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Bacterial Butyrate in Parkinson's Disease Is Linked to Epigenetic Changes and Depressive Symptoms
20 Jun 2022
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BACKGROUND: The gut microbiome and its metabolites can impact brain health and are altered in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. It has been recently demonstrated that PD patients have reduced fecal levels of the potent epigenetic modulator butyrate and its bacterial producers. OBJECTIVES: Here, we investigate whether the changes in the gut microbiome and associated metabolites are related to PD symptoms and...
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