Gut microbiome in Down syndrome.

Premature aging seriously compromises the health status of Down Syndrome (DS) persons. Since human aging has been associated with a deterioration of the gut microbiota (GM)-host mutualism, here we investigated the composition of GM in DS.The observational study presented involved 17 adult DS persons...

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Main Authors: Elena Biagi, Marco Candela, Manuela Centanni, Clarissa Consolandi, Simone Rampelli, Silvia Turroni, Marco Severgnini, Clelia Peano, Alessandro Ghezzo, Maria Scurti, Stefano Salvioli, Claudio Franceschi, Patrizia Brigidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4227691?pdf=render