The Cytoskeleton: Structural, Functional, and Pathological Aspects
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cell Motility and Adhesion".
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Dear Colleagues,
The cytoskeleton is a key component of cells. It is fundamental not only to provide shape and compartmentation to cells, but it is also involved in many and different cell activities such motility, vesicle trafficking, cell division and mechanotransduction. Most cellular processes rely on the involvement of the cytoskeleton in physiological conditions and pathological processes are often characterized by an altered morpho-functional pattern of cytoskeleton components and dynamics.
In this Special Issue of Cells, we invite contributions, in the form of either original research articles or reviews, on aspects related to the theme “The Cytoskeleton: Structural, Functional, and Pathological Aspects”. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, those listed below:
- Structural and functional aspects of microtubules, microfilaments, and intermediate filaments
- Cytoskeleton in cell migration
- Cytoskeleton and mechanotransduction
- Cytoskeleton changes in cancer cells
- Cytoskeleton in the nervous system
- Cytoskeleton in epithelial tissues
- Cytoskeleton in muscle cells
- Cytoskeleton in stem cells
- Cytoskeleton in immune system cells
- Cytoskeleton as therapeutic target
- Cytoskeleton in aging and neurodegeneration
- Cytoskeleton and virus replication
- Cytoskeleton in human and animal organoids
Prof. Nicoletta Gagliano
Dr. Michele Sommariva
Dr. Claudia Moscheni
Dr. Francesca Arnaboldi
Dr. Francesca Bianchi
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Keywords
- cytoskeleton
- actin
- tubulin
- microtubules
- cell migration
- mechanotransduction
- cancer
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