Molecular Genetic Research in Skin Diseases
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 446
Special Issue Editor
Interests: multifactorial diseases; psoriasis; atopic dermatitis; rheumatoid arthritis; pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics; molecular biology and functional analysis of genes
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Dear Colleagues,
Current advances in molecular genetics have contributed to the understanding of common inflammatory skin diseases. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified numerous susceptibility loci, yet the proportion of explained heritability remains limited, highlighting the contribution of rare variants, structural variation, and regulatory elements. The genetic component of skin diseases is further modulated by immune-mediated mechanisms and environmental exposures, with epigenetic modifications shaping gene expression and contributing to the phenotypic heterogeneity observed across patients. Integrative approaches that combine GWAS findings with transcriptomic, epigenomic, and proteomic data provide a more comprehensive view of the molecular mechanisms underlying skin disorders, while cross-ancestry studies and polygenic risk models refine our understanding of pleiotropy and disease prediction.
In this Special Issue entitled "Molecular Genetic Research in Skin Diseases", we aim to highlight advances in the identification of novel loci, dissection of functional mechanisms, and integration of multi-omic signals that together pave the way towards precision dermatology.
Dr. Yiannis Vasilopoulos
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- inflammatory skin diseases
- genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
- epigenetic modifications
- multi-omic integration
- precision dermatology
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