Novel Therapeutic Approach to Inflammation and Pain
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Targeting and Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 3074
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polyphenols; natural products; NaDES; inflammation; oxidative stress
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2. Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: inflammation; pain; natural compounds; osteoarthritis; cellular pathways
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Inflammation and pain are two closely related issues that are often intricately linked in certain pathologies and are therefore frequently studied together in scientific research. It has been determined that they are interconnected by a complex signaling network based on a variety of molecules, receptors, and cellular pathways, which play fundamental roles in the onset and development of pathological conditions such as, for example, cancer, osteoarthritis, metabolic disorders, and autoimmune disease. However, although many advances have been made in this research field, the whole mechanisms responsible for inflammatory and painful signaling have not been fully clarified. Moreover, from a therapeutical perspective, currently available analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs are often characterized by various side effects that limit their clinical administration. In this context, understanding these mechanisms and identifying new therapeutic targets would pave the way for new discoveries in the pharmaceutical field to provide innovative alternatives to inflammation and pain treatment. At the same time, it is important to discover and develop new molecules with increasingly minimal side effects.
In this Special Issue of Pharmaceutics, we invite authors to submit original research articles or reviews in the fields of pain and inflammation. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:
- Study of alternative targets or novel therapeutic strategies;
- New pharmaceutical formulations;
- Drug delivery systems as well as drug repositioning approaches.
Hoping for your active participation, we look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Roberto Mattioli
Dr. Alessia Mariano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- inflammation
- pain
- chronical disease
- drug repositioning
- intracellular pathways
- drug delivery systems
- novel therapeutic strategies
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