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Background Braak's hypothesis states that sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD) follows a specific progression of pathology from the peripheral to the central nervous system, and this progression can be monitored by detecting the accumulation of alpha-Synuclein (alpha-Syn) protein. Consequently, there is growing interest in understanding how the gut (commensal) microbiome can regulate alpha-Syn accumulation, as this could potentially lead to PD.
Johan Auwerx, Alessia Perino, Adrienne Joëlle Laurence Mottis, Jean-David Horacio Morel