Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Skin Diseases (Second Edition)
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 445
Special Issue Editor
Interests: skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma; psoriasis; epidermal homeostasis; keratinocyte stem cells; epidermal differentiation; skin inflammation; mouse models; zebrafish models; skin in vitro 3D models; skin tumor spheroids; next-generation sequencing
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, enormous progress has been made in providing a thorough characterization of dermatological diseases at both the molecular and cellular levels; this is due to the identification of new molecular mechanisms and increasingly technological experimental approaches used for their study.
In particular, the detailed analysis of cell metabolism, proliferation, and differentiation has allowed us to define more accurately cell populations with specific functions, both in the health and pathological contexts. Moreover, the development of new technologies, including NGS and gene editing methods, allows us to decipher the necessary information for obtaining concrete applications for the therapeutical responses that each skin disease needs.
Considering the above facts, this Special Issue is open to receiving research papers, up-to-date review articles, and commentaries related to novel insights into healthy and pathological skin cell and tissue biology, including metabolomic, transcriptomic, or proteomic aspects, as well as inflammation. The use of novel tools, both in vitro and in vivo, such as three-dimensional approaches, is encouraged.
Dr. Elisabetta Palazzo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hyperproliferative skin diseases
- psoriasis
- keratinocyte carcinoma
- actinic keratosis
- atopic dermatitis
- skin inflammation
- inflammation-associated skin diseases
- epidermal differentiation
- epidermal cell metabolism
- 3D models
- in vivo models
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