Gut microbiome dysbiosis drives metabolic dysfunction in Familial dysautonomia

oleh: Alexandra M. Cheney, Stephanann M. Costello, Nicholas V. Pinkham, Annie Waldum, Susan C. Broadaway, Maria Cotrina-Vidal, Marc Mergy, Brian Tripet, Douglas J. Kominsky, Heather M. Grifka-Walk, Horacio Kaufmann, Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann, Jesse T. Peach, Brian Bothner, Frances Lefcort, Valérie Copié, Seth T. Walk

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01

Deskripsi

Familial dysautonomia is a rare genetic disease caused in part by neurodegeneration. Here, the authors show that the gut-metabolism axis is altered in both patients and transgenic mice and that disease pathology is ameliorated by controlling microbiome divergence.