Nutrition, Metabolomics, and Genomics in Host–Microbe Interactions
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 412
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A variety of foods in human diet provide essential nutrients and bioactive components not only to human but also to intestinal commensal bacteria. The metabolites produced by the host from the ingested food affect the survival and functions of gut microbiome in both a direct or indirect manner. In addition, the metabolites of the microbes play roles in maintaining health and developing diseases of the host. These bidrectional communications have begun to be uncovered with the employment of multidemensional data analysis. Metabolite profiling analysis of biospecimen such as blood, urine, or feces provides an effective strategy for monitoring metabolic responses to environmental changes as well as genetic variations. In addition, genomics and transcriptomics, together with metabolomics, enable us to explore the complex networks of host–microbiome interactions. This Special Issue highlights nutrition and metabolomics in understanding the interaction between host and microbiome. Specific areas include but are not limited to the roles of nutrients or bioactive food components in host–microbe interactions, identification of diverse metabolites or metabolome profiles in the field of diet and microbiome, effects of host genomic variations in metabolome and microbiome, and bioinformatic modeling of multi-omics data in host–microbiome studies.
Prof. Dr. Dong-Mi Shin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Nutrition
- Metabolome
- Transcriptome
- Genetic variation
- Microbiome
- Host–microbe interaction
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