Epigenetic Regulation During Viral Infections and Latency
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 64
Special Issue Editors
Interests: HIV/SIV latency; SARS-CoV-2; drug abuse; epigenetics; metabolomics/proteomics
Interests: HIV; SARS-CoV-2; epigenetics; comorbidities; post-translational modifications of histones; epidrugs; metabolomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), viral infection research has received great attention worldwide. Emerging and reemerging viral infections have been a persistent global health concern. Viral infections significantly impact host cell epigenetics, and epigenetic mechanisms are crucial in viral replication, host–pathogen interactions, inflammation, cellular defense, and cellular metabolism. Viruses manipulate host epigenetic processes to optimize their transcription, replication, and persistence. Epigenetics consists of DNA methylation, histone modification, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding RNAs, which are important in shaping host–virus interactions. There is a great need to understand these complex interactions through epigenetics. Epigenetic regulation is involved in several virus-related cellular processes. It has been considered a promising target for novel therapeutic approaches due to the critical role of epigenetic regulation during viral infection and persistence.
This Special Issue aims to present the latest research on all aspects of epigenetic regulation mechanisms in viral infections and latency. Both original research articles and reviews are welcome. We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Prasun K. Datta
Dr. Manish K. Gupta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- epigenetics
- viral infections
- DNA methylation
- histone modification
- cross-talk between metabolism and epigenetics
- novel therapeutics
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