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Editors-in-Chief
Prof. Manuel A. Barbieri

Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, USA

Interests: endocytosis, signal transduction, small GTPase rab5, oncogene ras, phagocytosis, phagosome maturation

Prof. Alfredo Castro-Vazquez

IHEM, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, ARGENTINA

Interests: comparative morphology, physiology and evolution

Associate Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Ye Zeng

Institute of Biomedical Engineering, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, CHINA

Interests: pathogenesis, cardiovascular diseases, tumor microenvironment, endothelial cell regulation, therapeutic mechanisms, microcirculation disorders

Associate Editors

Prof. Qingjia Chi

Department of Mechanics and Engineering Structure, Wuhan University of Technology, CHINA

Interests: fluid mechanics, biomechanics, soft matter mechanics, including hemodynamics, mechanical behavior of vascular cells and nucleic acid molecules


Prof. Abdelwahab Omri

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Novel Drug and Vaccine Delivery Systems Facility, Laurentian University, CANADA

Interests: liposomal delivery, antisense oligonucleotides, p-glycoprotein function, multidrug resistance, antimicrobial agents, bacterial pathogens


Prof. Jinxi Wang

Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sport Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA

Interests: biomaterial-carried osteogenic proteins, osteoblast differentiation, bone regeneration, pathogenetic mechanisms of osteoarthritis, chondrocyte differentiation and cartilage repair

Editorial Board Members

Prof. Alejandro Aballay

Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, USA

Interests: host-pathogen interactions, neural-immune communications, neuroinflammation, infections, bacterial pathogenesis, organismal response to infections

 

Dr. Oscar Bello

Instituto de Histología y Embriología de Mendoza (IHEM)-UNCuyo-CONICET-Ciudad Universitaria, ARGENTINA

Interests: biochemistry, cell biology, biophysics

 

Dr. Nаtalia V. Belosludtseva

Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIA

Interests: neurodegeneration, diabetes mellites, cardiovascular diseases, mitochondrial dysfunction, ion transporters, bioenergetics, oxidative stress, membrane transport

 

Prof. Biao Cai

School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, CHINA

Interests: Alzheimer's disease, neurodegenerative disease, cognitive dysfunction, molecular biology, signaling pathway

 

Dr. Alejandro Arturo Canales-Aguirre

Unidad de Evaluación Preclínica, Biotecnología Médica Farmacéutica, CONACYT Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (CIATEJ), MEXICO

Interests: Alzheimer disease, regenerative medicine, neuroregeneration, exosomes, stem cells, ipsc, neurodegenerative diseases, 3D cell culture

 

Prof. Huiling Chen 

College of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Wenzhou University, CHINA

Interests: computational intelligence, machine learning, data mining, medical diagnosis, evolutionary algorithms

 

Dr. Yunfeng Chen 

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA

Interests: mechanobiology, platelets, hemostasis and thrombosis, integrin, vascular biology, molecular binding

 

Dr. Biyi Chen 

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA

Interests: cardiovascular physiology, cardiovascular pharmacology, electrophysiology, biophysics, membrane biology, ion channels metabolism

 

Prof. Lukui Chen 
Neuroscience Center, Southern Medical University, CHINA

Interests: neural stem cell transplantation, nerve repair, neurorestoratology

 

Prof. Cheng-Hao Jin 

College of Life Science & Technology, HeiLongJiang BaYi Agricultural University, CHINA

Interests: tumor biology, pharmacology, cell biology, molecular biology, rheumatology, cell signaling, cell apoptosis, cell cycle, cell metastasis, Ros

 

Prof. William Cho 

Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, CHINA

Interests: cancer research, biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and treatment, cancer therapy

 

Sandra Costa

Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, Braga, 4710-057, PORTUGAL

Interests: lung, fibrosis, acute, injury, differentiation, repair, regeneration, macrophages

 

Prof. Zong Jie Cui 

Institute of Cell Biology, Beijing Normal University, CHINA

Interests: photodynamic activation, cholecystokinin receptors, calcium oscillations, miniSOG, pancreatic acinar cells, mast cells, neutrophils, salivary glands, G protein coupled receptors, NADPH oxidases, TRPA1 channels

 

Prof. Mikhail V. Dubinin 

Department of Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Microbiology, Mari State University, RUSSIA

Interests: mitochondria, muscles, heart, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, diabetes mellitus, calcium, ROS, energy metabolism

 

Dr. Giovanni Fiorito 

Clinical Bioinformatics Unit, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, ITALY

Interests: mathematical and statistical methods for the analysis of multi-omic datasets in epidemiological studies and clinical research; ageing-related epigenetic modifications (epigenetic clocks and epigenetic drift) and the use of DNA methylation surrogate of exposures and risk factors for developing of disease-specific risk profiles

 

Prof. Marilia Goulart 

Universidade Federal de Alagoas, BRAZIL

Interests: bioelectrochemistry, electroanalysis, food chemistry, oxidative and carbonylic stresses, nutrition and clinical studies

 

Dr. Elisabetta Grillo

Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia, ITALY

Interests: gremlin-1, VEGF-VEGFR2 axis, adipose tissue, metabolic disorders, growth factors, signal transduction, inflammation, angiogenesis

 

Dr. Jinming Han

Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, CHINA

Interests: immunotherapy, clinical neurology, innate immunity, microglia, macrophages

 

Prof. Azizul Haque 

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, USA

Interests: cancer immunology and immunotherapy, inflammation and CNS injury, neuronal degeneration and regeneration

 

Prof. Weiqi He 

Cambridge-Suda (CAM-SU) Genomic Resource Center, Soochow University, CHINA 

Interests: intestinal stem cell, inflammatory bowel diseases, organoids, mucosal barrier function, circadian clock

 

Prof. Yi Hu

Peking Union Medical College Hospital, CHINA

Interests: discovery of the relatively high temperature of mitochondria in cancer cells by small-molecule and nanosized thermometers; development of stimuli-responsive biomaterials for combating orthotopic and metastatic tumors; development of tools for cancer diagnosis

 

Prof. Marcello Iriti

Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Milan State University, ITALY

Interests: natural products, bioactive phytochemicals, phytotherapeutics, herbal remedies, nutraceuticals, functional foods, ethnopharmacology

 

Dr. Manu M. Joseph

Inter University Centre for Genomics and Gene Technology (IU-CGGT), University of Kerala, INDIA

Interests: cancer biology, targeted drug delivery system, nanomedicine, biomaterials, biosensors, glycobiology, phytomedicine, diagnostics, theragnostics


Dr. Kesari Kavindra 

Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University, FINLAND

Interests: radiation biology, cell biology, cancer biology, neurodegenerative diseases, free radical formation, reactive oxygen species

 

Prof. Jangho Kim

Department of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, KOREA

Interests: biological Engineering, organoid, regenerative medicine

 

Prof. Kamil Kuca 

University of Hradec Kralove, CZECH REPUBLIC

Interests: drug design and development, pharmacology & toxicology, pharmacoeconomics, health economics, military toxicology, toxins, medical devices, technology transfer

 

Prof. Xinhua Liao

School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, CHINA

Interests: molecular basis of maintenance, activation and tissue regeneration of skin and hair follicle stem cells, stem cell and gene therapy for treating skin diseases; regulation of cancer stem cells and targeted drugs development

 

Dr. Yong-Xin Liu

Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, CHINA

Interests: bioinformatics, microbiome, metagenomics, pipeline, data analysis

 

Prof. Zhaoying Liu

College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, CHINA

Interests: drug metabolism and analysis, pharmacology and toxicology, veterinary pharmacology

 

Prof. Yongting Luo

Key Laboratory of Precision Nutrition and Food Quality, Department of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, CHINA

Interests: vascular biology, vascular remodeling, cardiovascular disease

 

Dr. Walter Manucha

National University of Cuyo, ARGENTINA

Interests: pharmacology, cardiovascular disease, mitochondria, inflammation, cellular stress

 

Dr. Abhay Prakash Mishra

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Free State, SOUTH AFRICA

Interests: natural product research, phytopharmaceuticals, pain and inflammation

 

Dr. Seyed Reza Mohebbi

Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IRAN

Interests: viral hepatitis, enteric viruses, genetic variations and host-virus interactions

 

Prof. Madhav P. Nepal

Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, USA

Interests: plant phylogenetics, bioinformatics, comparative genomics, ethnobotany, gene families

 

Dr. Xiaochun Peng

Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, CHINA

Interests: molecular mechanism of tumor immune targeted therapy

 

Dr. Marco Piccoli

Laboratory of Stem Cells for Tissue Engineering, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, ITALY

Interests: cardiovascular diseases, ischemia and reperfusion injury, sialidases, sphingolipids, sialic acid

 

Prof. Egor Y. Plotnikov

Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUSSIA

Interests: ischemia, oxidative stress, kidney, brain, mitochondria

 

Prof. Susana Puntarulo

Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular (IBIMOL), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

Interests: antioxidants, cellular signaling, environmental contaminants, free radical biochemistry, iron, redox balance

 

Prof. Albert Anatolyevich Rizvanov

OpenLab Gene and Cell Technology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, RUSSIA

Interests: regenerative medicine, gene therapy, cell therapy, precision medicine, personalized medicine, rare diseases, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases

 

Prof. Virginie Sottile

Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, ITALY

Interests: stem cell biology, cell differentiation, regenerative medicine, cell therapy, tissue repair

 

Prof. Juan Carlos Stockert

Institute of Oncology “Angel H. Roffo” and Institute of Research and Technology in Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

Interests: fluorescence histochemistry, fluorescence vital probes, melanin research, organelle staining and labeling, photodynamic therapy of cancer, photothermal therapy of cancer

 

Prof. Marco Tatullo

University of Bari, ITALY

Interests: dental stem cells, novel Dscs and comparation with well-known ones, main lineages and Dscs differentiation, stem cells in clinical practice, biomaterials

 

Prof. Dahms Hans Uwe

Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, TAIWAN, CHINA

Interests: integrated and molecular biology of environmental toxicants, research on identification, origin, pathways, sinks, risks and mechanisms of environmental compounds

 

Prof. Chunli Wang

Hubei Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Chinese Medicine Processing, School of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, CHINA

Interests: tissue engineering and biomechanics, pharmacology, osteoarthritis, tumour, cardiovascular disease

 

Dr. Dan Weng

School of Environment and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, CHINA 

Interests: cell death, RIPK1, inflammation, liver, metabolism, toxicology

 

Prof. Qiang-Sheng Wu

College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, CHINA

Interests: mycorrhiza, glomalin, drought stress, citrus, polyamine

 

Prof. Junhua Wu

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School of Nanjing University, CHINA

Interests: tumor therapy, tumor pharmacology, tumor biology, cancer immunotherapy

 

Dr. Kang Xu

College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, CHINA

Interests: pharmacology, aortic valve calcification, cardiovascular biology, inflammation, osteoarthritis, tendon injuries, tissue repair and regeneration, cancer prevention

 

Prof. Yongmin Yan

School of medicine, Jiangsu University, CHINA

Interests: extracellular vesicles, acute and chronic liver diseases, mesenchymal stem cells

 

Prof. Wan-Xi Yang

College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, CHINA

Interests: molecular mechanisms during spermatogenesis, reproductive and developmental biology

 

Prof. Zhiling Yu

Centre for Cancer and Inflammation Research, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, CHINA

Interests: cancer, inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, atopic dermatitis, skin care

 

Prof. Yewang Zhang

School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, CHINA

Interests: the preparation and applications of industrial biocatalysts, including protein engineering, enzyme and cell immobilization, chemical and genetic modification, biocatalysis and biotransformation reactions

 

Prof. Yudong Zhang

School of Computing and Mathematical, University of Leicester, UK

Interests: artificial intelligence, deep learning, computer vision, pattern recognition, computer-aided medical diagnosis, medical image processing, biomedical engineering

 

Prof. Xing Zhang

Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, School of Aerospace Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, CHINA

Interests: mitochondria, metabolism, cardiovascular disease, aging, cardioprotection

 

Prof. Weijiang Zhao 

Department of Cell Biology, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, CHINA

Interests: Alzheimer’s disease, Neuregulin, pituitary, hypothalamus, spinal cord injury, neural regeneration, small molecule, neurodegenerative diseases

Early Career Editorial Board Member

Dr. Ángelo Torres Arévalo 

Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Santo Tomás, CHILE

Interests: immunology, macrophage polarity, lung fibrosis, extracellular adenosine signaling, diabetic nephropathy, cancer stem cells

 

Dr. Tao Jia

West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, CHINA

Interests: angiogenesis, RNA splicing, vascular cell biology

 

Dr. Yang Jiao

Department of Stomatology, the Seventh Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, CHINA

Interests: Tissue engineering; Regenerative medicine; Inflammation and immunity; Cellular interactions; Redox biology; Histone lactylation modification

 

Dr. Alberto Fernando O. Justo

Physiopathology in Aging Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School, BRAZIL

Interests: vascular pharmacology, neurologic pharmacology, physiology, molecular medicine

 

Dr. Maria Kercheva

Cardiology Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIA

Interests: myocardial infarction, macrophage, cardiogenic shock, inflammation, heart failure

 

Dr. Ilya Klabukov

National Medical Research Radiological Center; Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RUSSIA

Interests: regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, cell therapy

 

Dr. Chen Li 
Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin, GERMANY

Interests: cancer metabolism; cancer immunotherapy; adipose tissue; diabetes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

 

Dr. Satyabrata Nanda

MS Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Centurion University of Technology and Management, INDIA

Interests: functional genomics, plant protection, plant-pest interactions, RNAi, genome editing

 

Dr. Charupong Saengboonmee

Center for Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, THAILAND

Interests: cancer metabolism, diabetes mellitus, nutritional biochemistry, cell cycle, cholangiocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, lung cancer, metabolic disorder

 

Dr. Ram Sagar

Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

Interests: neurology, neuroepidemiology, neurodegeneration, genetics, biomarker discovery

 

Dr. Anton Tkachenko

1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, CZECH REPUBLIC

Interests: biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, pathological physiology

 

Dr. Xiao Wei

School of Preclinical Medicine, Chengdu University, CHINA

Interests: cancer therapy, anti-multidrug resistance, multifunctional nanomaterial, phototherapy, ferroptosis inducer, immunogenic cell death, immunotherapy

 

Dr. Zhenshan Yang

Lund University Cancer Centre, SWEDEN

Interests: cancer research, cell signaling, embryo implantation, decidualization, ovarian cancer

 

Dr. Zongmeng ZHANG

The School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, CHINA

Interests: adipokines, adiponectin, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, omega-3 pufas, kidney injury, bone marrow suppression

 

Dr. Rongjun Zou

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, CHINA

Interests: mitochondrion, ischemia-reperfusion injury, myocardial infarct, heart failure, aortic dissection