Cellular and Molecular Immune Research on Renal Transplantation
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: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 2459
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the upcoming special issue focusing on cellular and molecular immune research in Renal Transplantation.
Although kidney transplantation offers the best long-term outcome for patients with kidney failure there are still many patients on the waiting list who never receive an organ. In the past 10 years, the population of organ donors has shifted towards older individuals with co-morbidities such as hypertension, cardiac disease and diabetes. This has resulted in higher rates of organ decline to avoid poor short and long term function and created uncertainty about which organs are suitable for transplant. There is a growing need to better understand the cellular and molecular fingerprint of donor organs to help select appropriate organs for transplant and understand the mechanisms of decline after transplant.
Recent developments in the field include the assessment of donor organs using technology such as machine perfusion, which has also created a platform for the delivery of cell and immune therapies and drugs. Novel techniques of biological sample analysis using transcriptomics, proteomics and single cell analysis are also exciting areas of development. This special issue will showcase the latest research in cellular and molecular aspects of kidney transplantation including experimental models, animal studies and cell culture. We warmly welcome the submission of short communications, original research articles, clinical trials and review articles.
This special issue is supervised by Dr. James P. Hunter and assisted by our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Letizia Lo Faro（University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division, Oxford, United Kingdom). We warmly welcome the submission of short communications, original research articles, clinical trials and review articles.
Dr. James P. Hunter
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- kidney transplantation
- cell therapy
- molecular biology
- ischaemia-reperfusion
- machine perfusion
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