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The Role of DNA Methylation, Histone Modifications and MicroRNA in Cancer

edited by

Joanna Szczepanek

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: epigenetic regulation; DNA methylation; histone modifications; microRNA; cancer progression; therapeutic resistance; tumor suppressor genes; oncogenic reprogramming; personalized cancer therapy; epigenetic therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics)

Biomaterial Innovations for Tissue Engineering and Regeneration

edited by

Maria Chatzinikolaidou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomaterials; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; cellular responses; 3D pathophysiological tissue models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bio-Engineered Materials)

Nutritional Intervention and Molecular Mechanism of Liver Cancer

edited by

Xian-Yang Qin

and Yohei Shirakami

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: liver cancer; nutrient signaling; inflammation and metabolism; cancer stem cells; precision nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

Embryo Implantation: New Molecular Insights in Endometrial Receptivity, Trophoblast Invasion and Signaling

edited by

Hans-Werner Denker

, Evdokia Dimitriadis and Lois A. Salamonsen

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22594 | Submission Open

Keywords: embryo implantation; endometrial receptivity; trophoblast invasion; signaling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Reproduction)

Muscular Dystrophy: From Molecular Basis to Therapies: 2nd Edition

edited by

Francesca Sciandra

and

Kinga I. Gawlik

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

Keywords: muscular dystrophies; muscle regeneration; extracellular matrix; satellite cells; therapeutic approaches; animal models; clinical trials

Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Retinal Diseases: 2nd Edition

edited by

Antonio Ferreras

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: retina; macula; macular edema; inflammatory mediators; optical coherence tomography; retinal imaging; biochemical marker; biomarker; pharmacological targeting

Updates on Mitochondria and Cancer

edited by

Antonella Cormio

and

Clara Musicco

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer; mitochondrial metabolomics; mitochondria and cancer therapy; mitochondria and cancer drug resistance; prognostic/predictive mitochondrial markers in cancer tissues and body fluids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Factors)

Inflammation and Immunity in Lung Disease

edited by

Xuexian Yang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: lung; infection; inflammation; host defense; cytokine release syndrome; genetic deficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cellular Biochemistry)

Epigenetic Programming of Cellular States

edited by

Benjamin Carone

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: iPSCs; stem cells; reprogramming; chromatin; epigenetics

Skeletal Muscle Homeostasis and Regeneration: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ernő Zádor

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: skeletal muscle; homeostasis; regeneration; satellite cells; fiber type

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

Lipid Signaling in Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration

edited by

Jason R. Gerstner

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1652 | Submission Open

Keywords: lipid signaling; neuroinflammation; neurodegeneration; sphingolipids; eicosanoids; phospholipids; endocannabinoids; lipid mediators; molecular mechanisms; brain health

Novel Mechanisms in Renal Blood Pressure Regulation: From Neuropeptides to Angiotensin II and Dopamine Receptors

edited by

Hewang Lee

and

Pedro A. José

submission deadline 23 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: neuropeptides; dopamine; blood pressure; G protein-coupled receptors; oxidative stress kidney; vasculature; brain

Cellular Stress Responses in Oncogenesis and Metabolic Reprogramming

edited by

Kuo Hui Su

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: cellular stress response; metabolic reprogramming; oncogenesis; lipid metabolism; tumor adaptation; mitochondrial metabolism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cellular Biochemistry)

Mitochondrial ROS in Health and Disease

edited by

Frank Krause

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 28472 | Submission Open

Keywords: aging; apoptosis; respiratory chain; redox signaling; paclitaxel

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Biology)

Feature Papers in Cellular Biochemistry

edited by

Anna Rita Franco Migliaccio

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23581 | Submission Open

Keywords: cell signalling; cell death; intracellular trafficking (protein; lipids; cytoskeleton; etc.); host– pathogen interactions; extracellular vesicle biology; intercellular communication; autophagy; cellular metabolism; inter-organelle communication; membrane transport; mitochondrial dynamics and function; cell polarity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cellular Biochemistry)

Mitochondrial Medicine: A Themed Issue in Honor of Prof. Dr. Carl A. Pinkert

edited by

Matthew McKenzie

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 22431 | Submission Open

Keywords: mitochondrial biology; mitochondrial disease; mitochondrial DNA; mitochondrial medicine; metabolism; therapeutics; oxidative phosphorylation; reactive oxygen species

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

Inositol Phosphates in Health and Disease, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ivana Vucenik

and

Abulkalam M. Shamsuddin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 22351 | Submission Open

Keywords: inositol polyphosphates (IPs); IP6; inositol pyrophosphate (PP-Ips); signal transduction; energy metabolism; anticancer activity; PCOS; metabolic diseases; pathological calcification; neuropsychiatric disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

Harnessing Protein Design and Engineering for Therapeutic Applications

edited by Julia Shifman and Norman Metanis

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 18133 | Submission Open

Keywords: therapeutic peptides and proteins; protein design and engineering; chemical protein synthesis; chemoselective protein modification; posttranslational protein modification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, and Function)

New Insights into Kidney Disease Development and Therapy Strategies

edited by

José I. López

and

Claudia Manini

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17263 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

The Immune System and Allergies

edited by

Marco Casciaro

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12524 | Submission Open

Keywords: immune system; allergy; inflammation; hypersensitivity; immunology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cellular Biochemistry)

Advances in Metabolites Produced by Microbiota

edited by

Arancha Llama-Palacios

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10392 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiota; metabolites; short-chain fatty acids; amino acids; vitamins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cellular Biochemistry)

Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Regulation Used by G Protein-Coupled Receptors

edited by

Hongxia Ren

and Jason M. Conley

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9971 | Submission Open

Keywords: diabetes; obesity; metabolism; GPCR; signaling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

Digestive Enzymes in Health and Disease

edited by Stefan G. Pierzynowski, Kateryna Pierzynowska,

Piotr Wychowański

and

Janine Donaldson

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8513 | Submission Open

Keywords: digestive enzymes; gastrointestinal health; enzyme replacement therapy; gut microbiome; metabolic disorders; enzyme regulation; disease biomarkers; inflammatory diseases; nutrient absorption; therapeutic enzymes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Enzymology)

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Cardiopathy and Therapeutic Strategies

edited by Ying-Hsi Lin and Shengjie Lu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8342 | Submission Open

Keywords: heart failure; cardiac remodelling; contractile dysfunction; bioenergetics; gene replacement or editing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

The Illumination of Biophysical Mechanisms by Hydrogen Exchange: A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor S. Walter Englander

edited by

A. Joshua Wand

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8165 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen exchange chemistry; HX– NMR; HX-MS; protein folding; allostery; protein binding; protein thermodynamics; protein biophysics; protein function

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

Retinal Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapies

edited by

Ana Raquel Santiago

and Raquel Boia

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7544 | Submission Open

Keywords: retinal diseases; molecular mechanisms; therapeutic strategies; vision impairment; gene therapy; retinal degeneration; neuroprotection; innovative treatments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cellular Biochemistry)

Advanced Biomaterials for Healing Oral Tissues

edited by Miki Taketomi Saito and

Rafael R. Lima

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 7147 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocompatible materials; biopolymers; dental implants; materials testing; pharmaceutical preparations; regeneration; regenerative medicine; tissue scaffolds; wound healing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bio-Engineered Materials)

Pharmacology of Cardiovascular Diseases

edited by

Istvan Lekli

, Alexandra Gyongyosi and

Istvan Bak

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6937 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardioprotection autophagy; redox balance; heart faliure; cardiovascular pharmacotherapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

Molecular Advances in Rett Syndrome and Other Chromatin Related Disorders

edited by

Floriana Della Ragione

and Salvatore Fioriniello

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4809 | Submission Open

Keywords: Rett syndrome and other chromatin disorders; epigenetic diseases; molecular alterations in Rett syndrome and other chromatin diseases; novel genes associated with chromatin disorders; MeCP2-mediated molecular mechanisms; roles of epigenetic modulators in chromatin-related diseases; preclinical studies for chromatin diseases; novel diagnostic; prognostic and therapeutic approaches for chromatin disorders

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Genetic Studies and Therapeutic Strategies

edited by

Susanna Pietropaolo

and Bruno Bontempi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4770 | Submission Open

Keywords: mouse models; Autism Spectrum disorder; transgenic rodents; pharmacological treatments; gene-environment interactions; neurodevelopmental disorders; rare diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics)

Molecular Mechanisms and Novel Treatments of Stroke

edited by

Saif Ahmad

and Naseem Akhter

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3685 | Submission Open

Keywords: ischemic stroke; molecular mechanisms; neuroinflammation; signaling pathways; therapeutic approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

Pluripotent Stem Cells: From Basic Research to Therapeutic Applications

edited by

Claudia Spits

and

Diana Al Delbany

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2985 | Submission Open

Keywords: pluripotent stem cells; embryonic stem cells; induced pluripotent stem cells; organoids; differentiation; regenerative medicine; disease modeling; cell therapy; therapeutic applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

Natural Products and Their Derivatives with Antiviral Activity

edited by

Zhijun Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2979 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; synthetic antivirals; antiviral drugs; antiviral strategies; influenza; HBV; HIV; RSV; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural and Bio-derived Molecules)

New Insights into Mechanisms and Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Disorders: 2nd Edition

edited by

Carola Yvette Förster

Mohsin Saleet Jafri

and Tarun W. Dasari

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2649 | Submission Open

Keywords: brain– heart axis; heart and stroke; stress-induced cardiomyopathy; cardiovascular disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

Advances and Novel Strategies for Studying Underexplored Post-Translational Modifications (PTMs)

edited by

Yue Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2518 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-translational modifications proteomics; chemical biology; cell signaling; epigenetics; metabolic regulation; cancer; diabetes; microbiome; aging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

Key Molecules Regulating Plant Response to Abiotic Stress: Transcription Factors and Stress-Induced Proteins

edited by

Fei Gao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1922 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress response; transcription factors; stress-induced proteins; molecular mechanisms; transcriptomics; omics; bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

Current Advances of Metal Complexes for Biomedical Applications

edited by

Marcelino Maneiro

and

Sandra Fernández-Fariña

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1805 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal complexes; metals in medicine; bioinorganic; anti-cancer; antiviral; anti-inflammatory; antioxidant; imaging applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Biology)

Effects of Weightlessness on Molecular Changes in Cellular Organisms, Animals and Plants: 2nd Edition

edited by

Daniela Grimm

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1586 | Submission Open

Keywords: cells; humans; animals; plants; microorganisms; microgravity; weightlessness; cancer research; tissue engineering; space-related health problems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cellular Biochemistry)

State-of-the-Art Protein X-Ray Crystallography

edited by Wu-Pei Su and

Hongxing He

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1417 | Submission Open

Keywords: ab initio phasing methods; X-ray crystallography; protein structural determination; image reconstruction from Fourier amplitudes; iterative projection algorithms; phasing with deep learning methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, and Function)

Developmental Biology of the Kidney: From Molecular Mechanisms to Congenital Disorders

edited by

Katarina Vukojević

and Anita Racetin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1297 | Submission Open

Keywords: kidney development; renal physiology; kidney disease; molecular mechanisms; cellular signaling; gene expression; biomarkers; renal pathophysiology; therapeutic targets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

Lung Disease: From Molecular Mechanism to Therapeutic Opportunities

edited by

Patrick G. Arndt

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1151 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarkers; pharmacotherapeutics; cell signaling; innate immunity; inflammation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

Cellular and Molecular Basis of Parasite Infection

edited by

Adekunle Sanyaolu

and

Ricardo Izurieta

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1083 | Submission Open

Keywords: parasite infection; host– parasite interaction; cellular invasion; molecular mechanisms; immune evasion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

Molecular Mechanisms, Novel Diagnostics and Treatments of Gynecologic Cancer

edited by Panneerdoss Subbarayalu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 880 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarker; cancer biology; novel drug targets and therapeutics; cancer stem cells; tumorigenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

Alcohol Consumption as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor: Focusing on Molecular Mechanisms

edited by

Ichiro Wakabayashi

and

Klaus Groschner

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 590 | Submission Open

Keywords: alcohol; ethanol metabolism; ethanol– protein interactions; ethanol– membrane interactions; cardiovascular health and disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)

Synthesis, Characterization and Validation of Small Molecule Compounds

edited by Mohamed Fares Metwaly

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 581 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal chemistry; structure-based drug design; enzyme inhibitors; multi-target therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

Inflammation Biology in Orthodontic Tooth Movement

edited by

Masaru Yamaguchi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open

Keywords: orthodontic tooth movement; inflammation; cytokine; root resorption; accelerated orthodontic tooth movement; relapse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Factors)

Mechanisms of Gene Regulation in Embryos

edited by

Jo Qian

and Adam Davis

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: embryonic development; gene regulation; epigenetics; transcriptional control; post-transcriptional control; translational control; post-translational modification; signaling pathways; developmental disorders

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

Advances in Molecular Therapy Targeting DNA Damage and Repair Systems

edited by

Joy Mitra

Anirban Chakraborty

and Anahita Mojiri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open

Keywords: DNA repair; DNA repair inhibitors; homologous recombination; genome instability; inflammation; DNA damage; cell death; apoptosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Factors)

The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Drug Delivery

edited by

Davide Brocco