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Gut feelings about smoking and coffee in Parkinson's disease

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Derkinderen, Pascal, Shannon, Kathleen M, Brundin, Patrik·2014·Movement Disorders

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Strong epidemiologic evidence suggests that smokers and coffee drinkers have a lower risk of Parkinson's disease (PD). The explanation for this finding is still unknown, and the discussion has focused on two main hypotheses. The first suggests that PD patients have premorbid personality traits associated with dislike for coffee-drinking and smoking. The second posits that caffeine and nicotine are neuroprotective. We propose an alternative third hypothesis, in which both cigarette and coffee consumption change the composition of the microbiota in the gut in a way that mitigates intestinal inflammation. This, in turn, would lead to less misfolding of the protein alpha-synuclein in enteric nerves, reducing the risk of PD by minimizing propagation of the protein aggregates to the central nervous system, where they otherwise can induce neurodegeneration.

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  • Smoking reduces gut inflammation, decreases luminal epithelial permeability, and decreases the abundance of Enterobacteriaceae.

    “Smoking reduces gut inflammation, decreases luminal epithelial permeability, and decreases the abundance of Enterobacteriaceae [189, 190].”

    From The gut–brain axis in early Parkinson’s disease: from prodrome to prevention (2025) · cites this paper as [189]

    In “The hypothesis” (page unavailable), the authors suggest that smoking and coffee might mitigate gastrointestinal inflammation through changes in gut microbiota; they do not establish that smoking reduces inflammation. Our copy does not support the additional claims about epithelial permeability or Enterobacteriaceae abundance. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Due to altered gut microbiota, coffee drinkers and smokers are at a lower risk of development of Parkinson's disease.

    “Paradoxically, due to altered gut microbiota coffee drinkers and smokers are at a lower risk of development of this condition [432].”

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Authors
Derkinderen, P., Shannon, K. M., & Brundin, P.
Affiliations
  • Inserm (FR)
  • Rush University Medical Center (US)
  • Van Andel Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Brundin, Patrik
Venue
Movement Disorders
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-04-21
Volume
29
Issue
8
Pages
976-979
ISSN
  • 0885-3185 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-8257
OpenAlex
W1897759802
Cited by
115
References
36
Citations by year
2025: 7 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 4
FWCI
8.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Movement Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U10NS044475)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, smoking, coffee consumption, gut microbiota, intestinal inflammation, enteric nerves, caffeine, nicotine, neuroprotection, premorbid personality traits, neurodegeneration
MeSH terms
Coffee, Humans, Parkinson Disease, Risk Factors, Smoking, Gastrointestinal Tract, Microbiota

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