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Gut dysbiosis impairs recovery after spinal cord injury.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 14 Nov 2016
Kigerl Kristina A, Hall Jodie C E, Wang Lingling, Mo Xiaokui, Yu Zhongtang, Popovich Phillip G
Abstract excerpt
The trillions of microbes that exist in the gastrointestinal tract have emerged as pivotal regulators of mammalian development and physiology. Disruption of this gut microbiome, a process known as dysbiosis, causes or exacerbates various diseases, but whether gut dysbiosis affects recovery of neurological function or lesion pathology after traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is unknown. Data in this study show...
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