Rare Diseases with Vascular Involvement
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 10568
Special Issue Editor
Interests: genetics; TGF-β; vascular disease
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Dear Colleagues,
It is a pleasure to contact you as experts in the field of this Special Issue as potential contributors with your research.
Rare diseases (RDs) are named after their incidence: lower than 5:10,000 inhabitants. Typically, RDs are underdiagnosed, with little active research, and missing therapeutic solutions. Therefore, the therapies for these diseases are designated as “orphan drugs”. For all these reasons, research in the diagnosis, molecular basis of the disease, and search for therapies is a challenge for current translational research to face. Rare vascular diseases cover a broad range of disorders, affecting large- and medium-sized vessels, including lymphatic vessels. They may be syndromic or non-syndromic, with localized lesions or multisystemic organic involvement. In addition, certain rare tumors are endothelial in origin. This Special Issue aims to highlight the current knowledge on these vascular rare diseases, regarding diagnosis and management with the new sequencing strategies, biomarkers, and the molecular basis of the diseases. Moreover, in vitro and in vivo results looking for therapeutic targets and drugs are also a highly appreciated contribution for this Special Issue.
Dr. Luisa M. Botella
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- arteriovenous malformations
- cavernomas
- hemangioblastomas
- infantile hemangioma
- hypoxia inducible factor
- transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β)
- PIK3CA, genotype–phenotype correlation
- transcription regulation
- biomarkers