Signal Transduction and Metabolism in Vascular Biology
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: 29 June 2024 | Viewed by 264
Special Issue Editor
Interests: platelets function; nitric oxide; haemostasis; thrombosis; anti-platelet drugs; platelet dysfunction in metabolic diseases
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The main goal of this Special Issue is to elucidate new molecular aspects and changes in signaling processes and metabolism mainly involved in vascular biology and function. Nowadays, the explosion of information coming from cell and molecular biology is revealing the astonishing means by which our cells react when challenged by internal and external stimuli. Indeed, to understand diseases at the cellular level, to act, prevent, treat, slow down and lastly cure a disorder, is one of the greatest expectations of biochemical research. Regardless of the different specific mechanisms involved in vascular diseases, maintenance of vascular properties is essential for the recovery/maintenance of effector organ function in each situation. The concept of a continuum of vascular properties from homeostasis to vascular occlusion due to thrombosis in an abnormal vessel emphasizes the importance of understanding mechanisms underlying specific functions useful for shedding light on the pathological transition in vascular function. In view of the multiple receptors, cofactors and biomolecules involved in vascular pathologies, it is important to understand where each one is positioned in the host response cascades in which it participates. Thus, the fundamental idea of this Issue is to put together an up-to-date collection of new knowledge of fundamental research leading to the understanding of numerous basic mechanisms underlying the alteration of the normal function of vascular cells and tissues.
Dr. Isabella Russo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- endothelial cells
- vascular smooth muscle cells
- platelets
- erythrocytes
- leucocytes
- oxidative stress
- thrombosis
- atherosclerosis
