State of the Art in Mitochondrial Research
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Cell Biology and Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mitochondria represent a highly diverse molecular platform that orchestrates key cellular functions to sustain cellular homeostasis and life. Far from being just energy producers, new emerging research unilaterally implicates mitochondria as one of the most versatile organelles found at the intersection of key metabolic and signal transduction pathways. Indeed, the purpose of this Special Issue is to distill recent advances with respect to novel trends in the mitochondrial biology field and beyond. The respective themes may include, but are not limited to, mitochondrial metabolism and biogenesis, reactive oxygen species, antioxidants, and redox biology, bioenergetics, mitochondrial membranes and transport, mitochondrial protein import, mitochondrial proteases, mitochondrial signaling, mitochondrial dynamics and trafficking, mitochondrial morphogenesis, mitochondrial cristae ultrastructure, mitochondrial respiratory chain, oxidative phosphorylation, mitophagy and apoptosis, hypoxia, mitochondrial genetics and epigenetics, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) inheritance, mtDNA editing, nuclear–mitochondrial crosstalk, mitochondrial nucleases, mitochondrial transcription and translation, mitochondrial evolution, inter-organellar crosstalk, mitochondrial targeting and therapy, mitochondrial diseases, diabetes, cancer, aging, and mitochondrial techniques including imaging approaches as well as the omics domain. Be it Mitchell's chemiosmotic theory, Margulis' endosymbiotic hypothesis, Muller's ratchet, Harman's free radical theory of aging, the Warburg effect, Mitochondrial Eve, or the Mother's curse, anyone is welcome to participate and contribute with their own state-of-the-art topic.
Dr. Jan Ježek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mitochondrial metabolism
- bioenergetics
- mitochondrial signaling
- mitochondrial dynamics
- reactive oxygen species
- apoptosis
- hypoxia
- mitochondrial genetics
- mitochondrial diseases
- aging
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