The Role of Gut Microbes in Metabolism Regulation: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Gut microbes, the trillions of microorganisms inhabiting the gastrointestinal tracts, modulate gut physiology and extraintestinal functions. Gut microbes can directly or indirectly affect metabolism by interacting with metabolic pathways in the intestinal cells or adjusting the types and concentrations of metabolites circulating in the body. Moreover, the symbiotic and pathogenic interactions between the host–gut microbiota highlight the positive and negative metabolic responses at the molecular, cellular, organic, physiological, and behavior levels. Emerging evidence has provided insights into the mechanism of how metabolites derived from microbiota affect host health and homeostasis. Due to the profound effect of gut microbes on the host’s metabolism, understanding the interaction between host–gut microbes is key to solving overweight, obesity, and related metabolic disorders.

This Special Issue of Metabolites, “The Role of Gut Microbes in Metabolism Regulation: 2nd Edition”, will highlight the "metabolite-mediated" interactions between the gut microbiota and host’s metabolism as well as the resulting physiological effects. This Special Issue will not only include results from basic research (cell, animal models, or wildlife), but is also open to results from epidemiological studies. In addition, new measurement methods, bioinformatical tools, and data analysis concepts are welcome.

Dr. Zhengrong Yuan
Dr. Haolin Zhang
Dr. Zhihao Jia
Guest Editors

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• gut microbes
• metabolomics
• energy homeostasis
• metabolic disease
• microbial regulation
• host interactions
• intestinal crosstalk