Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms and the Pathophysiology of Skeletal Muscle Diseases
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: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 139
Special Issue Editor
Interests: idiopathic inflammatory myopathies; sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM); protein aggregates myopathies; nuclear envelopathies; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Dear Colleagues,
Skeletal muscle is one of the most extended organs in the human body and is characterized by an elaborate architecture of multinucleated contractile myofibers within a complex microenvironment that includes endothelial and immune cells, motor neurons, perivascular and connective tissue, and muscle stem cells.
Several disorders affect the structure and/or function of skeletal muscle and can be classified into two broad categories: genetically determined and acquired myopathies. Many of these diseases are still awaiting effective treatments because their pathological mechanisms are not well understood. Recent advances in biological knowledge and technologies, such as stem cell protocols and high-throughput platforms, are making the study of molecular and cellular dynamics in skeletal muscle possible at unprecedented depths.
This Special Issue will update the latest findings on the biomolecular and cellular processes underlying primary muscle diseases, with the aim of improving understanding of their pathophysiological mechanisms and finding potential drug targets. Original research articles, reviews, and short communications related to this topic are all welcome.
Dr. Gaetano Vattemi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- acquired muscle diseases
- inherited muscle diseases
- pathogenesis
- molecular and cellular mechanisms
- in vitro and in vivo models
- treatment strategies
