Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Myocardial Disease
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: 25 December 2026 | Viewed by 1561
Editor
Interests: cardiac muscle; calcium; troponin; desmossomal complex; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; dilated cardiomyopathy; arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; sarcomere; mitochondria; calmodulin
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Myocardial diseases arise from alterations in complex interactions among sarcomeric proteins, ion-handling systems, cell–cell junctions, and organellar function. This Special Issue of IJMS, “Myocardial Disease: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms,” aims to showcase advances in elucidating the involvement of these pathways in health and disease at the molecular, cellular, and organ level. We invite authors to submit original research and reviews that explore cardiac muscle biology; calcium handling; sarcomere regulation; troponin function; desmosomal complex integrity; and the molecular basis of hypertrophic, dilated, and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies. Studies on mitochondrial signaling, metabolic remodeling, and calmodulin-dependent pathways are also welcome. Given the molecular focus of this Special Issue, purely clinical or imaging-based studies without mechanistic exploration are not suitable. However, we welcome clinical investigations and model-based studies (cellular, tissue, or animal) that employ biomolecular, biochemical, genetic, or biophysical experiments to uncover the underlying mechanisms of myocardial disease. Through this integrated lens, the primary goal of this Special Issue is to bridge basic and translational research, in order to advance our understanding of myocardial disease and enable the development of targeted therapeutic strategies.
This Guest Editor of this Special Issue is Dr. Maicon Landim-Vieira, who is assisted by Dr. Aurelia Fernandes (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil).
Dr. Maicon Landim-Vieira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cardiac muscle
- calcium
- sarcomere
- troponin
- desmossomal complex
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- dilated cardiomyopathy
- arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
- mitochondria
- calmodulin
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