Article
Intestinal barrier breakdown and mucosal microbiota disturbance in neuromyelitis optical spectrum disorder
2020-04-24
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background and purpose The mechanism underlying the pathology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) remains unclear even though increased expression of the water channel protein aquaporin-4 (AQP4) on astrocytes plays an important role. Our previous study revealed that dysbiosis was detected in the faecal microbiota of NMOSD patients. In this study, we further investigated w...
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- ec8a1eb8-e970-5c94-a836-b394e0f6fc85
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-22503/v1
