Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell (VSMC) Differentiation
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (14 January 2022) | Viewed by 16384
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cell biology; cell migration and invasion; cell contraction; motor proteins; smooth muscle cell phenotypic modulation; smooth muscle contraction and relaxation; vascular and airway remodeling
Interests: vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation; vascular smooth muscle cell phenotypic modulation in vascular remodeling; endothelial cell inflammation and macrophage activation in atherosclerosis; epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in disease development; metabolic diseases including obesity, diabetes, and hepatic steatosis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will focus on the original research articles related to cell biology and tissue engineering in the circulatory and respiratory systems. Topics will include the differentiation of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells during angiogenesis, atherosclerosis and hypertension. The article collection will also include papers on the differentiation of lung epithelial and airway smooth muscle cells during lung injury, repair, asthma and fibrosis. The focus of this Special Issue will be on the mechanisms of vascular/pulmonary homeostasis and dysfunction, including signal transduction, gene expression, cell proliferation, cell death and cell–matrix interactions. We also encourage submissions that aim to define vascular/pulmonary homeostasis and dysfunction in experimental models.
Dr. Satoshi Komatsu
Dr. Xia Guo
Guest Editors
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