Advances in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Molecular and Translational Research
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular and Translational Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2025) | Viewed by 763
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cognitive function; sleep; sports; physical activity; traumatic brain injury; orofacial injury; dental sleep medicine; obstructive sleep apnea
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to publish in this Special Issue focused on the advances in obstructive sleep apnea, with a focus on translational research from molecular levels to the clinical implications.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the most prevalent sleep-related breathing disorders characterized by repetitive episodes of pharyngeal collapse during sleep with associated airflow obstruction, intermittent hypoxemia, sympathetic excitation, and sleep fragmentation. OSA is recognized as a serious public health issue associated with a range of adverse cardiovascular events, such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, arterial fibrillation, stroke, increased arterial stiffness, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) dysregulation, inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, alterations in glucose metabolism followed by increased risk for insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia, as well as the increased risk for excessive daytime sleepiness, impaired traffic safety, working ability, and quality of life. In numerous studies, associations between OSA and cardiometabolic and vascular dysregulation have been established.
The aim of this Special Issue is to focus on the association between molecular and metabolic changes, the pathophysiological mechanisms of OSA, and the possibilities of incorporating such findings into daily clinical practice.
We strive to collect articles that report on original, high-quality research and welcome The manuscripts are encouraged to cover the following research areas (but are not limited to them):
- Sleep;
- Sleep quality;
- Sleep-related breathing disorders: mainly focus on mechanisms;
- Genetic and molecular bases of sleep;
- Obstructive sleep apnea: molecular and pathophysiological mechanisms;
- Treatment options for sleep-related breathing disorders.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Tea Galić
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sleep
- sleep-related breathing disorders
- obstructive sleep apnea
- metabolism
- cardiovascular risk
- glucose metabolism
- inflammation mediators
- sleep quality
- quality of life
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