Latest Research on Cardiac Fibroblasts
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 312
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cardiac failure; cardiac fibrosis; cardiometabolic remodeling; trafficking; phosphoinositides
Interests: cell signaling; mitochondria; metabolism; cardiac disorders
Interests: heart failure; fibrotic remodeling; physiological hypertrophy; calcium signaling; metabolism; lipid droplets
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fibrotic remodelling is a key step in the development and progression of heart failure, which is a leading cause of death worldwide. Initially a beneficial phenomenon needed for adaptation after disease or injury, the extensive production of extracellular matrix proteins, as well as complex and diverse modulations of matrix composition and quality, will lead to the deposition of scar tissue that ultimately impairs normal cardiac function.
Despite recent advances, our overall comprehension of the mechanisms involved in cardiac fibroblast activation, communication with other cardiac cells or the control of extracellular matrix remodelling is still incomplete.
This Special Issue is focused on the latest research on cardiac fibroblasts. We are pleased to invite you to submit original research articles, reviews or brief reports that will help us to further understand the molecular mechanisms and pathways regulating cardiac fibrosis development during heart failure.
Dr. Frédéric Boal
Dr. Marion Laudette
Dr. Mathieu Cinato
Dr. Hélène Tronchère
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cardiac failure
- fibrosis
- metabolism
- cell–cell communication
- omics
- biomarkers
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