Cross-Talk between Blood Vessels and Inflammatory Cells
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cell Signaling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 May 2022) | Viewed by 493
Special Issue Editor
Interests: inflammation; apoptosis; arthritis; chondrocytes; matrix metalloproteinases; signal transduction; pro-inflammatory; anti-inflammatory & anabolic cytokines
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Special Issue Information
Persuasive evidence supports the critical role that interplays between blood vessels and inflammatory cells have in driving the adaptive immune response in diverse disease processes exemplified by rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, and cardiovascular disorders. In many disease processes, the migration of leukocytes via activated venules serve as a signal for driving effector non-immune and immune cells to migrate to sites of infection, tissue injury, and cell stress. This scenario also supports an interaction between vascular endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells serving as a prerequisite for initiating an inflammatory response in muscle. This Special Issue of Cells focuses on the fundamental molecular and cellular underpinnings that govern the interactions between blood vessels and inflammatory cells as well as the critical role that transcription factors, interleukins and Toll-like receptors, to name only a few, play in regulating these highly complex processes.
Prof. Dr. Charles J. Malemud
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- blood vessels
- immune response
- inflammation
- interleukins
- leukocytes
- transcription factors
