Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Skin 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 February 2026 | Viewed by 350
Special Issue Editor
Interests: oxidsativer stress; lipid-mediated signaling; pigmentation disorders; flow citometry; cytomic; hair follicle; primary cell colture; dendritic cells; immunology; mitochondrial impairment; cellular metabolism; vitiligo; dermatitis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to focus on molecular processes underlying the dysregulation leading to skin diseases. Given the wide landscape of the skin world, a multidisciplinary approach is needed to gain knowledge about skin diseases. However, despite the large spectrum of diseases affecting the skin, this Special Issue aims to point to those diseases with a relevant inflammatory component, looking for the metabolic pathways leading to inflammatory and pigmentary disorders.
Preclinical studies based on traditional and 3D innovative in vitro models, as well as the omic approach, are encouraged. This Special Issue calls on researchers to submit original studies helping to better understand how the metabolic processes underlying the physiological beahvior are deregulated in pathological conditions. The dissection of the molecular mechanisms underlying the skin’s disregulated metabolisms will give the biological basis to improve even the general management of the different diseases.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and critical reviews on the molecular aspects of skin diseases are welcome.
Dr. Maria Lucia Dell'Anna
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pigmentation
- lipid signaling
- immune cells
- inflammation
- skin barrier
- oxidative damage
- mitochondria
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