Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Induced by Chemical and/or Physical Agents: Focus on Cytological Markers
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 226
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the realm of cellular biology, organisms have evolved diverse response mechanisms to counter the effects of harmful chemical and physical agents. These insults can disrupt various levels of the organism's organization, ranging from the molecular level up to the entire organism.
Principally, these insults can impact cells at different levels. Specifically, cells respond by activating several pathways, such as DNA repair, insult resistance, and xenobiotic detoxification, and put these strategies into place with different actors, enzymes, genes, membrane transporters, mechanisms, and actions. Interestingly, cytoprotection, survival, and cell death mechanisms represent the most frequent mechanisms activated by cells in response to chemical and/or physical agents. In this Special Issue, we welcome the submission of original research papers, full reviews, and short communications that cover the following topics related to cellular and molecular mechanisms induced by chemical and/or physical agents, with a particular focus on markers of damage, survival, or cell death.
- Cytotoxicity markers (at the nuclear, cytoplasmic, and/or cell membrane levels);
- Cellular action mechanisms;
- Cytotoxic effects induced by exogenous changes.
Dr. Roberto Chiarelli
Dr. Flores Naselli
Dr. Fabio Caradonna
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chemicals toxicity
- model systems
- embryo-cyto-toxicity
- morpho-functional toxicity
- cellular and tissue toxicology
- reproductive toxicity
- reproduction toxicology
- molecular mechanisms
- cell survival
- cell stress
- cell death
- autophagy
- apoptosis
- DNA damage
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