The Molecular and Cellular Basis for Allergies & Asthma 2020

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue of Cells on the “Molecular and Cellular Basis for Allergies and Asthma".

This Special Issue is the second version of the topic, the first of which was highly successful with the publication of 11 seminal original research and review articles from international experts in the field. Cells has a rapid publication process, taking no more than a month from the initial submission to final publication. Thus, I highly recommend you take advantage of this 2nd version of this Special Issue on the “Molecular and Cellular Basis for Allergies and Asthma".

Allergies and asthma are chronic health conditions that range in frequency and severity from mild to life-threatening symptoms, which vary from person to person. In particular, the importance of allergic asthma gained a great deal of international press and attention following Melbourne’s recent deadly thunderstorm asthma epidemic of 21 November 2016, which resulted in 10 deaths and thousands of sufferers seeking emergency medical attention. Although one can suffer from allergies without ever having a previous episode of an asthma attack, it is now known and well accepted that people with certain allergies (grass pollen and fungal spore allergies for example) can be particularly vulnerable to thunderstorm asthma epidemics, thus the importance of research on the molecular and cellular basis for allergies and asthma.

The second version of this Special Issue is intended to present the latest findings related to the molecular and cellular basis for allergies and asthma, as well as the molecular and cellular links between the two conditions. Original research and review articles on all topics related to the molecular and cellular basis for allergies and asthma are invited. I have the pleasure of inviting research scientists and clinicians from all relevant fields to submit their papers to this important and timely Special Issue. Please accept my sincere thanks for choosing to publish in Cells. I look forward to your submissions for this highly interesting, relevant, and important Special Issue.

Dr. Cenk Suphioglu
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Cells is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.