Dear Colleagues,

All disease begins in the gut—Hippocrates. Research has shown that a healthy gut is an important driver of overall health, and that alterations in its function can result not only in gut disease but also in metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and CVD in addition to neurological disorders such as autism and depression. This Special Issue of IJMS, “Recent Advances in the Molecular Research of Gastrointestinal Disease”, is requesting primary data and systematic review research papers to be submitted for peer review. We are interested in papers focussed on identifying changes in gut function at the molecular level that contribute towards disease. We are particularly interested in papers on dietary, drug, surgical, and microbial interventions that can improve gut function and, thus, overall health.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Molecular response to dietary or pharmaceutical interventions in the gut
• Host–microbiome interactions
• Regulation of intestinal mucosal function in health and disease
• Regulation in gut neuromuscular function in health and disease

Dr. Christopher Corpe
Dr. Balazs Bajka
Guest Editors

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