International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposites on the Basis of 'Three Pillars' (Organic Compounds, Metal Nanoparticles, and Carbon Nanomaterials)

edited by

Tamara Basova

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9281 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic/inorganic composites; hybrid materials; composite materials; organic films; polymers; aromatic molecules; metal nanoparticles; carbon nanomaterials; carbon nanotubes; graphene

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Nanoscience)

Molecular Insights into Kidney Injury and Repair

edited by

Rossana Franzin

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8994 | Submission Open

Keywords: kidney injury; renal repair; acute kidney injury (AKI); chronic kidney disease (CKD); sepsis; ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury; nephrotoxin exposition; adult renal progenitor cells

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

Metal-Based Drugs and Research on Mechanisms of Action

edited by

Elena K. Beloglazkina

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8957 | Submission Open

Keywords: transition metals; metal complexes; metallodrugs; drug development; synthesis; imaging agents; structure– activity ratio

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pharmacology)

Molecular Mechanisms of Endothelial Dysfunction: Fourth Edition

edited by

Catherine Davis

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8890 | Submission Open

Keywords: vascular permeability; atherosclerosis; blood– brain barrier; endothelial adhesion molecules; vasodilation; thrombosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Immunology)

Functional Roles of Epithelial and Endothelial Cells

edited by

Lucie Germain

and

Stéphanie Proulx

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8809 | Submission Open

Keywords: epithelial cells; wound healing; endothelial cells; skin; cornea; functionality; barrier

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry)

Challenges and Future Perspectives in Treatment for Lung Cancer

edited by Ilaria Marrocco and

Donatella Romaniello

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8680 | Submission Open

Keywords: lung cancer; non-small cell lung cancer; small cell lung cancer; chemotherapy; targeted therapy; immunotherapy; drug resistance; drug delivery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)

Hepatopancreatic and Intestine Diseases: From Molecular Basis to Therapy

edited by

Arnau Panisello-Roselló

and Emma Folch-Puy

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8459 | Submission Open

Keywords: hepatopancreatic diseases; intestine diseases; molecular basis; therapy; pathogenesis; molecular pathways; pharmacological interventions; surgical techniques; immunotherapies; regenerative medicine approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

A Molecular Perspective on Reproductive Health, 2nd Edition

edited by

Maria Montserrat Rivera Del Álamo

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8384 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproductive function; molecular bases; male; female; reproductive pathology; reproductive physiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry)

Novel Insight into Epigenomic Studies of Human Disease

edited by

Mitsuko Masutani

and Takashi Ito

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8377 | Submission Open

Keywords: epigenetic regulation; DNA methylation; protein methylation; protein acetylation; histone modification; noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs); post-translational modifications (PTMs); chromatin; human disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Natural Products in Cancer Prevention and Treatment

edited by

Simona Serini

and

Gabriella Calviello

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8316 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; cancer; therapeutic strategies; novel molecular pathways

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioactives and Nutraceuticals)

Versatility of Protein Synthesis in a Test Tube

edited by

Tamás Mészáros

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8177 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein synthesis; synthetic biology; cell-free translation; in vitro translation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

Glycobiology in Human Health and Disease

edited by Katrin Mani

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8176 | Submission Open

Keywords: glycans and glycoconjugates; glycoproteins; proteoglycans; glycolipids; glycosylation including glycosyltransferases and glycosidases; carbohydrate and glycan metabolism; glycan structure; disease biomarkers; glycan signaling; glycoimmunology; glycomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Macromolecules)

Recent Advances in Lung Cancer

edited by

Bassam Redwan

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8173 | Submission Open

Keywords: lung cancer; immunotherapy; molecular diagnostic; next-generation sequencing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)

Viral Infections and Host Immune Responses

edited by

Barbara Ridolfi

and Maria Teresa Maggiorella

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8168 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus infections; virus– host interaction; innate immunity; adaptive immunity; host factors; co-infections; acute and chronic infections; restriction factors; therapeutic strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology)

Prostate Cancer: Novel Research and Innovative Therapeutic Strategies

edited by

Giovanni Luca Beretta

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8113 | Submission Open

Keywords: prostate cancer; therapeutic strategy; castration-resistant PCa

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

Advances in Biomedical and Tissue Engineering Strategies to Cross the Blood–Brain Barrier for Next-Generation Treatments Against Neurodegenerative Diseases

edited by

Manuele Gori

and Livia La Barbera

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8026 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases; Alzheimer’ s disease; CNS; blood– brain barrier; drug delivery systems; nanocarriers; nanomedicine; tissue engineering; theranostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Neurobiology)

A Molecular Perspective on the Genetics of Kidney Diseases

edited by Joaquim Calado

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8009 | Submission Open

Keywords: kidney; genetics; solute transport; genomics; inflammation; dysmetabolism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Cutting-Edge Research and Applications of Extracellular Microvesicles in Disease Management

edited by María Isabel Torres

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7973 | Submission Open

Keywords: extraccellular microvesicles; exosome; ectosoma; biomarkers; cargoes of extracellular vesicles; therapeutics; diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

Advances in Protein–Ligand Interactions

edited by Dong-Jun Yu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7929 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug design; binding specificity; molecular docking; ligand screening; structural biology; protein– protein interactions; protein– ligand interactions; protein– lipid complexes; protein– nucleic acid interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Macromolecules)

Inflammation in Chronic Disease: Molecular Mechanisms and Signaling Pathways

edited by

Nadia Lampiasi

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7915 | Submission Open

Keywords: inflammation; neuroinflammation; immune response; inflammation-associated disease; inflammation mediators (proteins; enzymes; ecc); cytokines; macrophages; mast cells; monocytes; dendritic cells; oxidative stress; signaling pathways

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Immunology)

Cardiovascular Diseases: Histopathological and Molecular Diagnostics

edited by

Simona Gurzu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7835 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

Recent Progress of Opioid Research, 2nd Edition

edited by

Soichiro Ide

and

Kazutaka Ikeda

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7685 | Submission Open

Keywords: opioids; opioid crisis; pain; analgesic; addiction; dependence; stress; reward; opioid peptides; opioid use disorder

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pharmacology)

Dopamine, Histamine, Serotonin—Receptors, Ligands and Their Biological Role in Central Nervous System Diseases, 2nd Edition

edited by

Dorota Łażewska

and

Anna Stasiak

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7633 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogenic amines (histamine; dopamine; serotonin); receptors; ligands; antagonist/inverse agonist; affinity; intrinsic activity; multitarget ligands; molecular modeling; CNS diseases; neurodegeneration; psychiatric disorders; pain; in vitro studies; in silico studies; in vivo studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Neurobiology)

New Computational Methodologies for Biomolecule Sequence, Structure and Function Discovery

edited by Fei Guo

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7619 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinformatics; machine learning; deep learning; biomolecule identification; biological networks; structural proteomics; gene expression analysis; molecular docking; post-translational modifications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Informatics)

Molecular Metabolisms in Cartilage Health and Diseases: 3rd Edition

edited by

Masaharu Takigawa

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7200 | Submission Open

Keywords: cartilage; chondrocytes; growth; regeneration; endochondral ossification; arthritis; joint; growth factors; mechanical stress; nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism)

Hormone Signaling in Human Health and Diseases, 2nd Edition

edited by

Antonella Muscella

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7179 | Submission Open

Keywords: hormone; cell receptor; endocrine signaling; cancer; insulin; oestrogen; testosterone; angiotensin; gonadotropin; thyroid hormone

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism)

Recent Advances in Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Kidney Diseases: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Targets, 2nd Edition

edited by

George J. Dugbartey

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7105 | Submission Open

Keywords: kidney diseases; pathophysiology; molecular mechanisms; therapeutic targets; acute kidney injury; chronic kidney disease; polycystic kidney disease; end-stage renal disease; IgA nephropathy; diabetic nephropathy; hypertensive nephropathy; renal cancer; kidney infarction; kidney infection; kidney failure; kidney stones; renal tubular acidosis; renal artery stenosis; acute tubular necrosis; glomerulopathy; interstitial nephritis; nephrotic syndrome; simple kidney cyst

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

New Breakthroughs in Molecular Diagnostic Tools for Human Diseases

edited by

Vittorio Fineschi

and

Aniello Maiese

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6969 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular pathology; molecular diagnostics; genetics; epigenetics; proteomics; immunohistochemistry; thrombo-embolic disease; sudden cardiac death; molecular pathology of traumatic injuries; hypoxic– ischemic brain damage; experimental models of injury and diseases; targeted therapy of injuries and diseases; drug abuse; histological diagnosis; epigenetics of organs injuries; miRNA and prognosis of diseases; novel approaches and proofs of principle in therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

Challenges and Innovation in Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2nd Edition

edited by

King-Ho Cheung

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6661 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases; pathogenesis; biomarkers; disease model; natural product; new drug discovery; therapy; machine learning; stem cell therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Neurobiology)

Genetic and Epigenetic Influences on Personality Traits and Athletic Performance

edited by

Kinga Huminska-Lisowska

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6633 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetics; epigenetics; personality traits; athletic performance; polymorphisms; microbiome; neurotransmitters; molecular mechanisms; metabolic health; injury susceptibility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Chimeric Antigen Receptors Against Cancers and Autoimmune Diseases

edited by

Niels Schaft

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6429 | Submission Open

Keywords: chimeric antigen receptor (CAR); cancer; autoimmune disease; solid tumor; effector cell; CAR format; CAR transfer; tumor microenvironment; targeted antigen

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Immunology)

Microplastics and Nanoplastics Ecotoxicological Effects in Seawater and Freshwater Organisms

edited by

Carlos García

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6376 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; exposure; aquatic organisms; sorption; degradation; bioaccumulation; biomagnification; migration; bioindicators; marine toxins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Toxicology)

The Role of Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) in Infection and Inflammation: Third Edition

edited by

Ralf Kircheis

and

Oliver Planz

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6338 | Submission Open

Keywords: toll-like receptors (TLR); pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs); sepsis; bacterial infections; viral infections; Myd88; TRIF; NF-kappaB; COVID-19; coagulopathies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Immunology)

Role of RNA Decay in Bacterial Gene Regulation

edited by Sue Lin-Chao and

Vladimir Kaberdin

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6284 | Submission Open

Keywords: RNA stabilizers; RNA decay; RNA turnover; small regulatory RNAs; post-transcriptional control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology)

Role of Proteomics in Human Diseases and Infections

edited by

Mahamud Ur Rashid

and Kevin Coombs

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6284 | Submission Open

Keywords: proteomics; human diseases; infections; biomarkers; therapeutic targets; disease pathogenesis; host– pathogen interactions; diagnostic tools

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

New Advances in Medical Microbiology

edited by

Alberto Rizzo

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6212 | Submission Open

Keywords: clinical microbiology; clinical virology; SARS-CoV-2; HPV; sexually transmitted infections; respiratory viruses; emerging pathogens; opportunistic infections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology)

Molecular Mechanisms and Signalling Pathways in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology

edited by Ernesto Alejandro Aiello

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6110 | Submission Open

Keywords: heart; vascular; signaling; cardiovascular disease; mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

Molecular Research on Genitourinary Cancers

edited by

Sabrina Bossio

and

Anna Perri

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6089 | Submission Open

Keywords: genitourinary cancer; molecular markers; oxi-inflammation; tumor microenvironmental; natural products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)

Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Epileptic Neurodevelopment

edited by Christalena Sofocleous

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6082 | Submission Open

Keywords: epileptic neurodevelopment; molecular diagnostics; next-generation sequencing; genetics; epigenetics; pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants; therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

Advanced Research on Nucleic Acids: Therapeutic Potential and Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Veronica Esposito

and

Antonella Virgilio

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5997 | Submission Open

Keywords: aptamer; decoy; DNAzyme; ribozyme; siRNA; miRNA; antisense oligonucleotide; antigene strategy; G-quadruplex; triplex

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry)

Host-Pathogen Interaction, 6th Edition

edited by

Andreas Burkovski

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5971 | Submission Open

Keywords: microorganisms; pathogen; bacteria; yeasts; protozoa; host organisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology)

Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Reproduction

edited by

Dorota Juchno

and

Olga Jablonska

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5955 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene expression; gene mapping; germ cells; epigenetic factors; DNA methylation; histone modification; fertility; molecular diagnostics; next generation sequencing; prenatal diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Molecular Mechanisms and Therapy of Cardiomyopathy

edited by

Maicon Landim-Vieira

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5920 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardiomyopathy; nutrition; exercise; pharmacology; molecular mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

Targeted Treatments in Cancer: 2nd Edition

edited by

Kazuko Kaneda-Nakashima

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5716 | Submission Open

Keywords: TAT (targeting alpha therapy); nuclear medicine; cancer treatment; imaging; radioisotope (RI); surface marker; TRT (targeted radioisotope therapy)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)

New Insights into Aquaporins: 2nd Edition

edited by

Graça Soveral

and

Inês Vieira Da Silva

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5509 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaporin; membrane channel; regulation; pathophysiology; drug target

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)

New Insights into Gene Expression Regulation in the Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Era

edited by

Maria Samara

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5479 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative splicing; DNA methylation; histone modification; RNA sequencing; epigenome; metagenomics; single-cell sequencing; spatial sequencing; microenvironment; microbiome profile

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Mitochondrial Function in Human Health and Disease: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yumay Chen

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5427 | Submission Open

Keywords: mitochondial genesis and disease; mitochondrial function and aging; mitochondrial dysfunction and cancer; mitochondrial function and apoptosis; mitophage; autophage; mitochondrial AKT 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 English Translate to Simplified Chinese Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Bengali Bulgarian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian Japanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Korean Kurdish (Kurmanji) Lao Latvian Lithuanian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar (Burmese) Nepali Norwegian Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Simplified Chinese Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Traditional Chinese Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Always translate English to Simplified Chinese Never translate English Never translate admin.mdpi.com

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Molecular Insights into Macromolecules Structure, Function, and Regulation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhiwei Yang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5416 | Submission Open

Keywords: conformational dynamics; structural modeling; docking; molecular recognition; regulation mechanism; rational design; molecular dynamic simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biophysics)

Advances and Perspectives in Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells and Their Niche

edited by

Naresh Polisetti

and Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5407 | Submission Open

Keywords: limbal epithelial stem cells; ocular surface; limbal stem cell niche; homeostasis; limbal mesenchymal stromal cells; regeneration; limbal melanocytes; extracellular matrix components

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry)

Molecular Research and Cellular Biology of Breast Cancer

edited by

Andrea Nicolini

and

Cristian Scatena

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5383 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular mechanisms of tumor growth and diffusion; cancer cell biology; biology of tumor micro-environmental cells; MDR; hormone dependency; HER2 positive breast cancer; TNBC; genetic and epigenetic alterations; pro-tumor and anti-tumor immune responses; conventional and biological therapies; blood and tissue biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)

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