Laeeq Tooba, Vongsavath Tahne, Tun Kyaw Min, Hong Annie S
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.
Department of Gastroenterology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.
Microorganisms. 2023 Nov 22;11(12):2840. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11122840.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects millions of people worldwide, and recent data have identified the potential role of the gut microbiome in inducing autoimmunity in MS patients. To investigate the potential of fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) as a treatment option for MS, we conducted a comprehensive literature search (PubMed/Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, and Cochrane) and identified five studies that involved 15 adult MS patients who received FMT for gastrointestinal symptoms. The primary outcome of this review was to assess the effect of FMT in reversing and improving motor symptoms in MS patients, while the secondary outcome was to evaluate the safety of FMT in this patient population. Our findings suggest that all 15 patients who received FMT experienced improved and reversed neurological symptoms secondary to MS. This improvement was sustained even in follow-up years, with no adverse effects observed. These results indicate that FMT may hold promise as a treatment option for MS, although further research is necessary to confirm these findings.
多发性硬化症(MS)影响着全球数百万人,最近的数据已经确定肠道微生物群在诱导MS患者自身免疫中的潜在作用。为了研究粪便微生物群移植(FMT)作为MS治疗选择的潜力,我们进行了全面的文献检索(PubMed/Medline、Embase、Web of Science、Scopus和Cochrane),并确定了五项研究,这些研究涉及15名因胃肠道症状接受FMT的成年MS患者。本综述的主要结果是评估FMT对逆转和改善MS患者运动症状的效果,次要结果是评估FMT在该患者群体中的安全性。我们的研究结果表明,所有15名接受FMT的患者继发于MS的神经症状均得到改善和逆转。这种改善甚至在随访多年中持续存在,未观察到不良反应。这些结果表明,FMT可能有望成为MS的一种治疗选择,尽管需要进一步研究来证实这些发现。