Microbiota and Systemic Health: Mechanistic Links and Nutritional Interventions

Dear Colleagues,

The growing scientific evidence of the past decades underscores the bidirectional relationship between human microbiota and systemic health. While it is broadly recognised that interventions targeting the microbiota may promote health by improving immunity, metabolic and even mental health, meta-analyses and systematic reviews suggest these effects to be modest. Such results may be driven by the broadly recognised individuality of every human organism and its microbiota, with no solution fitting everyone. So far, insufficient data have been generated to allow the use of information on the microbiota composition, metabolic activity, and interactions with nutrients and supplements in the development of personalised microbiota-based, nutritional interventions. This field is a thriving area for future exploration.

The current Special Issue aims to contribute novel insights into the links between the microbiota and systemic health. Original research and review papers providing mechanistic insights and establishing causal relationships between microbial metabolites, microbiota quality, and human health, including microbiota-driven effects on the efficacy of nutritional interventions, are welcome.

Dr. Agnieszka Rudzka
Prof. Dr. Danuta Kołożyn-Krajewska
Prof. Dr. Renata Barczyńska-Felusiak
Guest Editors

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