摘要
分子营养学是营养科学领域的热门研究方向之一, 旨在从细胞和分子水平揭示营养素或食品活性成分作用于机体的分子机理. 本专辑旨在展现分子营养与慢性疾病领域的最新研究进展, 推动相关新理论、 新机制和新成果的交流, 重点突出食品功能因子对慢性疾病的干预作用及其分子机制. 通过了解食品活性成分改善慢性疾病的分子机理, 可为膳食建议、 功能食品开发和个性化精准营养策略的研究提供科学依据.
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Wei CHEN conceived and edited the draft of manuscript. Hongming SU performed the literature review, and conceived and completed the draft of the manuscript. Both authors have reviewed and approved the final manuscript.
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Introducing Guest Editor-in-Chief and Guest Editor
Guest Editor-in-Chief Dr. Wei CHEN, Professor of Food Science, Director of the Institute of Food Science, Zhejiang University, China. He was selected as the “Chang Jiang Scholars Program,” and won the Outstanding Youth Fund of Zhejiang Province, the Qianjiang Talents Program of Zhejiang Province, and the 151 Talents Program of Zhejiang Province. As a program leader, he has won China Industry-University-Research Institute Collaboration Award. He has published more than 110 peer-reviewed papers as the corresponding author in SCI journals with H index of 41, has obtained 21 granted national invention patents, and was nominated as World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2022.
Guest Editor Dr. Hongming SU is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Department of Food Science and Nutrition of University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA. He earned his Ph.D. in Food Science at Zhejiang University in 2020. His research is mainly focused on two fields: understanding the novel role and mechanism of adipose tissue in the regulation of energy metabolism in obesity, and dietary interventions to prevent metabolic diseases. He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed papers that have been cited over 1000 times over the past few years. He was granted the Young Investigator Award (2022) by the American Diabetes Association (ADA).