Special Issues

• Protein Kinases and Phosphatases in Cancer

  Guest Editors: Georgios Giamas, Zahid Pranjol
  Keywords: Oncogenic phosphatase, Oncogenic kinases, Tumour microenvironment, Cancer progression, Cell signaling in cancer development, Small-molecule inhibitors
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 15 August 2022

• Tumor-Induced Immune Suppression: Mechanisms, Consequences and Cancer Immunotherapy

  Guest Editor: Theresa L. Whiteside
  Keywords: Tumor microenvironment, Immune suppression, Tumor resistance to therapy, Tumor immune escape, TME reprogramming, Immunotherapy, Tumor infiltrating cells, Tumor-derived exosomes, Biomarkers, Liquid biopsy, Cytokines, Checkpoint inhibitors, Cancer progression, Metastasis
  Submission deadline: 15 August 2022

• New Insights into Breast Cancer

  Guest Editors: Nicholas Pavlidis, Stergios Boussios
  Keywords: Breast cancer, Personalized medicine, Biomarkers, Cancer stem cells, Circulating tumor cells, Cell signaling, Molecular diagnostics, Molecular profiling, Targeted therapy, Treatment resistance
  (3 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 15 August 2022

• Recent Advances in Natural Medicines for Treatment of Neurodegenerative diseases

  Guest Editors: Wei Peng, Chuantao Zhang
  Keywords: Neurodegenerative Diseases, Natural Medicines, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Recent Advances
  Submission deadline: 31 August 2022

• Natural Products Inspired Disease Treatment by Regulating Oxidative Stress

  Guest Editors: Jiang Pi, Anguo Wu, Deyu Kong
  Keywords: Natural Products, Oxidative Stress, Disease Treatment
  Submission deadline: 31 August 2022

• Selfish or Selfless: Focus on the Molecular, Biochemical, and Ecological Aspects of Vector-Borne Viruses

  Guest Editors: Saumik Basu, Shirin Parizad, Sayanta Bera
  Submission deadline: 31 August 2022

• Progress in Nanoliposomes

  Guest Editor: Marcel R. Mozafari
  Submission deadline: 31 August 2022

• New Age of Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury: Neuromodulation & Neuroregeneration

  Guest Editors: Igor Lavrov, Rustem Islamov
  Keywords: Spinal cord injury, Regeneration, Neuromodulation, Electrical stimulation, Cell therapy, Gene therapy, Central pattern generator, Neuroplasticity
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 August 2022

• New Frontiers in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Immunomodulation and Regenerative Medicine

  Guest Editors: Nicoletta Eliopoulos, Shant Der Sarkissian, Moutih Rafei
  Keywords: Mesenchymal Stromal Cells, Efferocytosis, Immune-suppression, Regenerative Therapy, Autoimmunity
  Submission deadline: 31 August 2022

• Application of Antimicrobial Peptides in Drugs or Medical Devices for Treatment of Pathogen Infections and Cancer

  Guest Editor: Jyh-Yih Chen
  Submission deadline: 31 August 2022

• Advances in Sphingolipids

  Guest Editor: Paola Giussani
  Submission deadline: 31 August 2022

• Advances in Gastrointestinal Cancer Research

  Guest Editors: Mario Scartozzi, Eleonora Lai, Andrea Pretta, Dario Spanu
  Keywords: Gastrointestinal tumours, Precision medicine, Immunotherapy, Targeted therapy, Agnostic drugs
  Submission deadline: 15 September 2022

• CAR-T Cell Therapy - Novel Approaches and Challenges

  Guest Editor: Vita Golubovskaya
  Keywords: CAR-T cells, cell therapy, cancer, tumor, checkpoint
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 15 September 2022

• Towards Personalized Treatment in Colorectal Cancer

  Guest Editor: Alessandro Passardi
  Keywords: Predictive biomarkers of response and toxicity in the adjuvant and metastatic settings, Genetic and epigenetic markers, Immunotherapy, Prognostic biomarkers, Angiogenesis and EGFR pathways, Tumor biopsies, Circulating tumor cells, Tumor heterogeneity, Early diagnosis, Screening, Liquid biopsy, Molecular pathology, Tumor biology
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• Applications of Modern Techniques in Medicine for the Aging Population

  Guest Editors: Woon-Man Kung, Jiehui Jiang, Suleman Atique, Ming-yu (Anthony) Chuang, Ajit Kumar, Chih-Yu Hsu
  Keywords: Modern Techniques, Health Informatics, Big Data, Medical Image, Medical Signal, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Basic, Clinical, Aging
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• Secondary Coenzyme Q10 Deficiencies

  Guest Editor: Iain P. Hargreaves
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• Recent Developments and Emerging Trends in Macroautophagy

  Guest Editor: Jae Man Lee
  Keywords: macroautophagy, selective autophagy, disease, signaling pathway, therapeutics
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• Discovery of Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

  Guest Editor: Martin Berghoff
  Keywords: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), discovery, development, tumours, inflammatory diseases
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• Advances in Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Research

  Guest Editor: Sazan Rasul
  Keywords: Neuroendocrine tumors, Neuroendocrine carcinoma, PET imaging, Theranostics, immunohistochemistry, Somatostatin receptors
  Submission deadline: 01 October 2022

• Cancer Related Lymphedema - Pathology and Therapeutic Approaches

  Guest Editor: Raghu P. Kataru
  Keywords: Cancer related lymphedema, Pathophysiology of lymphedema, Lymphatic dysfunction in lymphedema, Lymphatic pumping, Inflammation and lymphedema, Chronic obesity and lymphedema, Lymphatic muscle cells in lymphedema, Lymph node transplantation as lymphedema treatment, Weight loss and aerobic exercise in lymphedema, Lymphovenous bypass as lymphedema treatment, T cell subsets in lymphedema, Lymphedema and innate immunity, Lymphedema biomarkers
  Submission deadline: 15 October 2022

• Advances in Endocrinology

  Guest Editors: Małgorzata Kotula-Balak, Edra London
  Keywords: endocrine glands, endocrine diseases, histopathological evaluation, hormones, cell signaling, metabolic processes, hormone receptors, endocrine system interactions
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2022

• Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders

  Guest Editor: Maria Pina Concas
  Keywords: psychiatric disorders, complex traits, genetics
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2022

• Toxicants and Contaminants in Food

  Guest Editor: Soo-Jin Choi
  Keywords: Toxicants, Toxins, Contaminants, Foods, Agricultural products
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2022

• Advances in Upper Gastrointestinal Malignancies Research

  Guest Editor: Ulrich Ronellenfitsch
  Keywords: upper gastrointestinal cancer, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, multimodal treatment, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2022

• Modulation of Oxidative Stress: Molecular and Pharmacological Aspects

  Guest Editors: Luciano Saso, Grzegorz Wegrzyn, Hande Gurer-Orhan
  Keywords: modulators of oxidative stress, molecular mechanism, pharmacology, antioxidants, cancer, Nrf2/Keap1 pathway
  Submission deadline: 15 November 2022

• Cellular, Genetic and Molecular Aspects of Senescence: New Perspectives After the Pandemic

  Guest Editors: Giorgio Fanò-Illic, Ester Sara Di Filippo
  Keywords: geroscience, healthspan, cellular mechanisms of ageing, genetic determinants, molecular targets of ageing, inflammageing, epigenetic factors, oxidative stress, COVID-19, frail elderly
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Drug Discovery at Enzyme Level

  Guest Editor: Francesco Balestri
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) Signaling

  Guest Editors: Fen Wang, Yuepeng Ke
  Keywords: FGF, FGFR, signaling cascade, transmembrane tyrosine kinase, disease, cancer, metabolism, development, therapeutic approaches
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Molecular Signaling Pathways Regulating Cell Survival, Death and Differentiation

  Guest Editors: Simona Daniele, Rebecca Piccarducci
  Keywords: cellular differentiation, intracellular pathways, epigenetic regulation, cell survival
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• The Role of Microtubule Dynamics in Life Activities

  Guest Editor: Daniela Trisciuoglio
  Keywords: microtubule, tubulin post-translational modifications, microtubule-associated proteins, microtubule heterogeneity, microtubule dynamic instability
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• The Role of PPAR Receptors in Human Health

  Guest Editor: Raffaele Capasso
  Keywords: PPAR receptors, Natural and synthetic molecules, Intracellular cascades, PPARs and nutrition, PPARs and health
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 01 December 2022

• Role of Zebrafish in Human Disease Research

  Guest Editors: Lucia Rocco, Filomena Mottola
  Keywords: Danio rerio, Drug development, Toxicity, Antigenotoxicity, Pathological mechanisms
  Submission deadline: 01 December 2022

• New Insights against Cancer Progression and Metastasis

  Guest Editors: Antonio Barbieri, Francesca Bruzzese
  Keywords: Cancer progression, Metastasis, Signaling pathways, Drug repurposing, Targeted therapy, Natural compounds, Synergism
  (3 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 10 December 2022

• Signaling Pathways in Cancers

  Guest Editors: Kelly Avery-Kiejda, Kira Groen
  Keywords: cancer, signaling, metastasis
  Submission deadline: 15 December 2022

• Role of Immune and Endothelial Blood Cell Profiles in SARS-CoV-2 Pathogenesis

  Guest Editor: Francesco Nappi
  Keywords: SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19, neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), cardiac immune response, endothelial dysfunction, coronary artery thrombosis, heart failure, myocarditis, antiviral drugs
  Submission deadline: 15 December 2022

• The New Frontiers of Immunonutrition in Inflammatory Dysregulated Disorders

  Guest Editors: Amedeo Amedei, Elena Niccolai
  Keywords: immunonutrition, inflammation, immunity, autoimmunity, infections, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, tumor
  Submission deadline: 15 December 2022

• Protein Folding, Design and Aggregation: New Aspects and Uses

  Guest Editors: Eva Žerovnik, Ajda Taler-Vercic
  Keywords: protein folding, protein design, protein aggregation, molecular mechanisms of protein oligomerization and aggregation, protein condensation, aggregate toxicity, aggregate clearance, interaction of prefibrillar oligomers with membranes, chaperones, markers of protein mis-folding, markers of oxidative stress, proteomics, epigenomics
  Submission deadline: 24 December 2022

• Oxidative stress, redox regulation and environmental health aspects 

  Guest Editor: Biswaranjan Paital
  Keywords: Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Physiology, Electron Transport Chain, Environmental Health, Redox Regulation, Nutraceutical
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2022
• Harnessing Microbes potential for sustainable agriculture and industrial applications
  Guest Editor: Ashwani Kumar
  Keywords: Metagenomics, Plant Microbe interactions, Abiotic and Biotic stress resistance, Microbial enzymes, Biofuels productions, bioremediation etc.
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2022

• Ageing, sleep, neurodegeneration and potential therapeutics through nutrition

  Guest Editors: Musthafa Mohamed Essa, Sandeep Mittal, Gilles J Guillemin, Saravana Babu Chidambaram
  Keywords: Ageing, Sleep, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Neurodegeneration, Nutrition, nutritional Neuroscience
  (8 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2022

• Emerging multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens "superbugs": the incoming danger

  Guest Editors: Abdelazeem Mohamed Algammal, Mahmoud Abelaziz Mabrok
  Keywords: MRSA, E.coli, P. aeruginosa, Salmonella, P. mirabilis, A.hydrophila, Virulence genes, Biofim formation, MDR, Antimicrobial resistance genes, Mycotoxins, Gene sequencing
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2022

• Membrane Proteins: New Insights into Structure, Metabolic Functions and Mutations

  Guest Editor: Daniela Valeria Miniero
  Keywords: membrane proteins, transport mechanism, liposome, structure and function of membrane proteins, mutagenesis, proteins and diseases, crystal structure
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2022

• Glucose Metabolism and Regulation

  Guest Editor: Dirk Roosterman
  Keywords: metabolism, obesity, major depression, memory formation, inflammation
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2022

• Genes Involved in Immune System Development

  Guest Editor: Alister C. Ward
  Keywords: immunity, lymphocyte, leukocyte, T cell, B cell, NK cell, macrophage, dendritic cell, antigen presentation
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2022

• HOX Genes in Cancer and Disease

  Guest Editor: Monica Cantile
  Keywords: epigenetic cell, HOX Genes, cancer, homeobox genes
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2022

• Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

  Guest Editor: Agnieszka Paradowska-Gorycka
  Keywords: SNP, pathogenesis, therapy, personalized medicine, genetic variants, technologies
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2022

• Selected Papers from 21st International Conference on Progress in Vaccination Against Cancer (PIVAC-22)

  Guest Editors: Federica Cavallo, Elena Quaglino, Laura Conti
  Keywords: cancer vaccination, tumor microenvironment, immune suppression, tumor resistance to therapy, tumor immune escape, tme reprogramming, immunotherapy, tumor-infiltrating cells, biomarkers, cytokines, immune checkpoint inhibitors, microbiota, cancer metabolism
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2022

• The Biomedical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy

  Guest Editor: Yizhi Song
  Keywords: Raman spectroscopy, medical diagnosis, pharmaceutical research, biomedical applications
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2022

• Novel therapeutic approaches to cardiovascular diseases

  Guest Editor: Muntasir Billah
  Keywords: Cardiovascular disease, Molecular signaling, Pathobiology
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2022

• Conversion therapy for cancer and its imagery monitoring

  Guest Editors: Yu Guo, Shunli Shen, Ruo-Mi Guo
  Keywords: Cancer Conversion Therapy, Anticancer Drug Development, Interventional Therapy, Molecular Functional Imaging, Individualized Therapy
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2022