Comparing the gut microbiome of obese, African American, older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment.

Those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a precursor to dementia, have a gut microbiome distinct from healthy individuals, but this has only been shown in healthy individuals, not in those exhibiting several risk factors for dementia. Using amplicon 16S rRNA gene sequencing in a case-control stud...

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Main Authors: Andrew McLeod, Beatriz Penalver Bernabe, Yinglin Xia, Jennifer Sanchez-Flack, Melissa Lamar, Linda Schiffer, Karla Castellanos, Giamila Fantuzzi, Pauline Maki, Marian Fitzgibbon, Lisa Tussing-Humphreys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280211