Molecular Mechanisms of Allergy and Asthma 3.0
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 206
Special Issue Editors
Interests: allergy; asthma; COPD; epigenetics; gene-environment interactions; lung cancer; microbiome
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2. Center for Infection and Genomics of the Lung (CIGL), Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
Interests: allergy; asthma; environment; epigenetics; epigenomics; inflammation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous successful Special Issues “Molecular Mechanisms of Allergy and Asthma” and “Molecular Mechanisms of Allergy and Asthma 2.0”.
Asthma and other allergic disorders are known to be determined by complex interactions between the individual genetic background and environmental influences. On the molecular level, those are mediated by genetic and epigenetic mechanisms, the latter including DNA methylation, histone modifications, and noncoding regulatory RNAs. Those control expression of immune (regulatory) molecules and this way the function of leukocytes and other types of immune cells involved in the mechanisms underlying the development of allergies. Although our knowledge of the molecular and cellular background of allergic diseases has substantially increased in the last several decades, there is still much to be discovered. Further increase in the understanding of molecular bases of allergic disorders should boost the development of personalized diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. As such, the aims of this Special Issue on “Molecular Mechanisms of Allergy and Asthma 3.0” are to: (1) perform an update (review) on the current status of our knowledge of the contribution of molecular mechanisms to the development and clinical course of asthma and other allergic disorders and (2) further increase this knowledge as well as identify (3) new diagnostic options, and assess their relevance, and (4) molecular targets for novel therapies. Submissions may include original research and different types of reviews.
Dr. Bilal Alashkar Alhamwe
Dr. Daniel P. Potaczek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- allergy
- asthma
- epigenetics/epigenomics
- genetics/genomics
- inflammation
- molecular biology
