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Gut microbiota perturbation and motor dysfunction have been reported in steatosis patients. Rats with mild liver damage (MLD) also show motor dysfunction mediated by neuroinflammation and altered GABAergic neurotransmission in the cerebellum. The extracellular vesicles from mesenchymal stem cells (MSC-EVs) have emerged as a promising therapeutic proxy whose molecular basis rely partly upon TGFbeta action. Therefore, this study aimed to assess if MSC-EVs improve motor dysfunction in rats with MLD and analyze underlying mechanisms, including the role of EVs, TGFbeta, neuroinflammation, and gut m

The role of dysregulated gut microbiota (GM) is widely recognized as relevant to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), particularly in case of non-motor symptoms such as depression and anhedonia. Most transgenic mouse models of PD, however, don’t exhibit clinically relevant dysbiosis. Here, for the first time, we present the GM composition and depression-like behavior in Hualpha-Syn(A53T) transgenic mice, line G2-3, which over-express human α-synuclein and are the only model of PD that exhibits prodromal constipation. Additionally, we investigated whether sharing social microenvironmen