873

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