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Integrin Signaling and Human Pathologies 2021

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: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 3845

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RADOPT Team, Radiotherapy Optimising: From Molecular Signalling Pathways to Clinical Trials, Inserm U1037 Toulouse Cancer Research Center (CRCT) & IUCT 2 av. Hubert Curien, 31100 Toulouse, France
Interests: cell death; apoptosis; cellular differentiation; cellular and mitochondrial metabolism; cellular and mitochondrial homoeostasis; oxidative stress; cancer; cancer stem cells; glioma; radiotherapy and radioresistance
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Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse - CRCT UMR1037 Inserm/Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier-ERL5294, CNRS 2 avenue Hubert Curien Oncopole entrée C CS 53717, 31037 Toulouse, France
Interests: invasion; RhoGTPases; integrins; stem cells, cancer; resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy
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Dear Colleagues,

Integrins are adhesion molecules that connect cells to ligands present in the extracellular matrix or to ligands expressed by blood cells. Upon binding to their ligands, integrins activate signaling pathways involved in key cellular processes like migration/invasion, cytoskeleton organization, survival, and angiogenesis. The dysregulation of integrins leads to various human pathologies: inflammatory diseases like atherosclerosis or inflammatory bowel disease; cancers; cardiovascular pathology; and respiratory diseases. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences entitled “Integrin Signaling and Human Pathologies” will focus on the role of integrins in human pathologies. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that study or review the role of these adhesion molecules in one of these human pathologies and that underline which integrin could be targeted in order to improve the treatment of these diseases.

Dr. Anthony Lemarié
Dr. Sylvie Monferran
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Keywords

  • integrin
  • glanzmann thrombasthenia
  • angiogenesis
  • cardiovascular disease
  • cancer
  • Crohn’s disease
  • ulcerative disease
  • multiple sclerosis
  • inflammatory bowel disease
  • respiratory diseases
  • eosinophilic esophagitis
  • age-related macular degeneration
  • epidermolysis bullosa
  • osteoporosis

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Integrin Signaling in the Central Nervous System in Animals and Human Brain Diseases
by Hiroko Ikeshima-Kataoka, Chikatoshi Sugimoto and Tatsuya Tsubokawa
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(3), 1435; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031435 - 27 Jan 2022
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The integrin family is involved in various biological functions, including cell proliferation, differentiation and migration, and also in the pathogenesis of disease. Integrins are multifunctional receptors that exist as heterodimers composed of α and β subunits and bind to various ligands, including extracellular [...] Read more.
The integrin family is involved in various biological functions, including cell proliferation, differentiation and migration, and also in the pathogenesis of disease. Integrins are multifunctional receptors that exist as heterodimers composed of α and β subunits and bind to various ligands, including extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins; they are found in many animals, not only vertebrates (e.g., mouse, rat, and teleost fish), but also invertebrates (e.g., planarian flatworm, fruit fly, nematodes, and cephalopods), which are used for research on genetics and social behaviors or as models for human diseases. In the present paper, we describe the results of a phylogenetic tree analysis of the integrin family among these species. We summarize integrin signaling in teleost fish, which serves as an excellent model for the study of regenerative systems and possesses the ability for replacing missing tissues, especially in the central nervous system, which has not been demonstrated in mammals. In addition, functions of astrocytes and reactive astrocytes, which contain neuroprotective subpopulations that act in concert with the ECM proteins tenascin C and osteopontin via integrin are also reviewed. Drug development research using integrin as a therapeutic target could result in breakthroughs for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and brain injury in mammals. Full article
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