Microvasculature and Skeletal Muscle Crosstalk in Health and Disease
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 7473
Special Issue Editors
Interests: skeletal muscle; angiogenesis; capillaries; basement membrane; nitric oxide synthase
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Skeletal muscle is a striking example of an organ that relies on the mutual communication of different tissue systems. Adequate perfusion in the terminal blood vessels ensures sufficient exchange of respiratory gases and substrates with the surrounding skeletal muscle fibers. Concurrently, skeletal muscle fibers send metabolic feedback signals to the microvasculature, inducing structural and functional adaptations at different levels of organization.
In the IJMS Special issue, we will present an update on the various processes involved in this vascular/skeletal interplay. The focus of the original papers and reviews should be on the molecular interaction to realize the tissue crosstalk and adaptive remodelling that results. To increase coherence of the collection we invite articles on the following topics, but are open to additional approaches: 1. Impact of blood flow regulation on microvascular response, 2. arteriogenesis, 3. angiogenesis, 4. diffusion limits, 5. metabolism, 6. myokines and 7. pathologic dysregulation of the microvascular/muscle fiber interaction (e.g. muscle dystrophy, diabetes mellitus). Manuscripts from early career investigator are especially welcome.
Dr. Oliver Baum
Prof. Dr. Stuart Egginton
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- skeletal muscle
- microcirculation
- blood flow
- diffusion limits
- metabolic feedback
- myokines
- pathologic dysregulation