Immune Alteration and Immune Response in Human Diseases
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Physiology and Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 1560
Special Issue Editors
Interests: next generation sequencing, cancer, genomics; genetics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue highlights recent work related to immune alterations and response in human diseases related to different infections, microbiome profiles and immunity. We would like to compare specific biological and biochemical processes to the immunity of different patients with different diseases.
We are seeking contributions (research and review articles) that cover a broad range of topics associated with immune alteration, disorders of the immune system, immunity and aging, including (but not limited to) the following:
- Methods for studying immune response in human diseases;
- Alteration of the immune system in human diseases;
- Immune system and aging;
- Microbiome and immunity;
- Immunity and children;
- Immune and tumor microenvironment alteration in cancer.
Dr. Laura Ancuta Pop
Dr. Cristina Ciocan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- immune alterations
- microbiome
- immune response
- immunity
- aging
- cancer
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