Cell Death in Cancer and Inflammation: From Pathogenesis to Treatment
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 April 2021) | Viewed by 49518
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cell death; apoptosis; apoptotic bodies; extracellular vesicles; cell clearance; efferocytosis
Interests: apoptosis; infectious disease; cancer; cell clearance; apoptotic bodies
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Interests: apoptosis; secondary necrosis; extracellular vesicles; inflammation; cell clearance; reproductive biology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cell death plays a crucial role in maintaining homeostasis through the elimination of excessive, infected, malignant and damaged cells. Over the past decade, the field of cell death has been evolving at a rapid pace with the identification of novel mechanisms underpinning the complex molecular control of cell death. In addition to the classically studied mechanisms of intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis, new forms of Programmed Cell Death (PCD) are being uncovered. PCD is defined by a controlled signal pathway which results in cellular demise through apoptosis, necroptosis or pyroptosis. Notably, cell death is not always executed in an organised fashion, as seen in primary necrotic and secondary necrotic cell death. Furthermore, the mechanism of cell death can be cell-type specific as seen in NETosis (a specialized form of PCD occurring in neutrophils), driven through specific organelles (lysosomal cell death) and cellular processes (autophagic cell death). Moreover, the cell death field continues to expand with research characterizing novel cell death pathways such as ferroptosis, linker cell death, and parthanatos.
It is important to decipher the complex and overlapping molecular control of dying cells, as defects in the cell death pathway has been linked to a variety of diseases such as cancer and inflammation. Importantly, understanding the molecular mechanisms of cell death and its impairment in many cancer types has led to the development of novel anti-cancer therapeutics. Moreover, many inflammatory disorders, including autoimmunity, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease and transplant rejections, can be a result of enhanced inflammatory cell death. Thus, it is imperative to dissect the relationship between cell death and disease in order to develop much needed therapeutics.
For this Special Issue of Biomolecules, “Cell Death in Cancer and Inflammation: From Pathogenesis to Treatment”, we encourage the submission of review and primary research articles that showcase both the role of cell death and therapeutic approaches targeting cell death pathways in cancer and inflammation.
Dr. Ivan Poon
Guest Editor
Dr. Georgia Atkin-Smith
Dr. Rochelle Tixeira
Dr. Amy A. Baxter
Co-Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cell death
- apoptosis
- necroptosis
- pyroptosis
- cancer
- inflammation
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