The Human Microbiome and Its Role in Health and Disease
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 7399
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
A topical collection pertaining to the microbiome and its role in human health and disease is being organized in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. For detailed information on the journal, I refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph. The human microbiome (made up of commensal, symbiotic, and pathogenic microorganisms) is the subject of significant amounts of research, and much attention has been given to the impact of the microbiome on homeostasis and disease. Imbalanced microbiota play a direct or indirect role in many diseases, and the restoration of microbiota may have the ability to improve human health. While some scientists focus on the characterization of the microbiome and an understanding of its functional consequences, others work to uncover the role of microbes in important metabolic pathways or immunomodulatory mechanisms that might significantly affect human health. Advances in sequencing technologies and the development of more robust metagenomic databases greatly contribute to the expansion of this field of research. This Special Issue seeks to improve the understanding of microbial balance, dysbiosis, metabolic pathways, host signaling pathways, and host–microbial interaction in health and disease conditions. This topical collection is open to researchers concerned with the microbiome and its role in human health and disease. The keywords listed below provide an outline of some of the possible areas of interest. We invite investigators to contribute original research articles, review articles and short-communications on human microbiota and related diseases. Manuscripts based on in vitro, animal, and human studies can be submitted to this Special Issue.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Human microbiota in health and disease;
- Microbial dysbiosis and its impact on the severity of diseases;
- Altered microbiota and its impact on disease treatment;
- The effect of changes in microbiota on metabolic pathways;
- Host-microbial interaction in relation to health and disease.
Dr. Umakant Sharma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbiome
- homeostasis
- microbial ecology
- dysbiosis
- microbial pathogenesis
- metabolic pathways
- antibiotic resistance
- virulence
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