Cell Microenvironment
A section of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409).
Section Information
The “Cell Microenvironment” section of Cells aims to publish experimental findings and reviews that provide novel insights and/or conceptual advances to understand bidirectional interactions between diverse cell types and their microenvironment, which includes other cells, interstitial fluid, and the extracellular matrix (ECM) with associated signaling molecules. The focus is on the formation and remodeling of cell microenvironment under physiological and pathophysiological conditions, and its role in governing cell and tissue architecture and function through signaling pathways mediated by cell adhesion molecules, mechanosensitive channels, and receptors to ECM, growth factors, cytokines and neurotransmitters. Relevant research topics in this interdisciplinary field include, but not limited to, the ECM remodeling, mechanotransduction, stem-cell niche, tumor microenvironment, perineuronal nets and synaptic microenvironment, reconstitution and repair of cell microenvironments by injectable ECM scaffolds, gene therapy and pharmacological targeting, experimental modeling of microenvironment using micropatterning and microfluidics, and systems biology of cell microenvironment.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Organ Damage in Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Extracellular Vesicles as Nutrition Messengers in Health and Diseases (Deadline: 10 June 2023)
- Molecular Regulation in Ocular Physiology and Diseases (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Physician-Scientists: The Bridge between Medicine and Science (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Fluorescent Materials for Sensing, Bioimaging, Disease Diagnosis, and Therapeutics (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Lysosomal Dysfunction in Neurodegeneration (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Novel Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities of Ferroptosis (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Mucosal Immunity in Respiratory Diseases Ⅱ (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Sex Differentiation in the Genomic Era: Embryogenesis and Gametogenesis (Deadline: 18 July 2023)
- Determination of AP-2 Transcription Factors Role in Carcinogenesis (Deadline: 18 July 2023)
- The Crosstalk between Malignant Cells and Their Microenvironment (Deadline: 30 July 2023)
- Etiopathogenesis and Sequelae of Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Crosstalk between the Bone Marrow Microenvironment and Breast Cancer (Deadline: 10 August 2023)
- The Therapeutic Role of Extracellular Vesicles in COVID-19: Therapeutic and Preventive Mechanism (Deadline: 10 August 2023)
- Programming and Reprogramming the Tumor Microenvironment (Deadline: 25 August 2023)
- Properties and Function of Enzymes in the Metabolic Regulation of Oxidative and Reductive Processes (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Experimental Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Parkinson’s Disease (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- In Silico Models of Cell–Microenvironment Interactions in Healthy and Tumor Tissues (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Cardiovascular Disease and Vascular Engineering (Deadline: 15 September 2023)
- Latest Breakthroughs in Tumor Immune Microenvironment: From Cellular Discovery to Cutting-Edge Technology (Deadline: 22 September 2023)
- Extracellular Vesicles—Roles in Metastasis and Mediation of Cellular Cross Talk (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Immunogenic Cell Stress and Death (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Role of Microenvironment in the Control of Cell Proliferation, Death, and Autophagy (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Cell Biology in Kidney Cancer (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Cellular Homeostasis and Quality Control (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Liquid Biopsy in Complex Diseases (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Roles of Voltage-Gated Sodium (NaV) and Calcium (CaV) Channels in the Biology of the Cancer Cell (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Nuclear Pore Complex in Nanomedicine 2.0 (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Tumorigenesis and Cell Proliferation (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
