Cellular and Molecular Signaling Meet the Space Environment 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: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 223
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Interests: microgravity environments; cell biology; oxidative stress; skeletal muscle
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is the continuation of our previous Special Issues, “Cellular and Molecular Signaling Meet the Space Environment” and “Cellular and Molecular Signaling Meet the Space Environment 2.0”.
The future of spaceflight missions to the Moon and extended human presence on the Martian surface necessitates seeking answers to the mysteries of organismal adaptation during spaceflight when exposed to microgravity and radiation. In particular, the cellular and molecular adaptations to the microgravitational environments of space travel are critical areas of microgravitational research. Gravity has been a constant stressor throughout evolutionary history on Earth. Therefore, it would be expected that sudden changes in gravitational forces directly catalyze alterations and adaptations in normal biological morphology and function. An important focus of this research topic is:
- What are the underlying mechanisms by which a wide range of living organisms can adapt themselves to the space environment without the normal, essential cues for their existence and survival on our planet Earth?
- What happens to microorganisms, plants, and zoological life at the cellular level?
- What mechanisms are essential to the health, well-being, and performance of astronauts during spaceflight and the gravitational alterations?
- What type of molecular mechanisms are important: DNA damage, cell cycle regulation, mechanotransduction, cell signaling protein expression, and post-translational alterations?
- Is the genome responding in a concerted way by means of epigenetics, chromatin re-organization or via other genome stabilization mechanisms?
Dr. Khaled Kamal
Prof. Dr. John Lawler
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- space exploration
- microgravity
- space radiation
- cellular mechanism
- astronaut health
