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MiBiPa · Non-invasive microbiome-derived multi-omic biomarkers for the early-stage detection and stratification of Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) research benefits from knowledge of disease-specific risk and resilience factors and elucidation of pathophysiological concepts on the emergence of neurodegeneration. Presently the propagation of a-synuclein aggregation in PD is proposed to start in the periphery, i.e. in the enteric nervous system and the olfactory bulb. Aberrations within the gastrointestinal and nasal microbiomes may play a role in the initiation of this process. This is of particular relevance in...