Exploring the Interplay Between Food Components and the Gut: From Mechanisms to Microbiome Interaction
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: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cultured cells; in vitro digestion; bioactivity
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Interests: in vitro intestinal model; food microbiology; host-microbe interaction; bifidobacteria
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The dynamic interplay between food and the intestine is bidirectional: food provides energy and molecular signals, while the intestine—together its vast and diverse microbiota—mediates digestion, nutrient absorption, and communication with the rest of the body. Dietary components can directly influence host physiology and act as health-promoting agents. At the same time, they shape the composition and function of the gut microbiota, which ferments food components and produces beneficial metabolites that affect overall health and disease risk.
The objective of this Special Issue is to bring together studies investigating the effects of food components on the gut, long with the molecular mechanisms underlying these effects, at both the enterocyte and microbiome levels. To achieve this goal, we welcome and encourage submissions of research articles and reviews from in silico, in vitro, and clinical studies.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Mattia Di Nunzio
Dr. Lorenzo Nissen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- intestinal cells
- nutrients
- in vitro digestion
- nutrigenomics
- nutrigenetics
- gut microbiota
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