Nuclear Transport in Ageing and Diseases
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cell Nuclei: Function, Transport and Receptors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2019) | Viewed by 54167
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Interests: membrane trafficking; neuronal death and regeneration; SIRT1 and aging
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Dear Colleagues,
The eukaryotic genome is physically and functionally partitioned from the rest of the cell by a nuclear envelope. A myriad of bidirectional RNA/protein transport and signalling processes between the plasma membrane-cytoplasm and the genetic blueprint-bearing nucleus occur through the nuclear pore complexes. Dynamic nuclear–cytoplasm communication underlies the physiological and homeostatic regulation of gene expression, as well as protein/organelle biogenesis in cells. Impairment of nuclear envelope integrity and nucleocytoplasmic transport processes have been implicated in a number of pathological conditions, such as aging, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative disorders and cancer.
In this Special Issue of Cells, we invite your contributions, either in the form of original research articles, reviews, or shorter perspective articles on all aspects related to the theme of “Nuclear–Cytoplasmic Transport in Aging and Diseases”. Articles with mechanistic and functional insights from a cell and molecular biological perspective are especially welcome. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to
- nuclear import and export transporters and mechanisms
- nuclear pore complex and Nucleoporins
- nucleocytoplasmic transport in cellular signalling
- nucleocytoplasmic transport in aging
- nuclear envelope and RNA/protein transport impairment in neurodegenerative disorders
- nucleocytoplasmic transport in viral infection and diseases
Dr. Bor Luen Tang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- importins/exportins
- lamins
- nuclear envelope
- nuclear pore complex
- nucleocytoplasmic transport
- nucleoporins
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