Dear Colleagues,
The human intestinal microbiota is a complex microbial community that has about 1013 to 1014 microorganisms residing in the intestinal mucosa. This large microbial community forms a symbiotic relationship with the human body and plays various essential roles in food digestion and epithelial homeostasis of the host. The composition of the adult gut microbiome is highly dynamic and can respond to environmental stimuli such as changes in diet and antibiotic treatment. As such, the human gut microbiome has been associated with a wide array of diseases, including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), obesity, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. For example, dysbiosis or an imbalance of the gut microbiome has been implicated in the pathogenesis of IBD. However, the actual cause-effect relationship between dysbiosis and IBD has not been well established.
Despite the recent great interest in investigating gut microbiota in clinical studies and animal models, critical knowledge gaps still exist in understanding the structure and function of the gut microbiome and how they impact human health and disease. This Special Issue seeks reviews and original manuscripts covering the role of gut microbiome, microbiome-host interactions, and how these interactions affect health outcomes.
Prof. Ru Chen
Guest Editor
Manuscripts should be submitted via our online editorial system at https://imr.propub.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to start your submission. Manuscripts can be submitted now or up until the deadline. All papers will go through peer-review process. Accepted papers will be published in the journal (as soon as accepted) and meanwhile listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, reviews as well as short communications are preferred. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office to announce on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts will be thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. Please visit the Instruction for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) in this open access journal is 2500 USD. Submitted manuscripts should be well formatted in good English.