Molecular Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Plasticity in Animals: Growth, Metabolism, Regeneration, and Aging
A Special Issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615) belonging to the section "Animal Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2027 | Viewed by 11
Editor
2. Medical Research Institute, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju 38066, Republic of Korea
3. Channelopathy Research Center (CRC), Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang 10326, Republic of Korea
Interests: skeletal muscle biology; myogenesis; muscle aging and sarcopenia; mechanotransduction; actin cytoskeleton and cytoskeletal remodeling; cell proliferation and differentiation; microRNAs; circular RNAs and other non-coding RNAs; insulin resistance; diabetes; glucose and lipid metabolism; metabolic diseases; energy metabolism
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Skeletal muscle is a highly plastic tissue that adapts continuously to developmental, nutritional, metabolic, mechanical, and environmental cues. In animals, the regulation of muscle growth and remodeling has major implications not only for locomotion and health but also for livestock productivity, meat quality, resilience, welfare, and healthy aging. Despite substantial progress, the molecular mechanisms that coordinate muscle development, metabolic adaptation, regeneration, and age-related decline remain incompletely understood across animal species.
This Special Issue, entitled "Molecular Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Plasticity in Animals: Growth, Metabolism, Regeneration, and Aging", aims to bring together current advances in the molecular and cellular regulation of skeletal muscle plasticity. We welcome original research articles and reviews addressing muscle growth and development, satellite cell biology, myogenesis, protein turnover, mitochondrial function, substrate metabolism, mechanotransduction, inflammation, fibrosis, regeneration, and muscle aging. Studies examining epigenetic mechanisms, non-coding RNAs, extracellular vesicles, multi-omics approaches, nutritional interventions, environmental stress, exercise, disuse, and disease-associated muscle remodeling are also encouraged.
The Special Issue particularly welcomes comparative and translational studies involving livestock, poultry, companion animals, equids, aquatic species, and experimentally relevant animal models. Manuscripts should provide a clear connection to animal biology, physiology, health, production, or welfare. By integrating molecular mechanisms with physiological and phenotypic outcomes, this collection is expected to improve our understanding of how skeletal muscle adapts throughout the animal life course and to identify potential strategies for maintaining muscle function and animal health.
Prof. Dr. Wan Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- skeletal muscle
- muscle plasticity
- muscle growth
- myogenesis
- satellite cells
- muscle regeneration
- muscle metabolism
- mitochondrial function
- protein turnover
- mechanotransduction
- non-coding RNAs
- muscle aging
- livestock
- animal physiology
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