New Insights into the Immunopathology of Infectious Diseases
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1416
Special Issue Editor
Interests: the pathogenesis of Long-COVID; HIV infection and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; sepsis; SARS-CoV-2 infection
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit innovative and scientifically valuable papers for the Special Issue "New Insights into the Immunopathology of Infectious Diseases" of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. The study of immune system activation during infectious diseases is an area of great scientific interest and is rapidly expanding. It is increasingly clear how organ damage resulting from immune system dysregulation plays a fundamental role in determining patient prognosis in certain infectious pathologies (e.g., immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, sepsis, and SARS-CoV-2 infection). Likewise, infections can trigger or perpetuate dysimmune phenomena that lead to chronic pathologies with highly variable clinical manifestations, such as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, or long COVID. While the use of complex mathematical models and computer simulations has enabled the integration of a multitude of unknown biochemical and molecular dynamics, our understanding of the immune system function is still incomplete.
The goal of this Special Issue is to shed light, from a biochemical and molecular biology perspective, on new immunological and inflammatory mechanisms triggered during acute infectious diseases or that may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory or degenerative diseases. We are particularly interested in studies proposing unexpected discoveries and innovative models of interaction between the infectious agent and the host's immune–inflammatory processes, opening the door to new pathogenetic theories. Review articles, research articles, and interesting short communications are welcome.
Dr. Marta Camici
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- infection immunology
- immune dysregulation in infectious diseases
- interactions between infective agents and immune responses
- modeling of the immune system
- new pathways of pathogenesis
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