Aging Microenvironment Promotes Disease Development
A special issue of Geriatrics (ISSN 2308-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 228
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aging; arginase; cardiovascular disease; fibrosis; hypoxia; inflammation; macrophage; mitochondrial oxidative stress; senescence
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aging population is growing steadily in our society. Aging is highly associated with chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, renal disease, metabolic disease, neurodegenerative disease, cancer, etc. Organ failure in aging is accompanied by tissue degeneration and remodeling, which is attributable to an aging microenvironment in tissues/organs, including elevated chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, cellular senescence, increased vulnerability to cell death, fibrosis, etc. These mechanisms are often shared by chronic diseases in younger age and accelerated by the aging process. Therefore, understanding the origin and molecular mechanisms of the aging microenvironment formation has a great impact on the identification of new and specific therapeutic targets for chronic diseases and also on delaying organ failure associated with aging, which ultimately leads to the extension of a healthy lifespan.
In this Special Issue, entitled “Aging Microenvironment Promotes Disease Development”, we will collect advances in research on understanding the molecular and cellular link of organismal aging and organ failure. Possible novel targets of delaying organismal aging and organ failure will be discussed. We would like to invite scientists to submit manuscripts focusing on the modification of the aging microenvironment in tissues/organs to improve healthy lifespan and age-associated organ failure, including cardiovascular aging, renal aging, brain aging, and cancer development in aging. Contributions to this Special Issue will be invited in the format of reviews, research articles, communications, and concept papers.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Biomolecules.
Prof. Dr. Zhihong Yang
Prof. Dr. Hongyu Qiu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- cell-cell interaction
- cytokines
- fibrosis
- inflammation
- macrophages
- mitochondrial dysfunction
- senescence
