Biological Responses to Environmental Stressors: Multilevel Approaches from Cells to Organisms
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecotoxicology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 532
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physiological responses; emerging contaminants; aquatic organisms; environmental pollution; osmoregulation; eco-physiology; One Health
2. Department of Eco-Sustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
Interests: aquatic health; cellular stress responses; eco-physiology; marine invertebrates; xenobiotics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biological systems are continuously exposed to a wide variety of environmental and experimental stressors that challenge cellular homeostasis and organismal function. Understanding how living systems respond and adapt to stress requires integrative approaches capable of connecting molecular and cellular events with tissue-level alterations and organismal outcomes, across different biological models.
This Special Issue invites original research articles and reviews focusing on biological responses to stressors at multiple levels of biological organization, from cells to whole organisms. Contributions may address chemical, physical, or biological stressors, including but not limited to pollutants, changes in temperature or oxygen availability, nutritional imbalances, mechanical stress and other environmental or experimental challenges.
Studies employing diverse experimental models are welcome, including in vivo organisms, in vitro systems, advanced cellular models, organoids and comparative or translational approaches. We particularly encourage submissions that explore stress-related mechanisms, adaptive and maladaptive physiological responses, cellular signaling pathways and functional consequences at the tissue or organism level.
By bringing together different models, stress sources and methodological perspectives, this Special Issue aims to foster interdisciplinary dialog and provide a broad yet coherent framework for understanding biological responses to stress.
Dr. Federica Impellitteri
Prof. Dr. Caterina Faggio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- molecular mechanisms
- organoids
- in vivo systems
- biological stress responses
- multilevel approaches
- cellular mechanisms
- molecular adaptation
- experimental models
- in vitro systems
- integrative biology
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