Molecular Research and Insights into COVID-19: Third Edition
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 March 2026 | Viewed by 15171
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are now entering the fifth year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the molecular mechanisms underlying SARS-CoV-2 infections, host immune responses, and the rationale of therapeutic interventions are still not fully understood. Though the worldwide mass vaccination campaign that was carried out reduced the risk of people developing severe disease symptoms, the frequency with which SARS-CoV-2 undergoes genetic mutation is a barrier to the development of an effective therapy for COVID-19.
This Special Issue aims to publish papers on the most recent advances in the molecular research on COVID-19 in terms of its pathogenic mechanisms, the host’s immune response, and the molecular pathways activated by therapeutic interventions. This Special Issue welcomes the submission of both original articles and comprehensive reviews concerning the molecular pathways involved in COVID-19’s pathophysiology and resolution.
Dr. Manuela Rizzi
Dr. Pier Paolo Sainaghi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- SARS-CoV-2
- COVID-19
- prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers
- molecular mechanism of infection
- molecular pathophysiology
- immune response
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