Focus on Machinery of Cell Death
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cellular Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 12625
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer; autophagy; apoptosis; cell biology; biochemistry; metabolism; therapy
Interests: autophagy; cancer; metabolism; apoptosis; stem cell biology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Cells will be devoted to exploring the ever-evolving field of the different molecular mechanisms of cell death during development, diseases, and infection. The focus will be on the cross-talk between different types of cell death induction, including apoptosis, autophagy-associated cell death, necrosis, stem cell biology, metabolism, ageing, neurodegeneration, cancer, and infection-associated diseases, to name a few. We are also welcoming papers that highlight different therapeutic methods of cell death induction, particularly those relevant to the treatment of the mentioned situations.
Papers on the different types of death during mammalian cell demise following the recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death (2018) are encouraged. This Special Issue will also cover how the cell death process undergoes developmental transformation and how this makes us more vulnerable with time. On that note, the different dietary and life style changes that can help us ensure a better life will be emphasized, by focusing on the role of antioxidant redox biology in cell death and development.
We hope that this Special Issue will provide a very interesting platform to learn new developments from bench to bedside therapies by enhancing our knowledge around cell death mechanism pathways. Both original research articles and reviews are welcome.
Dr. Subhadip Mukhopadhyay
Dr. Prashanta Kumar Panda
Dr. Suprabhat Mukherjee
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cell death
- autophagy
- apoptosis
- necrosis
- ferroptosis
- metabolism
- stem cell biology
- infection
- aging
- development
- Alzheimer’s
- neurodegeneration
- therapy
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