Dietary Interventions, Gut Microbiota, and Glucose Homeostasis: Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Prebiotics, Probiotics and Postbiotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2026 | Viewed by 184
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nutrition; immunology; type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes, microbiota; metabolites; metabolism; nanoparticles; novel chemicals; associated immune-mediated diseases; glucose homeostasis
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Dear Colleagues,
Although the pathogenesis of type 1 (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) differs substantially, environmental factors play an important role in the development of both diseases, as demonstrated by epidemiological as well as experimental evidence. However, the underlying mechanisms and, more importantly, the complex interplay between environmental factors and downstream processes in both T1D and T2D remain insufficiently understood. These include, in particular, nutrition, gut microbiota, bacterial metabolites, host metabolism and metabolic stress, chronic inflammation, and, more recently, exposures to novel chemicals and nanoparticles. This knowledge gap is partly due to the complexity of these interactions and the difficulty in discriminating between a cause and a consequence.
On the other hand, the availability of spontaneous animal models in T1D and recent advances in T2D research, especially in the fields of nutrition, gut microbiota, bacterial metabolites, and chemical exposures, promote rapid progression in this area of research. After decades of challenging research, these developments offer new opportunities for further improvements and mechanistic insights into pathogenesis as well as novel ways of managing glucose homeostasis.
For this Special Issue of Nutrients, we welcome submissions of all article types accepted by the journal, including original research articles, systematic reviews, mini-reviews, and perspectives/opinion articles, focusing on recent advances in the role of nutrition-related environmental factors in type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Dr. David Funda
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nutrition
- immunology
- type 1 diabetes
- type 2 diabetes, microbiota
- metabolites
- metabolism
- nanoparticles
- novel chemicals
- associated immune-mediated diseases
- glucose homeostasis
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