Integrative Nutrition and Metabolic Processes Study Section [INMP]

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The Integrative Nutrition and Metabolic Processes Study Section [INMP] reviews applications concerned with the integration of molecular events, gene responses, metabolic processes, and physiological functions. These areas include macronutrients (carbohydrate, protein and lipid or fat), micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and other food components. Emphasis is on clinically relevant research using cell culture systems, genetically manipulated animals, human studies to understand complications of these processes and their influence on disease. Specific areas covered by INMP:

  • Macronutrients: carbohydrate, proteins, amino acids, lipids, and their metabolites, mechanisms of their synthesis, degradation, metabolism, utilization, and inter-organ flux and turnover; the role of cholesterol, lipoproteins, and fatty acids in physiological and pathophysiological processes; molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying inherited disorders of metabolism.
  • Micronutrients: vitamins (water-soluble and fat-soluble) requirement, utilization, metabolism, and function including genotype-phenotype relationships of vitamins metabolism and brain dysfunction and cognition; mineral elements metabolism including absorption, transport, metabolism, and function of macro- and trace-minerals; mineralsl/elements in neurochemistry and cognition, the acute phase response, immune function, and cellular development.
  • Other food components: the role of carotenoids, flavonoids, polyphenols and phytonutrients on metabolic processes, cellular function, and gene expression.
  • Oxidative stress and antioxidants: effects of nutrients, other food components, and metabolic substrates on the generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, disease processes, antioxidant defense.
  • Differentiation, pre-cancer, and immune response: effects of nutrients and other food components on normal and abnormal cell differentiation, proliferation, and immune functions or responses in animal models or human clinical trials.

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

Integrative Physiology of Obesity and Diabetes [IPOD]
Clinical and Integrative Gastrointestinal Pathology [CIGP]
Atherosclerosis and Inflammation of the Cardiovascular System [AICS]
SKeletal Biology Development and Disease [SBDD]
Pregnancy and Neonatology [PN]
Kidney, Nutrition, Obesity and Diabetes [KNOD]
Chemo/Dietary Prevention [CDP]



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