Epigenetics in Precision Medicine: From Mechanism to Therapy
A special issue of Journal of Personalized Medicine (ISSN 2075-4426). This special issue belongs to the section "Epigenetic Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 37
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Genetics; Epigenetics; Pharmacogenomics; Multifactorial Diseases; Autoimmune Diseases; microRNAs.
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in this new Special Issue, entitled “Epigenetics in Precision Medicine: From Mechanism to Therapy”, of the Journal of Personalized Medicine, which highlights the latest discoveries regarding epigenetics applied to the field of personalized medicine. Precision medicine aims to tailor medical treatments to the individual characteristics of each patient, including genetic, environmental, and lifestyle information. The integration of epigenetics in precision medicine offers a huge potential to improve the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of various diseases. Epigenetic factors can, in fact, represent specific biomarkers for different diseases, counting on the identification of individuals at risk before the onset of symptoms or to make a precise and timely diagnosis. They can also provide prognostic information, helping to predict the course of the disease and the response to treatment. Recent studies have also suggested how therapies can be adapted to the patient’s epigenetic profile. Epigenetic drugs, such as histone deacetylase inhibitors and DNA methyltransferase inhibitors, have also been developed, which can modify the aberrant gene expression associated with the disease. The integration of epigenetic information with genomic and clinical data allows a more complete understanding of the underlying mechanisms of the disease and a greater ability to personalize treatments, thus improving patient outcomes. With this Special Issue, we invite specialists from all faculties to contribute to this exciting field of research.
Dr. Andrea Latini
Dr. Valerio Caputo
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- epigenetics
- precision medicine
- methylation
- histone modifications
- non-coding RNA
