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SUBMITTER: Vogt NM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5648830 | biostudies-other | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Vogt Nicholas M NM Kerby Robert L RL Dill-McFarland Kimberly A KA Harding Sandra J SJ Merluzzi Andrew P AP Johnson Sterling C SC Carlsson Cynthia M CM Asthana Sanjay S Zetterberg Henrik H Blennow Kaj K Bendlin Barbara B BB Rey Federico E FE
Scientific reports 20171019 1
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. However, the etiopathogenesis of this devastating disease is not fully understood. Recent studies in rodents suggest that alterations in the gut microbiome may contribute to amyloid deposition, yet the microbial communities associated with AD have not been characterized in humans. Towards this end, we characterized the bacterial taxonomic composition of fecal samples from participants with and without a diagnosis of dementia due to AD ...[more]