Viral Infection in Humans: The Role of Immune System and Immunogenetics 2.0
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 14363
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought to light the necessity of being prepared for future pandemics.
To date, no vaccines exist against many viral infections, nor are there effective therapeutic strategies to eradicate the related diseases.
As demonstrated by recent discoveries regarding SARS-CoV-2, many viruses share similar mechanisms of action, although these can be different depending on age. As an example, the peculiarity of COVID-19 infection is that infants, children, and very old individuals, especially those that are longevous, show a sort of barrier against the virus or a surprising capacity to heal. An explanation could be found by analyzing the immune system mediators and studying the immunogenetic assets. What is their contribution?
This Special Issue will collect and present reviews and original studies in an attempt to find answers to this question proposed by the editors, summarizing and expanding upon the knowledge regarding the immune system and immunogenetic control in relation to responses to viral infections.
Papers could include and develop the following topics:
- The role of immunogenetics in the control of viruses that can easily spread through the worldwide population;
- The role of specific immune system mediators in viral diseases that can easily spread through the worldwide population;
- The immunogenetic control of the production of immune system mediators and their role in the development of viruses that can easily spread through the worldwide population;
- Case reports about interesting immunological responses to viruses that can easily spread through the worldwide population, as characterized from a molecular and biochemical point of view;
Dr. Anna Aiello
Dr. Giulia Accardi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- immune system
- immunogenetics
- viral infections
- inflammation
- pandemic infections
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