State-of-the-Art Molecular Pharmacology in Italy

Dear Colleagues,

Pharmacology is a discipline which deals with the interaction of a drug of natural, semisynthetic, or fully (bio)synthetic origin with a human or animal organism. Thus, it involves different disciplines at the interface of pharmacy/medicinal chemistry and physiology/pathophysiology in their broadest sense. It operates at various organizational levels, such as the molecular, subcellular, cellular, organ, and systemic platforms. Molecular pharmacology investigates the molecular mode of action of drugs, among others using genetic and molecular biology methods, and in consequence, it is one of the most rapidly developing fields of pharmacology.

Original research and review articles on molecular pharmacology are invited. The Section “Molecular Pharmacology” aims to publish the latest developments in cellular and molecular pharmacology with a major emphasis on the mechanism of action of novel drugs, innovative pharmacological technologies, cell signaling, transduction pathway analysis, genomics, proteomics, and metabonomics applications to drug action. An additional focus will be the way in which normal biological function is illuminated by knowledge of the action of drugs at the cellular and molecular level.

A large number of research teams in Italy from different institutions and universities are working together and devoting considerable efforts to developing and studying molecular pharmacology. This Topical Collection is committed to providing an overview of the macromolecular sciences and technologies in Italy.

Prof. Dr. Carmine Ostacolo
Prof. Dr. Diego Guidolin
Prof. Dr. Sebastiano Mercadante
Dr. Patrizia Russo
Dr. Andrea Angeli 
Collection Editors

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