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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Multiple sclerosis and gut microbiota: Lachnospiraceae from the ileum of MS twins trigger MS-like disease in germfree transgenic mice-An unbiased functional study.

Hongsup Yoon, Lisa Ann Gerdes, Florian Beigel, Yihui Sun, Janine Kövilein, Jiancheng Wang, Tanja Kuhlmann, Andrea Flierl-Hecht, Dirk Haller, Reinhard Hohlfeld and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. Previous epidemiological studies support the idea of ileal microbiota triggering multiple sclerosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Hongsup Yoon *Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried 82152, Germany.
Lisa Ann Gerdes *Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried 82152, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7053-3924
Florian Beigel *Department of Medicine II, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich 81377, Germany.
Yihui SunWeill Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158.
Janine KövileinInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried 82152, Germany.
Jiancheng WangInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried 82152, Germany.
Tanja KuhlmannInstitute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Münster, Münster 48153, Germany.
Andrea Flierl-HechtInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried 82152, Germany.
Dirk HallerZentralinstitut für Ernährungs- und Lebensmittelforschung Institute for Food and Health, Technical University of Munich, Freising 85354, Germany.
Reinhard HohlfeldInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried 82152, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6302-1488
Sergio E Baranzini *Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158.ORCID 0000-0003-0067-194X
Hartmut Wekerle *Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried 82152, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8669-2954
Anneli Peters *Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried 82152, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8259-2219

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 213904703Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 350913910Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 390857198Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 408885537Deutschen Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft (DMSG) N.A.Dr. Leopold and Carmen Ellinger Foundation N.A.Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung (Hertie-Stiftung) N.A.iMSMS N.A.Klaus Faber Stiftung N.A.Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) N.A.National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) RFA-2104-37464Verein zur Therapieforschung für MS Kranke e.V. N.A.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed a two-tiered strategy aiming to identify gut bacteria functionally linked to the development of multiple sclerosis (MS). First, we compared gut microbial profiles in a cohort of 81 monozygotic twins discordant for MS. This approach allowed to minimize confounding effects by genetic and early environmental factors and identified over 50 differently abundant taxa with the majority of increased taxa within the

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EubacterialesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeIleumMultiple SclerosisAdultAnimalsEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalFemaleGerm-Free LifeHumansMaleMiceMice, TransgenicMiddle AgedTwins, MonozygoticCNS autoimmunitygnotobiotic micegut–brain axismicrobiotaMS/EAE

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PMCPMC12067282

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