Molecular Advances and Insights on Diagnosis, Prevention and Therapeutics of Cardiovascular Diseases
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 4731
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vitamin-K-dependent proteins (VKDPs); Gla-rich protein (GRP); pathological calcification; chronic inflammatory diseases; clinical, therapeutic, and biomolecular aspects of Vitamin K and VKDPs
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Interests: Gla-rich protein (GRP); calcification-related chronic inflammatory diseases; cardiovascular calcification; pathological calcification–inflammation molecular crosstalk; VKDPs in inflammation; VKDPs biomarker and therapeutic potential; extracellular vesicles
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) comprising a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels, including coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral arterial, and aortic disease, are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally with high prevalence in our aging society. Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of CVDs and cardiovascular-related death worldwide. Numerous pathological processes and molecular factors have been implicated in the development and progression of atherosclerosis including inflammation, vascular calcification, endothelial dysfunction, and oxidative stress.
Cardiovascular calcification caused by the deposition of calcium mineral in the vascular tree represents an increased risk of cardiovascular events and is associated with several vascular disease processes, not only in the intima associated with atherosclerosis, but also in the media layer highly prevalent in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetic patients, and in cardiac valves associated with calcific valvular diseases.
A better understanding of the pathophysiological and molecular mechanisms involved at the genesis of these complex set of diseases, with a particular emphasis on inflammation and calcification processes, will bring new opportunities to explore novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets for CVD.
We are pleased to invite you to submit to this Special Issue on “Molecular Advances and Insights on Diagnosis, Prevention and Therapeutics of Cardiovascular Diseases”.
We will welcome original or review articles. Research areas may include (but not be limited to) the following: biomarkers; therapeutic targets, oxidative stress; inflammation, pathological calcification, cardiovascular calcification, atherosclerosis, chronic kidney disease, diabetes; obesity; diet supplements.
This Special Issue will include novel knowledge on biomedical science and translational research in order to comprehensively study and bring novel insights on the molecular aspects, the pathophysiology, the prevention, and therapeutic alternatives for this complex set of multifactorial diseases.
Dr. Dina Costa Simes
Dr. Carla Viegas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cardiovascular disease
- cardiovascular calcification
- inflammation
- oxidative stress
- atherosclerosis
- chronic kidney disease
- endothelial dysfunction
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