Intestinal Dysbiosis and Lowered Serum Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein in Parkinson's Disease.

The intestine is one of the first affected organs in Parkinson's disease (PD). PD subjects show abnormal staining for Escherichia coli and α-synuclein in the colon.We recruited 52 PD patients and 36 healthy cohabitants. We measured serum markers and quantified the numbers of 19 fecal bacterial...

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Main Authors: Satoru Hasegawa, Sae Goto, Hirokazu Tsuji, Tatsuya Okuno, Takashi Asahara, Koji Nomoto, Akihide Shibata, Yoshiro Fujisawa, Tomomi Minato, Akira Okamoto, Kinji Ohno, Masaaki Hirayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4634857?pdf=render