Cardiac Growth Control and Heart Cell Death
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cells of the Cardiovascular System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 September 2022) | Viewed by 34707
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mitochondria; cell death; apoptosis; necrosis; autophagy; metabolism; ischemia-reperfusion; hypoxia; nuclear factor-kappa beta; heart failure
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The adult heart has a limited capacity for de novo cardiac myocyte regeneration and/or self-renewal after injury. Heart disease is the most common cause of death worldwide, and programmed cell death is postulated as a central underlying cause of ventricular remodeling and heart failure. The mitochondrion has emerged as a central platform for regulating signaling events that govern cell growth, apoptosis, necrosis and quality control mechanisms by autophagy. These highly coordinated cellular processes share common and overlapping pathways; however, the intersection of how these pathways underlie cardiac dysfunction and disease pathogenesis remains poorly understood. Therefore, studies directed toward understanding the genetic, molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie cardiac growth and programmed cell death in the heart are of paramount importance toward the ultimate therapeutic goal of developing new therapies that will prevent cardiovascular disease. Furthermore, there is growing appreciation that the incidence and severity of heart disease are different among women and men, with the prevalence of catastrophic outcomes following myocardial infarction dependent on the body’s biological clock and circadian rhythms.
Cells will publish a Special Issue in spring 2022 titled “Cardiac Growth Control and Heart Cell Death” that will solicit original research articles and reviews highlighting new exciting findings in the area of cardiac growth control and cell death. These exciting and innovative studies will have profound clinical implications for understanding the signaling mechanisms that underlie cell death following cardiac injury. We invite submissions of novel, exciting research on broad topics in cardiovascular health and disease, including, but not limited to, autophagy, cell death, mitochondrial quality control, women's heart health, circadian-regulated cardiac function and genetic studies on approaches related to cardiovascular disease mechanisms and potential therapies. Each submitted manuscript will go through a rigorous peer-review process. Submitted manuscripts must not have been published previously nor be under consideration for publication in other journals.
Prof. Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum
Dr. Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cell death
- apoptosis
- necrosis
- autophagy
- mitochondria
- cardiac injury
- cardiac metabolism
- women heart health
- circadian rhythm
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