10th Anniversary of Biomedicines—Aging Changes in Cells, Tissues and Organs

Dear Colleagues,

The year 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of Biomedicines, a peer-reviewed open access journal in the biomedical field. So far, Biomedicines has published more than 2700 papers from more than 17,000 authors. We appreciate each author, reviewer, and academic editor whose support has brought us to where we are today.

To celebrate this significant milestone, we aim to publish a Special Issue entitled 10th Anniversary of Biomedicines—Aging Changes in Cells, Tissues and Organs. Cells are the basic structural and functional units of tissues, and they all experience changes with aging—they get larger, with less ability to divide and multiply, and many of them lose their ability to function or start to function abnormally. Some tissues face problems in obtaining oxygen and nutrients, as well as difficulties in the removal of carbon dioxide and other waste products. Some tissues lose mass, while others become rigid. In this sense, all vital organs suffer some degree of function loss with aging. Although aging occurs in all cells, tissues, and organs, affecting the functioning of every system in the body, most people do not notice this loss immediately because organs have a reserve capacity to function beyond their normal needs. However, when an organ is subjected to an effort that is greater than usual, it may fail to properly function properly. There are several factors that require an extraphysiological response in order to maintain homeostasis, namely, diseases, particular physiological states, significant changes in lifestyle, medications and their side effects, extreme temperature changes in the environment, etc.

This Special Issue aims to gather high-quality research concerning the structural and functional changes in organs, tissues, and cells during aging. New and comparative methodologies to understand the biology of these changes and review articles are welcomed. Potential topics include the following: tissue homeostasis and aging; proliferative homeostasis and aging; ageing and apoptosis; ageing-related tissue-specific alterations; oxidative stress, aging, and diseases; phenotypes and mechanisms of stem-cell aging; the interaction of lifelong influences; biological theories of aging; types of cell changes (atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia, dysplasia, neoplasia); senescent cells in aging; and detection techniques of cellular senescence and cellular ageing.

Dr. Fernando Capela e Silva
Dr. Célia M. Antunes
Guest Editors

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