New Insights into Liver Biology and Disease Pathogenesis: Shedding Light on Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 July 2024 | Viewed by 313
Special Issue Editor
Interests: liver fibrosis; host-pathogen interactions; metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD); schistosomiasis; viral hepatitis; biomarkers; drug targets; hedgehog signaling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite advances in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, diseases of the liver and biliary tract are still a significant cause of death worldwide. The recent 2023 Global Burden of Liver Diseases estimates that 4% of all deaths are attributed to liver diseases. Understanding basic liver molecular biology and disease pathogenesis can help us to identify novel biomarkers, improve diagnosis, and develop novel therapies and prevention strategies. In the past few years, single-cell transcriptomics, advanced culture systems, and CRISPR technology have enabled our community to start deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying liver regeneration, repair, and carcinogenesis that could lead to clinical interventions to improve the quality of life of patients with liver diseases and reduce mortality.
This Special Issue aims to gather a collection of state-of-the-art and up-to-date articles covering recent advances in liver molecular biology and disease pathogenesis, including topics related to liver regeneration, repair, and carcinogenesis, the brain–gut–liver axis, novel therapeutic targets and interventions, diagnostic tools and morbidity biomarkers, host–pathogen interactions, and novel in vitro and in vivo models of liver diseases. Submission of basic and translational original research articles and reviews are welcome. Studies on liver diseases induced by infectious agents and on steatotic liver diseases are also encouraged.
Dr. Thiago Almeida Pereira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- liver molecular biology
- novel biomarkers
- liver regeneration
- liver repair
- liver carcinogenesis
- brain–gut–liver axis
- novel therapeutic targets
- molecular diagnostic tools
- host–pathogen interactions
- novel in vitro and in vivo models of liver diseases
