ArticleJournal of biomedical research2022
Washed microbiota transplantation stopped the deterioration of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: The first case report and narrative review.
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- Effect of fecal microbiota transplantation on patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2024Trial
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- Current trends and updates on the emerging role of fecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2026Review
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The State of the Art on Treatments and the Therapeutic Role of the Intestinal Microbiome in Human Studies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Dietary modulation of the gut microbiome as a supportive strategy in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - a narrative review.Pharmacological reports : PR · 2025Review
- Washed microbiota transplantation effectively treats a case of acute severe ulcerative colitis combined with viral myocarditis.Journal of biomedical research · 2025Article
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- The microbiota-gut-brain axis in Huntington's disease: pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets.The FEBS journal · 2025Review
- Fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of intestinal and extra-intestinal diseases: Mechanism basis, clinical application, and potential prospect.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2025Review
- Immune mechanisms and shared immune targets in neurodegenerative diseases.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2025Review
- Nutritional and Microbiota-Based Approaches in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: From Prevention to Treatment.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Gut Microbiota-Immune System Interactions in Health and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Insights into Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Applications.Aging and disease · 2024Review
- Microbiota transplantation.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Gut microbiota immune cross-talk in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2024Review
- Role of the Exposome in Neurodegenerative Disease: Recent Insights and Future Directions.Annals of neurology · 2024Review
- Colonic transendoscopic enteral tubing is revolutionizing intestinal therapeutics, diagnosis, and microbiome research.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2024Review
- The Next Generation Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: To Transplant Bacteria or Virome.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- The amyotrophic lateral sclerosis exposome: recent advances and future directions.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2023Review
- Gut Microbial Metabolome and Dysbiosis in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Psychobiotics and Fecal Microbiota Transplantation as a Therapeutic Approach-A Comprehensive Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is known as a progressive paralysis disorder characterized by degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons, and has an average survival time of three to five years. Growing evidence has suggested a bidirectional link between gut microbiota and neurodegeneration. Here we aimed to report one female case with ALS, who benefited from washed microbiota transplantation (WMT), an improved fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), through a transendoscopic enteral tube during a 12-month follow-up. Notedly, the accidental scalp trauma the patient suffered later was treated with prescribed antibiotics that caused ALS deterioration. The subsequent rescue WMTs successfully stopped the progression of the disease with a quick improvement. The plateaus and reversals occurred during the whole course of WMT. The stool and blood samples from the first WMT to the last were collected for dynamic microbial and metabolomic analysis. We observed the microbial and metabolomic changing trend consistent with the disease status. This case report for the first time shows the direct clinical evidence on using WMT for treating ALS, indicating that WMT may be the novel treatment strategy for controlling this so-called incurable disease.
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