Diet, the Exposome, and Immunity: Microbiota and Beyond
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2025 | Viewed by 24
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nutrients; exposome; immunity; microbiota; cytokine; environmental health; public health
Interests: nutrition; nutrition assessment; human nutrition; child nutrition; nutritional epidemiology; nutrient analysis; food fortification; applied nutrition; malnutrition
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The interplay between diet, environmental exposures, and immunity is increasingly recognized as a critical factor influencing health and disease. The gastrointestinal microbiota mediates many of these effects, serving as a dynamic interface between host and environment. Emerging evidence highlights that not only nutritional factors but also broader exposomic influences—such as pollutants, lifestyle, and stress—modulate immune function through microbial and metabolic pathways.
This Special Issue invites original research and reviews exploring the complex relationships among diet, the exposome, and immune responses, with particular attention to the role of gut microbiota and related mechanisms. We welcome studies addressing the dietary components, essential nutrients, microbiota-derived metabolites, and environmental determinants that influence immune function.
We are particularly interested in work that examines these interactions across the lifespan, including early-life exposures, developmental windows of vulnerability, and aging-related immune changes. Submissions may span mechanistic, clinical, epidemiological, or translational approaches that contribute to advancing our understanding of the microbiota–nutrition–immunity axis in diverse contexts.
Dr. Akihito Harusato
Dr. Tingchao He
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microbiota
- host–microbe interactions
- immunity
- diet
- exposome
- nutritional immunology
- environmental exposures
- lifecourse health
- nutrients
- nutrition education
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