Molecular Research on Skeletal Muscle Metabolism and Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

Skeletal muscle (SKM) allows animals to move and perform various tasks and also plays critical roles in the regulation of systemic metabolism. About 35% of human body mass is occupied by SKM, which makes SKM the largest metabolic organ. So, maintaining normal SKM metabolic function is not only important to the performance of various tasks and ambulation but also to the systemic metabolism. Consequently, defective SKM metabolism will certainly have a drastic negative impact on SKM and various organs due to its systemic effect. In this Special Issue of IJMS, we cordially invite studies focusing on increasing our understanding of SKM metabolism and the diseases caused by its dysfunction. Both review and research articles addressing the following topics, but not limited to them, are welcome:

1. Sarcopenia;
2. Mitochondria and peroxisome homeostasis and function;
3. Cachexia caused by cancer and chronic diseases;
4. Stem cell renewal and differentiation in normal and diseased SKM;
5. Myokines in systemic metabolism;
6. Roles of immune cells in SKM diseases.

Prof. Dr. Shen-Liang Chen
Guest Editor

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• muscle
• metabolism
• mitochondria
• peroxisome
• stem cell
• cahcexia