Prebiotics and Probiotics
A section of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643).
Section Information
Despite some recently voiced skepticism on the value of prebiotics and probiotics in human medicine, this field remains very dynamic and keeps expanding as the role of gut microbiota is quickly reaching center stage in a variety of health-related issues.
This Section of Nutrients aims to provide the reader with innovative findings from bench research as well as from controlled clinical trials as well as up-to-date, fair, balanced reviews, rigorously free from commercial bias and providing the newest information most relevant to healthcare providers. We aim at an audience that includes physician scientists, practicing clinicians, dietitians, and nurses, so they can be presented with up-to-date, fair and strictly evidence-based answer to some of the many questions currently open for the potential use of prebiotics, probiotics, and the new kid in town: postbiotics.
The interaction of pre- and probiotics, both old and new, genetically engineered with gut microbiota, promises to unfold an exciting range of clinical implications, and this section aims to be at the forefront of this frontier.
The challenge of the recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has even offered an unexpected opportunity for probiotics to show their anti-inflammatory potential, a welcome addition to the limited therapeutic weaponry.
We are thus inviting all potential authors working on gut microbiota—from basic science, as well as translational and clinical investigators and recognized authorities in this area—to continue to populate this growing Section by providing their data as well as rigorous analyses and syntheses of the currently available evidence to help to maintain a robust database of current, reliable, and valuable information.
Topics:
- Gut microbiota: more than the old, dull “microflora”
- Prebiotic and probiotics: the traditional, the newcomers, the future ones
- Pre-, pro-, and postbiotics as “influencers” of the gut microbiota
- Did prebiotics fail to achieve their potential?
- Probiotics not simply for gut health, but beyond:
- Gut–brain axis implications in neurology and psychiatry
- Chronic inflammation
- Autoimmune disorders
- Arthritis
- Obesity
- Skin disorders
- Food allergies
- Are we ready for the new concept of postbiotics?
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Prebiotics and Probiotics in Metabolism Disorder—2nd Edition (Deadline: 5 June 2025)
- Dietary Interventions for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Advances in Gut Microbial Genomics and Metabolomics in Human Health (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Effect of Dietary Components on Gut Homeostasis and Microbiota (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Diet–Microbiome Interaction in Gastrointestinal Disorders (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Gut Microbiota with Chronic Disease—2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- The Role of Microbiota in Nutrition and Diet: An Ever-Evolving Relationship (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Intestinal Microbiota and Homeostasis: New Advances in Digestive System Function and Health (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Nutrition, Gut Microbiota and Immunity (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Dietary Effects on Gastrointestinal Microbiota and Health (Deadline: 5 September 2025)
- Physical Exercise and Nutrition on the Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- The Impact of Gut Microbiota and Their Metabolites on Chronic Diseases (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Effects of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Postbiotics on Human Health (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 5 October 2025)
- Dietary Patterns and Gut Microbiota (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Interactions of Intestinal Microbiomes, Hosts and Nutritional Factors Involved in Liver Physiology (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Probiotics and Prebiotics for Oral Health Improvement (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Prebiotics and Probiotics in Liver Disease (Deadline: 5 December 2025)
- The Role of Diet and Medication in Shaping Gut Microbiota in Disease (Deadline: 5 December 2025)
- Probiotics and Prebiotics: Past, Present and Future (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
