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Altered Gut Microbiota in Parkinson’s Disease Patients/Healthy Spouses and Its Association with Clinical Features

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Zhang, Fan, Yue, Liya, Fang, Xing, Wang, Gengchao, Li, Cuidan, Sun, Xiaodong, Jia, Xinmiao, Yang, Jingjing +7 more·2020·Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

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INTRODUCTION: Increasing evidence shows that gut microbiota dysbiosis may play important roles in the occurrence and progression of Parkinson's disease (PD), but the findings are inconsistent. Besides, the effect of family environment on gut microbiota dysbiosis remains unclear. METHODS: We characterized the gut microbial compositions of 63 PD patients, 63 healthy spouses (HS) and 74 healthy people (HP) using 16S rRNA sequencing. Clinical phenotypes and microbial composition were analyzed comprehensively. RESULTS: There were markedly different microbial compositions among PD, HS and HP samples by alpha/beta diversity. We also found differential microbial compositions among Hoehn & Yahr stage/disease duration. Eight inflammation-associated microbial genera shared a continuously increase trend with increased Hoehn & Yahr stage and disease duration, indicating characteristic bacteria associated with deterioration in PD. Additionally, seven bacterial markers were identified for accurately differentiating PD patients from the controls (area under the curve [AUC]: 0.856). CONCLUSIONS: Our study shows altered gut microbiota in PD patients. Importantly, inflammation-associated microbial genera may play roles in PD progression. Differential microbial compositions in HS and HP samples demonstrate that the gut microbiota are also affected by family environment. Disease-associated metagenomics studies should consider the family environmental factor. Our research provides an important reference and improves the understanding of gut microbiota in PD patients.

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Zhang, F., Yue, L., Fang, X., Wang, G., Li, C., Sun, X., Jia, X., Yang, J., Song, J., Zhang, Y., Guo, C., Ma, G., Sang, M., Chen, F., & Wang, P.
Affiliations
  • Hubei University of Medicine (CN)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Sang, Ming
  • Chen, Fei
  • Wang, Puqing
Venue
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-12
Volume
81
Pages
84-88
ISSN
1353-8020 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3093912144
Cited by
111
References
14
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 15
FWCI
4.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Hubei University of Medicine
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, gut microbiota
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Aged, Female, Humans, Inflammation, Male, Middle Aged, Parkinson Disease, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Spouses, Metagenomics, Healthy Volunteers, Dysbiosis

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