Advancements and Possibilities for the Treatment of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 455
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymyositis; dermatomyositis; anti-synthetase syndrome; inflammatory myopathy; immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy; inclusion body myositis; mental health; multidisciplinary approach
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the advances in our knowledge on immunology and rheumatology, the prospects for therapeutic targets in the treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) have evolved.
Therefore, we invite the academic community to contribute high-impact and clinically relevant papers to this Special Issue, which will showcase advances in the treatment of IIMs:
- New therapeutic targets for IIM treatment—molecular mechanisms and perspectives;
- Approaches to skin manifestations in IIMs;
- Therapeutic perspectives in the treatment of interstitial lung disease-associated IIMs;
- Treatment of calcinosis in IIMs;
- Treatment of fatigue in IIMs;
- Dysphagia management in IIMs;
- Osteometabolism and IIMs;
- Mapping of side effects and the treatment of infections;
- Rehabilitation of IIM patients;
- Autoantibody profiles, phenotypic characterization, and therapeutic response in IIMs—perspectives and potential;
- Advances and practical contributions regarding the use of images in the treatment of IIMs;
- Particularities, advances, and challenges in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies;
- Phenotypic characterizations of IIMs and their therapeutic particularities;
- Muscle biopsy as a tool in managing cases and adjusting treatment in IIMs.
Dr. Jucier Gonçalves Júnior
Dr. Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anti-synthetase syndrome
- dermatomyositis
- polymyositis
- inflammatory myopathy
- myositis
- treatment
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