Molecular Mechanisms and Targeting Treatments of Respiratory 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: 26 January 2026 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Respiratory diseases are common, diverse and responsible for a significant cause of illness and death resulting in one of the main causes of death. Beside acute respiratory diseases like infections with bacteria, virus or fungi, also chronic respiratory diseases such as COPD, asthma, cystic fibrosis or tumors can decrease the quality of life and may result in life-threating situations. Due to the constant exposure to the environment the respiratory tract is a great example how the innate immune system coordinates detection and defense of inhaled material. Nevertheless, many aspects of the host-pathogen interactions or the exact molecular mechanisms of these chronic respiratory diseases are still unknown. Due to the wide range of diseases the field also allows a broad scope of treatment options with diverse targeting points and application ways. New techniques like 3D cell culture further allow to study new aspects of respiratory diseases and the treatment of these in a more realistic in vivo-like approach.
This special issue welcomes original research articels and reviews adressing new aspects of molecular mechanisms of respiratory diseases and their treatment.
Dr. Stefanie Dichtl
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- respiratory diseases
- respiratory infections
- COPD
- cystic fibrosis
- lung tumor
- therapy
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