Molecular Mechanisms of Immunothrombosis, Autoimmunity, and Development of Next Generation Anticoagulants
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 (15 December 2021) | Viewed by 3580
Special Issue Editor
Interests: structure-function of clotting and complement factors; structure-function of thiol-oxidoreductases; single-molecule FRET; coagulation; autoimmunity; antiphospholipid syndrome; thrombosis; innate immunity; protein engineering; protein-protein interactions; protein-small molecule interactions; allosteric regulation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Immunothrombosis is a physiological process initiated by the innate immune system that links coagulation to the recognition, containment, and destruction of microbial pathogens. While protective during microbial infections, a growing body of evidence supports a model whereby its dysregulation exacerbates the severity of multiple diseases, such as sepsis, cancer, and autoimmunity, thus representing a potential target for pharmacological intervention.
In this Special Issue, the focus will be on the molecular mechanisms linking immunothrombosis to the onset and development of human pathology, and strategies for achieving safe anticoagulation by down regulating the activation of the innate immune system and modulating of the initiation and propagation of the clotting cascade. One relevant example of disease in which immunothtombosis plays an important role is the systemic autoimmune disorder Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS), in which antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) targeting phospholipids and phospholipid-binding proteins are responsible for vascular thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity. Another one is Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), in which SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to coagulopathy. Experimental papers and original reviews which provide new structural and functional insights into how complement and clotting factors dynamically interact with the microenvironment, how they bind and assemble onto phospholipid bilayers and negatively charged surfaces, how they are activated, regulated and cleared from the circulation, and how they interact with cell receptors, autoantibodies and viruses are welcome. Articles describing new molecular pathways through which complement and coagulation cascades crosstalk as well as new pharmacological and genetic strategies for preventing thrombosis in the context of upregulated immunothrombosis are also welcome.
Dr. Nicola Pozzi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Innate immunity
- Complement cascade
- Coagulation cascade
- Autoimmunity
- Thrombosis
- Structural biology
- Structure-function relationships
- Anticoagulants
- Enzymology
- Drug discovery
- Immuothrombosis
- Sepsis
- Cancer
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- COVID-19