Advanced Molecular Research on Muscle Diseases
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 June 2024 | Viewed by 94
Special Issue Editor
Interests: idiopathic inflammatory myopathies; sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM); protein aggregate myopathies; nuclear envelopathies; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As an important tissue of the body, muscle is not only the foundation of exciting human life movements, but also the crucial energy metabolism organ of the body, and the fundamental guarantee of a healthy physique. Various neuromuscular disorders lead to skeletal muscle dysfunction, such as genetic and acquired muscle diseases, myasthenia gravis, motor neuron disorders and sarcopenia. These disorders seriously reduce the quality of life and increase the risk of death.
In this Special Issue, we will focus on studies exploring the molecular mechanisms and the treatment strategies of neuromuscular disorders. Our interests include, but are not limited to, the above-mentioned diseases, as well as the risk factors that may lead to these muscle diseases. In summary, our original intention is to update the latest pathogenic factors, mechanisms, and treatment strategies of neuromuscular diseases to provide useful references for fighting these disorders and improving the quality of life.
The neuromuscular disorders we would like to include in this article collection include the following: idiopathic inflammatory myopathies; sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM), muscular dystrophies; myotonic dystrophies, ion channel disorders, metabolic myopathies; mitochondrial disorders; myasthenia gravis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron disorders; sarcopenia. Discussions about treatment strategies for the above-mentioned diseases are also welcome in this Special Issue.
Dr. Gaetano Vattemi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- acquired muscle diseases
- inherited muscle diseases
- neuromuscular junction diseases
- motor neuron diseases
- sarcopenia
- molecular mechanisms
- therapies
