A number of studies in recent years have shown that patients with Alzheimer’s disease have a distinct gut microbiome composition in comparison to age-match peers. The gut microbiome changes with age, losing beneficial microbes and their production of metabolites necessary for tissue function, while gaining inflammatory microbes that contribute to the characteristic increase in chronic inflammatory signaling observed in older people. When it comes to the pro-inflammatory gut microbiome of Alzheimer’s patients, it is still an open question as to whether this relatio…
Another Example of a Distinct, Inflammatory Gut Microbiome in an Alzheimer's Patient Population
A number of studies in recent years have shown that patients with Alzheimer’s disease have a distinct gut microbiome composition in comparison to age-match peers. The gut microbiome changes with age, losing beneficial microbes and their production of metabolites necessary for tissue function, while gaining inflammatory microbes that contribute to the characteristic increase in chronic inflammatory signaling observed in older people. When it comes to the pro-inflammatory gut microbiome of Alzheimer’s patients, it is still an open question as to whether this relatio…