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:
- Role of Probiotics and Prebiotics in Gut Symbiosis (Deadline: 29 December 2023)
- Diet and Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Neurodegenerative Diseases (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Human Microbiota and Nutrition and Health: Proceedings from the 5th International Scientific Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Probiotics in Immunity and Inflammation (Deadline: 5 January 2024)
- Prebiotics and Probiotics in Metabolism Disorder (Deadline: 19 January 2024)
- The Relationship between Probiotics/Prebiotics and Human Health (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Effects of Probiotics on Inflammation and Health Outcomes (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Effects of Prebiotics, Probiotics on Dysbiosis of Gut Microbiota and Gut Health (Deadline: 5 February 2024)
- Probiotics and Homeostasis: How Probiotics Interact with Digestive Systems to Participate in Human Health (Deadline: 15 February 2024)
- The Influence and Prebiotics and Probiotics on the Microbiome (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Microbiota and Microecological Health in Humans (Deadline: 15 March 2024)
- Prebiotics, Probiotics and Nutrition Effects on the Human Metabolome (Deadline: 25 March 2024)
- Advanced Microbial Biotechnologies for Food Nutrition and Human Well-Being (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- The Impact of Probiotics/Prebiotics and Functional Foods in Human Health (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- Dietary Habit, Gut Microbiome and Human Health (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- New Paradigms in the Diet and Microbiome Relationship (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Gut Microbiota with Chronic Disease (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Probiotics, Prebiotics and Gut Health (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- The Role of Probiotics on Gut Health (Deadline: 5 June 2024)
- The Relationship between Nutrition, Microbiota and the Gut–Brain Axis (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Diet and Nutritional Intervention for the Infant Gut Microbiome-2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Probiotics and Their Metabolites in Human Health (Deadline: 25 October 2024)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: