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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

Effects of gut microbiota on cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease: a comprehensive Mendelian randomization and case-control study.

Yukun Feng, Qi Chang, Hao Zhou, Wei Zhang, Ling Xie, Xueyang Deng, Tao Chen, Weiguo Liu

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Yukun Feng *Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Qi Chang *Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Hao ZhouDepartment of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Ling XieDepartment of Neurology, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
Xueyang DengDepartment of Pharmacology of Chinese Material Medical, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Tao ChenDepartment of Neurology, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
Weiguo LiuDepartment of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.

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Abstract

Background: Increasing evidence suggests a potential role of the gut microbiota in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the relationship between the gut microbiome (GM) and PD dementia (PDD) remains debated, with their causal effects and underlying mechanisms not yet fully understood. Methods: Utilizing data from large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWASs), this study applied bidirectional and mediating Mendelian randomization (MR) to investigate the causal relationship and underlying mechanisms between the GM and PDD. In our analysis, inverse-variance weighting (IVW) was used as the primary method. Clinical validation was performed using metagenomic sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. The relationships between the GM and PDD were visualized using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, confusion matrices, and correlation analyses. Results: Our study revealed a significant causal impact of five GM genera, 10 metabolites, two metabolite ratios, and 22 immune cells on PDD. Notably, the maltose to sucrose ratio was identified as a mediator of the positive causal effect of Conclusion: Our study confirms the potential role of

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causal effectgut microbiotaMendelian randomizationmetabolitesParkinson dementia disease

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