Extracellular Matrix in Development and Disease 4.0
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 14679
Special Issue Editor
Interests: extracellular matrix proteins; collagens; cartilage; bone; skeletal development; mouse models; chondrodysplasias; osteoarthritis; chondrogenesis; chondrocyte differentiation; skin homeostasis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous Special Issues, “Extracellular Matrix in Development and Disease” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/extracellular_matrix), "Extracellular Matrix in Development and Disease 2.0" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/extracellular_matrix2), and "Extracellular Matrix in Development and Disease 3.0" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/extracellular_matrix3).
This Special Issue, “Extracellular Matrix in Development and Disease 4.0", will deal with molecular and cellular aspects of the role of the extracellular matrix in development and disease. Cells exist in a three-dimensional scaffold called the extracellular matrix. The matrix holds together the millions of cells that make up our blood vessels, organs, skin, and all tissues of the body. The matrix also serves as a reservoir of signaling molecules. In bacterial cultures, biofilms form as an extracellular matrix and play essential roles in disease and drug resistance. Topics such as matrix structure and function, cell attachment, and cell surface proteins that mediate cell–matrix interactions as well as the synthesis, regulation, composition, structure, assembly, remodeling, and function of the matrix are included.
A common thread uniting the topics is the essential nature that the matrix plays in normal development and pathophysiology. Providing new knowledge will lead us to improved diagnostics, preventions of disease progression, and therapeutic strategies for the repair and regeneration of tissues.
Prof. Dr. Frank Zaucke
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- extracellular matrix
- collagen
- biofilm
- embryonic development
- degenerative disease
- fibrosis
- tissue engineering
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