Molecular Insights into Nutrition, Genetics, and Biochemistry: From Mechanisms to Therapeutics
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 1012
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advances in molecular biology and biochemistry are rapidly reshaping our understanding of how genetic factors and nutritional interventions influence health and disease. Genetic predispositions, nutrient–gene interactions, and biochemical pathways collectively determine metabolic balance, disease risk, and therapeutic potential. This Special Issue aims to bring together original research and comprehensive reviews at the intersection of genetics, biochemistry, and nutrition/dietetics, with an emphasis on molecular mechanisms and novel biomarkers.
We welcome submissions exploring, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics: Gene–diet interactions shaping metabolism, disease susceptibility, and therapeutic response.
- Molecular mechanisms of nutrients and bioactive compounds in modulating oxidative stress, inflammation, lipid and glucose metabolism, and signaling pathways.
- Epigenetic regulation by diet: DNA methylation, histone modification, and non-coding RNAs.
- Mitochondrial biology and redox regulation in relation to diet and nutrient status.
- Biochemical and genetic determinants of metabolic and liver diseases, obesity, and diabetes.
- Multi-omics approaches (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics) in nutrition-related research.
- Novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets identified through molecular studies.
- Precision nutrition and personalized medicine: Integration of molecular biology, genetics, and dietetics.
Prof. Dr. Anna Cieslinska
Dr. Edyta Sienkiewicz-Szłapka
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics
- molecular nutrition
- oxidative stress and redox biology
- epigenetics and diet
- lipid and glucose metabolism
- inflammatory pathways
- transcriptomics, metabolomics, proteomics
- mitochondrial dysfunction and nutrition
- biomarkers of diet-related disease
- precision nutrition and molecular therapeutics
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