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Advances in Metalloproteinase, 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open
Keywords: matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs); substrate specificity; pathological condition; metalloproteinases inhibitors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
Triosephosphate Isomerase: Potential Target in Cancer Treatment and Other Diseases submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1177 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer; glycolytic; triosephosphate isomerase; TPI; post-translational modification; cancer treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
Food Allergens: Latest Molecular Advancements
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submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open
Keywords: food allergies; allergen; allergenicity; epitope; desensitization; immunity reaction; hypoallergen; Ig E binding             TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvian Turkish Finnish Lithuanian Ukrainian French Malay Urdu German Maltese Vietnamese Greek Norwegian Welsh Haitian Creole Persian   //   TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW Back EMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back //     This page is in German   Translate to Simplified Chinese         Abkhazian Acehnese Acholi Afar Afrikaans Albanian Alur Amharic Arabic Armenian Assamese Avaric Awadhi Aymara Azerbaijani Balinese Baluchi Bambara Baoulé Bashkir Basque Batak Batak Simalungun Batak Toba Belarusian Bemba Bengali Betawi Bhojpuri Bikol Bosnian Breton Bulgarian Buryat Cantonese Catalan Cebuano Chamorro Chechen Chichewa Chuukese Chuvash Corsican Crimean Tatar Crimean Tatar (Latin) Croatian Czech Danish Dari Dinka Divehi Dogri Dombe Dutch Dyula Dzongkha English English (USA) Esperanto Estonian Ewe Faroese Fijian Filipino Finnish Fon French French (Canadian) Frisian Friulian Fulah Ga Galician Georgian German Greek Guarani Gujarati Haitian Creole Hakha Falam Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hiligaynon Hindi Hmong Hungarian Hunsrik Iban Icelandic Igbo Ilocano Indonesian Inuktitut Inuktitut (Latin) Irish Italian Jamaican Patois Japanese Javanese Jingpho Kalaallisut Kannada Kanuri Kapampangan Kazakh Khasi Khmer Kiga Kikongo Kinyarwanda Kokborok Komi Konkani (Latin) Korean Krio Kurdish (Kurmanji) Kurdish (Sorani) Kyrgyz Lao Latgalian Latin Latvian Ligurian Limburgish Lingala Lithuanian Lombard Luganda Luo Luxembourgish Macedonian Madurese Maithili Makassarese Malagasy Malay Malay (Arabic) Malayalam Maltese Mam Manx Maori Marathi Mari Marshallese Marwari Mauritian Creole Meitei/Meetei (Mayek) Minangkabau Mizo Mongolian Myanmar (Burmese) N'Ko Bambara Nahuatl Ndau (Zimbabwe) Ndebele Nepali Newari Northern Sami Norwegian Nuer Occitan Odia Oromo Ossetian Pangasinan Papiamento Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Portuguese (Portugal) Punjabi Punjabi (Arabic) Q'eqchi' Quechua Romani Romanian Rundi Russian Samoan Sango Sanskrit Santali Santali (Latin) Scots Gaelic Sepedi Serbian Sesotho Seychellois Creole Shan Shona Sicilian Silesian Simplified Chinese Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Sundanese Susu Swahili Swati Swedish Tahitian Tajik Tamazight Tamazight (Latin) Tamil Tatar Telugu Tetum Thai Tibetan Tigrinya Tiv Tok Pisin Tongan Traditional Chinese Tshiluba Tsonga Tswana Tulu Tumbuka Turkish Turkmen Tuvan Twi Udmurt Ukrainian Urdu Uyghur Uzbek Venda Venetian Vietnamese Waray Welsh Wolof Xhosa Yakut Yiddish Yoruba Yucatec Maya Zapotec Zulu   Always translate German to Simplified Chinese Never translate German Never translate admin.mdpi.com
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
Identification of Predictive Molecular Markers for Cancer Progression, Response to Therapy, and Disease Outcome
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submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open
Keywords: predictive biomarkers; cancer progression; therapy response; molecular signatures; precision oncology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
Innovations in Functional Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications
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submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional biomaterials; molecular mechanisms; drug delivery systems; tissue engineering; biointerface interactions; smart/stimuli-responsive materials; molecular modeling and simulation; gene and protein expression; biomolecular characterization; regenerative medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science)
Nanomaterials and Regulated Cell Death Pathways: Novel Therapeutic Opportunities
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submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: apoptosis; ferroptosis; nanotherapy; nanotoxicity; necroptosis; oxidative stress; PANoptosis; pyroptosis; regulated cell death
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Nanoscience)
Advances in Cardiovascular Disease and Medicine
edited by Kristoffer Berg-Hansen
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiovascular disease; molecular mechanisms; genetics; epigenetics; omics; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
Molecular Insights into Ophthalmic Diseases
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submission deadline 27 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental hazards; ophthalmic diseases; molecular mechanisms; risk factors; disease prevention; oxidative stress; biomarkers; therapeutic targets
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
Molecular Advance in Nutraceutical Research: From Bioactive Discovery to Translational Application submission deadline 27 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioactive compounds; nutraceuticals; molecular mechanisms; nutraceutical formulations; preclinical and clinical validation; targeted delivery systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioactives and Nutraceuticals)
Molecular Insights into Toxicity: Identifying Biomarkers and Molecular Pathways Involved in Toxicological Responses
edited by Irma Martha Medina Díaz
submission deadline 29 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2087 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; molecular pathways; chemical exposure assessment; environmental exposure; human health; public health toxicology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Toxicology)
Harnessing Natural Compounds to Combat Cancer and Metastasis
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submission deadline 29 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural compounds; bioactive molecules; natural extracts; chemotherapy; immunomodulatory compounds; anti-metastatic compounds; anti-angiogenic compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioactives and Nutraceuticals)
Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Development and Disease (Second Edition) submission deadline 29 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiac development; cardiac repair; regeneration; cardiac cell-cell interaction; fibrosis; remodeling; molecular mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
Systemic and Mucosal Inflammation in Colorectal Cancer: Underlying Factors, Significance, and Related Biomarkers, 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1870 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular changes; colorectal cancer; normal mucosa; apoptotic proteins; inflammatory mechanism; adenoma– carcinoma sequence; cancer biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
Advances in Molecular Approaches to Asthma Management submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1234 | Submission Open
Keywords: severe asthma; type 2 and non-type 2 inflammation; antibodies; comorbidities; treatable traits
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
Deciphering the Molecular Symphony of Microbiome-Driven Immune Modulation
edited by Edda Russo and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbiome; immune; microbial-host interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Immunology)
Molecular Mechanisms of Maternal Effects on Infant Neurodevelopment submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: maternal– fetal interactions; epigenetic regulation; neurodevelopmental programming; placental signaling; glucocorticoid receptors; brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); oxidative stress; synaptic plasticity; perinatal stress; corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) pathway
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Neurobiology)
Computer Simulation Insight into Ligand–Receptor Interaction submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: structure– activity relationship (SAR); free energy perturbation (FEP); structure-based drug design (SBDD); machine learning in drug discovery; hybrid qm/mm methods; binding affinity prediction; enhanced sampling techniques; target binding kinetics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Informatics)
Design, Synthesis, and Applications of Advanced Functional Materials
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced functional materials; materials synthesis; nanomaterials; hybrid materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science)
Human Meningioma: Recent Developments
edited by Jason P. Sheehan, Yuki Shinya and Stylianos Pikis
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open
Keywords: meningioma; molecular pathogenesis; genomic alteration; radiogenomics; tumor microenvironment; biomarkers; neurosurgery; radiosurgery; translational neuroscience; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
Exploring Molecular Progression in Inorganic Synthesis
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open
Keywords: inorganic synthesis; materials science; catalysis; energy materials; bioinorganic systems; organometallic compounds; supramolecular chemistry; molecular design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science)
Transition-Metal-Based Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
edited by Ramin Yousefi and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open
Keywords: transition metal nanoparticles; synthesis; structure– property relationship; catalysis; photocatalysis; energy storage and conversion; biomedical applications; drug delivery; environmental remediation; plasmonics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Nanoscience)
Phytochemicals for Diabetes
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytochemicals; diabetes mellitus; insulin resistance; oxidative stress; inflammation; plant extracts; polyphenols; flavonoids; nutraceuticals; diabetic complications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pharmacology)
Molecular Targeted Therapy and Epigenetic Advances in Cancer
edited by Qing Sheng Mi and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer; epigenetic; therapeutic targets; chromatin; DNA methylation; histone modification; noncoding RNA; histone variants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
Focus on Heterocyclic Compounds and Their Various Applications
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: heterocyclic compounds; heterocyclic organic synthesis; medicinal heterocycles; bioactive heterocycles; heterocycles in materials sciences
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
Molecular Research in Hepatic Amino Acid Catabolism
edited by Carolina Conter
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: amino acid catabolism; essential amino acids; non-essential amino acids; liver metabolism; urea cycle; gluconeogenesis; lipid metabolism; nutritional regulation; mTOR signaling; metabolic diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
Natural Compounds: Impact on Health and Disease
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural compounds; bioactive molecules; disease prevention; phytochemicals; functional food; molecular mechanisms; therapeutic potential; oxidative stress; immune modulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioactives and Nutraceuticals)
Genome Editing in Disease Research: Applications in Animal Models and Organoids submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open
Keywords: genome editing; CRISPR/Cas; disease modeling; functional genomics; organoids
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
The Impact of Oxidative Stress on Male and Female Germ Cells: From Redox Biology to Photon Emission
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Keywords: oxidative stress; germ cells; fertility; redox signaling; mitochondrial dynamics; DNA damage; photonic communication; ultra-weak photon emission; quantum biology; reproductive health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
Dysfunctional Neural Circuits and Impairments in Brain Function, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: neural circuits; dysfunctional circuits; neuropsychiatric disorders; optical recording; voltage-sensitive dyes; genetically encoded optical indicators; local brain activity; whole-brain activity; cognitive impairments; behavioral test
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Neurobiology)
Molecular and Signaling Pathways in Pathological Changes of Esophageal, Gastric and Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Methods of Cell Protective Treatment
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: gastrointestinal epithelial cells; cellular signaling; molecular pathways; cell damage; cell protection; esophageal integrity; gastric secretion; gastric ulcer; duodenal ulcer; intestinal digestion and absorption; intestinal integrity; inflammatory bowel disease; irritable bowel syndrome; ulcerative colitis; Crohn’ s disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
Molecular and Cellular Mechanism in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
edited by Nilo Riva
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open
Keywords: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; motor neuron vulnerability; TDP-43; axonal degeneration; proteinopathy; stress granules; C9orf72; SOD1; RNA metabolism; FTD
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
Molecular Mechanisms of Nutrient Uptake and Utilization in Plants submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: agriculture and crop improvement; molecular and cellular mechanisms; nitrogen; nutrient efficiency; protein
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
Insights into Immunodeficiency and Immunotherapy in Multiple Myeloma
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open
Keywords: multiple myeloma; plasma cells; monoclonality; immunodeficient
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Immunology)
Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Epigenetic Approaches in Fish Research
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish biology; omics technologies; genomics and transcriptomics; environmental adaptation; aquaculture traits
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
Emerging Topics in Polymeric Nanoparticles submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymeric nanoparticles; nanostructured materials; functional polymers; Janus particles; self-assembly; drug delivery; environmental remediation; microplastics; biodegradability; nanomedicine; green synthesis; adsorbents; life cycle assessment; surface functionalization; smart materials; biocompatibility; environmental impact; bioaccumulation; responsive polymers; hybrid nanomaterials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Macromolecules)
Gene Therapy for Ocular Diseases: Mechanisms, Advances and Therapeutic Applications
edited by Jiang-Hui Wang
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: AAV; capsid engineering; gene therapy; retinal diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
Mitochondrial Signaling Pathways in Inflammation and Diseases submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open
Keywords: mitochondria; cell metabolism; inflammatory mitochondrial signalling; metabolic pathways; mitochondrial dysfunction; mtDNA; cGAS-STING pathway; NLRP3 inflammasome; human pathology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites in Human Health and Disease
edited by Zeneng Wang
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbiome; microbiota; gut; metabolomics; health; disease; inflammation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism)
Peptides in Healthcare and Beyond: Emerging Roles in Skincare, Nutrition, Medicine, and Animal Health
edited by and Lijing Fang
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: peptides; efficacy; healthcare; skincare; nutrition; medicine; animal health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
Cariovascular Diseases: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutics
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: yocardial infarction and cardiac regeneration; microvasculature in cardiovascular health and disease; gender specific aspects of cardiovascular disease; heart failure; aneurysm formation and dissection; vascular remodeling (restenosis; atherosclerosis; angioegenesis); valve failure; replacement or regeneration; atherosclerosis; imaging; new therapeutic options including non-coding RNAs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
Green Synthesis of Biomaterials Using Plant Extracts with Potential Application in Medicine and Biotechnology submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: green synthesis; biomaterials; antimicrobial activity; plant-mediated green synthesis; biomedical application; antibiotic resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science)
Next-Generation Antimicrobials and Anticancer Agents: From Natural to Synthetic Compounds
edited by and Roxana Popescu
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioactive molecules; natural products; synthetic compounds; molecular design; antimicrobial agents; anticancer agents; drug-resistant infections; drug discovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
Advances in Next-Generation CRISPR and Gene Editing Tools submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: CRISPR engineering; miniaturized CRISPR; gene editing delivery; prime editing; base editing; epigenome editing; single-cell CRISPR
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
Extracellular Vesicles – New Kids on the Block in Liquid Biopsy
edited by Christa Nöhammer
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: extracellular vesicles; biological fluids; liquid biopsy; multi-omics; biomarkers; EV technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
Regulatory Mechanism and Network of Abiotic Stress-Response in Plants: 3rd Edition
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress response; osmotic stress; temperature stress; transcriptional regulation; post-transcriptional regulation; regulatory mechanism; gene regulatory network
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
Advances in Estrogen Therapy for CNS Diseases submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: estrogen; central nervous system (CNS) diseases; neurodegenerative disorders
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism)
Molecular Insights and Therapeutic Innovations in Neuromuscular Diseases submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuromuscular disorders; molecular mechanisms; gene therapies; RNA therapies; small molecules
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Neurobiology)
The Latest Research on Molecular Studies of Crustaceans
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open
Keywords: crustacean; molecular; genetics; physiology; ecology; environmental
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
Novel Therapeutic Targets in Cancers: 4th Edition
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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: targeted therapy; precision oncology; immune modulation; cancer stem cell targeting; RNA-based therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
Molecular, Genetic and Genomic Insights into Marine Organisms: From Mechanisms to Ecology
edited by Yaron Tikochinski
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine genomics; molecular ecology; population genetics; transcriptomics; conservation genomics; eDNA; functional genomics; environmental stress; phylogeography; multi-omics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
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