Advances in the Study of Neuroinflammation

Dear Colleagues,

For some time, it has been known that neuroinflammation is a complex multicellular process that plays a central role in a variety of neurological diseases, including acute inflammation, such as bacterial meningitis, as well as chronic inflammation in the form of neurodegenerative diseases or psychiatric and immune-mediated disorders. Numerous findings indicate that neuroinflammation can promote the progression of these disorders. In particular, the function of glial cells (astrocytes and microglial cells) and their activation, as well as the connection with immigrated immune cells in disease, are of great interest. The blood–brain barrier and the lymphatic pathways, as important sites of communication between the periphery and the CNS, have also become the focus of scientific investigations. As a result, there has been an explosion of interest in neuroinflammation and the tools available to study these processes in the brain.

This Special Issue seeks papers covering a wide range of topics related to studies of acute or chronic neuroinflammation, which show the developments of new models or therapeutic approaches and new objects, as well as the roles of interesting factors and glial cells in various disorders.

The article, which can focus on a topic of your choice, can be written in the form of a comprehensive review, an original article, or another type of article.

Prof. Dr. Lars Ove Brandenburg
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Cells is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• neuroinflammation
• neurodegenerative disease
• bacterial meningitis
• glia cell
• microglial cell
• macrophage
• astrocyte
• blood–brain barrier
• meninges
• meningeal immunity
• meningeal lymphatic vessels

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