Translocator Protein (TSPO) in Drug Delivery and Imaging of Pathological Disorders 2.0

Dear Colleagues,

The increasing interest in the 18-kDa mitochondrial translocator protein (TSPO), as evidenced by the success of the previous Special Issue on the latest findings on the role of TSPO in eukaryotic cells, led us to propose a second Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences on the role of the Translocator Protein in the drug delivery and imaging of pathological disorders.

TSPO is emerging as an extremely attractive subcellular biomarker for the early detection of disease states overexpressing this protein, and for the selective delivery of drugs to mitochondria. Moreover, the design and synthesis of new, more specific and effective TSPO ligands remains a very valuable task that cannot be neglected. Submissions dealing with all of these topics are welcome.

Dr. Nunzio Denora
Guest Editor

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• TSPO
• translocator protein 18-kDa
• mitochondria
• TSPO ligand
• drug delivery
• drug targeting
• apoptosis
• imaging
• PET
• microglia
• neuroinflammation
• Alzheimer
• steroidogenesis
• cancer