Cytokines and Other Biomarkers of Health Status
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: 30 September 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: veterinary medicine; cytokine; horse
Interests: genes; nutritional; cytokine
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Dear Colleagues,
Cytokines initiate, regulate, promote and inhibit a wide variety of physiological and pathological processes in humans and animals. They act as a network which is also closely related to other molecules orchestrating to shape the biological processes involved in both health and disease. The measurements of particular biomarkers and the changes in their levels give a deeper insight into the onset of biological responses, including acute and chronic inflammation, autoimmunity, cancer, and organ failure, as well as adaptation to age-related changes and environmental conditions. Better understanding the cytokine balance not only extends our knowledge of physiology and the pathogenesis of diseases, including the early onset of pathologies, but gives an opportunity to consider the novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
This Special Issue focuses on cytokines as biomarkers of various physiological and pathological conditions as well as the interactions and balance of other biomarkers. We welcome original studies and reviews that advance and summarize the understanding of biomarkers orchestrating various biological processes as well as diagnostic trends.
Prof. Dr. Anna Cywińska
Prof. Dr. Ewelina Maculewicz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cytokine concentration
- cytokine gene expression
- cytokine receptors
- biomarkers
- pathogenesis
- adaptation
- homeostasis
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