Journal article
Gut microbiome in multiple sclerosis: The players involved and the roles they play
Gut microbes, Vol.8(6), pp.607-615
11/02/2017
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2017.1349041
PMID: 28696139
Abstract
The human gut contains trillions of bacteria (microbiome) that play a major role in maintaining a healthy state for the host. Perturbation of this healthy gut microbiome might be an important environmental factor in the pathogenesis of inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Others and we have recently reported that MS patients have gut microbial dysbiosis (altered microbiota) with the depletion of some and enrichment of other bacteria. However, the significance of gut bacteria that show lower or higher abundance in MS is unclear. The majority of gut bacteria are associated with certain metabolic pathways, which in turn help in the maintenance of immune homeostasis of the host. Here we discuss recent MS microbiome studies and the possible mechanisms through which gut microbiome might contribute to the pathogenesis of MS.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Gut microbiome in multiple sclerosis: The players involved and the roles they play
- Creators
- Shailesh K Shahi - , Iowa City, IASamantha N Freedman - , Iowa City, IAAshutosh K Mangalam - , Iowa City, IA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Gut microbes, Vol.8(6), pp.607-615
- DOI
- 10.1080/19490976.2017.1349041
- PMID
- 28696139
- NLM abbreviation
- Gut Microbes
- ISSN
- 1949-0976
- eISSN
- 1949-0984
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/02/2017
- Academic Unit
- Pathology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070597802771
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