Epigenetic Regulation and Its Impact for Medicine (3rd Edition)
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular and Translational Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 494
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Interests: transplantation immunogenetics; immunogenetics of autoimmune multifactorial diseases (T1D, RA, JIA, SLE); etiopatogenesis of multifactorial diseases associated with metabolic syndrome X; type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications (diabetic nephropathy)
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Dear Colleagues,
The term epigenetics was first introduced by Conrad Waddington in 1942. For half a century, its significance to gene expression, cell differentiation and heritability was unclear. However, modern technologies that emerged at the beginning of the 21st century have opened a new area of research. The epigenetic regulation of the genome allows cells to react to external signals caused by the alternation of gene activity by modifying gene expression. The epigenome controls the accessibility of DNA for transcription factors that regulate the level of gene expression. Therefore, epigenetic modifications are the collective heritable changes in phenotype caused by the processes that arise independent of primary DNA sequences.
A major driving force in epigenetics has been the development of new technology that has not only stimulated new discoveries but also expanded this field by enabling novel discoveries only possible through the use of these tools.
Plenty of studies have focused on the identification of possible biomarkers that are able to predict the onset of the disease, its activity degree, its progression phase and its response to disease-modifying drugs. Non-coding RNAs have the potential to serve as such biomarkers. These molecules can easily be detected in the peripheral blood or urine.
We encourage authors to submit articles and review papers about the role of epigenetic modulation in the etiopathology, prognosis and therapy of various diseases. We believe that this Special Issue will reflect a new era of epigenetics and show its important role in modern medicine.
Dr. Marie Černá
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- gene expression
- DNA methylation
- histone modifications
- non-coding RNAs
- biomarkers
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