Molecular Immunology of Liver Diseases
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 2383
Special Issue Editor
Interests: inflammatory liver diseases; complement; innate immunity; macrophages; type 3 cytokines; tissue fibrosis; steatotic liver disease
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chronic liver disease is a leading cause of mortality worldwide and non-resolving inflammation is critical driver of disease progression. While inflammation, occurring from the innate and adaptive immune system, precedes clinical manifestation of liver disease, there remain no therapeutic options for outside of liver transplant. In this special issue entitled "Molecular Immunology of Liver Diseases" in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, we seek submissions filling gaps in knowledge that aim to uncover mechanisms related to immune dysregulation throughout the spectrum of liver disease, including steatosis, steatohepatitis, and liver fibrosis. This collection of original papers and reviews will seek to redefine the processes that govern inflammatory responses as well gain a better understanding how we can direct future studies to address increasing rates of chronic inflammatory liver disease world-wide. Submissions are encouraged to mechanistic in nature in areas of immunometabolism, organ-organ crosstalk (e.g., gut-liver, adipose-liver), oxidative eustress and/or distress, cellular signaling, transcriptional regulation and cytokine/chemokine networks.
Dr. Rebecca McCullough
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- steatotic liver disease
- metabolic-associated liver disease
- alcohol-associated liver disease
- inflammation
- innate immunity
- adaptive immunity
- liver fibrosis
- biomarker discovery
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