Molecular Research of Gut Microbiota in Human Health and Diseases
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 1198
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Gut microbiota, gut microbiome, or gut flora are microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses, that live in the digestive tracts of human, which play a crucial role in maintaining human health. The gut microbiota has broad impacts, including effects on colonization, resistance to pathogens, maintaining the intestinal epithelium, metabolizing dietary and pharmaceutical compounds, controlling immune function, and even behavior through the gut–brain axis. Bacteria in the digestive tract can contribute to and be affected by disease in various ways. The presence or overabundance of some kinds of bacteria may contribute to inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. Additionally, metabolites from certain members of the gut flora may influence host signaling pathways, contributing to disorders such as obesity and colon cancer. Gut microbes play an important role in human health and disease and regulate body homeostasis.
We invite original research and review articles. Topics will be related to all aspects of fundamental and applied research on gastroenterology, microbiology, and their interactions and will focus on the following:
- Profiling gut microbiota in human diseases with multi-omics including metagenomics, metabolomics, metatransprotemics, metaproteomics, culturomics, immunoomics, etc.
- Gastrointestinal microbiota–pathogen interactions and novel microbiota-targeted therapy development in anti-pathogenic microorganisms such as multiple resistant bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
- Precision nutrition for health including, but not limited to, dietary patterns, nutrients, bioactive components, future foods, and various microecological regulators such as probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, postbiotics, and psychobiotics.
Dr. Juan Francisco Martínez-Blanch
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- gut microbiota
- gut metabolites
- gastroenterology
- microbiology
- inflammation
- human diseases
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