Molecular Research on Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle in Development, Regeneration, Degeneration, and Aging
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 219
Special Issue Editor
Interests: exercise; cardiac muscle; skeletal muscle; mitochondria; cell signaling
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Dear Colleagues,
The muscular system consists of more than 600 muscles in the human body. The cardiac muscle is accountable for the contractility of the heart through involuntary control, whereas skeletal muscle is responsible for voluntary movements. Numerous molecular events regulate cardiac and skeletal muscle development, regeneration, degeneration, and aging. Muscle tissue develops from the mesoderm layer of the embryo. Muscle tissue also regenerates through muscle stem cells in response to exercise, injury, and disease. Various pathological conditions, including myopathy, muscle atrophy, and genetic disorders, lead to cardiac and skeletal muscle degeneration. Sarcopenia, which is age-related muscle loss, causes progressive muscle strength and contractility. The goal of this Special Issue is to investigate the mechanisms that regulate cardiac and skeletal muscle in development, regeneration, degeneration, and aging in vivo and/or in vitro. We invite investigators to contribute either original research articles or review articles related to this Special Issue, with topics including (but not limited to):
- Myogenic differentiation;
- Regenerative myogenesis;
- Cardiomyopathies;
- Muscular dystrophies;
- Mitochondrial myopathies;
- Proteolytic systems;
- Myonuclear apoptosis;
- Exercise-induced adaptations;
- Muscle atrophy;
- Cancer cachexia
Dr. Kisuk Min
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Stem cells
- Myocytes
- Muscle cell fusion
- Sarcopenia
- Myonuclei
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