Nutritional Modulators of Gut Neuroendocrine Factors
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Prebiotics and Probiotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2025 | Viewed by 106
Special Issue Editors
2. Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
3. Clinical Academic Center of Coimbra (CACC), 3000-061 Coimbra, Portugal
4. Coimbra Health School (ESTeSC), Polytechnic University of Coimbra, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: insulin resistance; gut hormones; obesity; diet; adipose tissue
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Interests: metabolic diseases; neuronal control of metabolism; autonomic nervous system; carotid body; purines
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Interests: diabetes; IAPP/amylin; metabolism; dietary polyphenols; polyphenol metabolites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The gut produces and releases a myriad of humoral factors and neurotransmitters including gut hormones. The gut also releases other factors that activate local afferent nerve terminals and enter the circulation, such as serotonin, dopamine, and NPY. Altogether, gut hormones and other neuroendocrine factors regulate several aspects of physiology, including lipid and glucose metabolism, insulin secretion and sensitivity, brain energy balance, cardiovascular function, autonomic nervous system activity, and endocrine axes like the thyroid or the reproductive system. However, although the diet is known to have a pivotal role in inducing their release, the dietary factors responsible for stimulating specific gut hormones and neuroendocrine factors are still unknown. This Special Issue is dedicated to highlighting research aiming to disclose new dietary factors involved in such modulation, and the implications for other physiological systems, particularly for regulating metabolic balance.
Dr. Paulo Matafome
Dr. Silvia V. Conde
Dr. Regina Menezes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dietary factors
- gut neuroendocrine factors
- gut hormones
- metabolic diseases
- insulin resistance
