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Special Issue: Metabolism out-of-control: From basic science to public relevance
Ever more people are affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like type II diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. The fundamental cause for most of these disorders is dysregulated metabolism. In addition to genetic predispositions, the style and circumstances that we live in are important parameters hat influence whole body metabolism.
In contrast to the big efforts to prevent metabolic diseases and NCDs (e.g. dietary interventions and increased physical activity), NCDs are accounting for more than 70% of global deaths. The increasing number of patients suffering from NCDs represent a huge threat to health systems world-wide.
An important basis for this Special Issue will be the talks presented at a recent Symposium on this topic by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Free submissions to this Special Issue that will discuss major causes of metabolic diseases and potential novel interventions are welcome until 1st of December 2023.
Editors
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Alexander Pfeifer
Alexander Pfeifer has a long-standing interest in cellular signaling, molecular pharmacology and academic drug research. A major focus of his research lies on metabolic diseases and energy homeostasis. He is speaker of the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center CRC/TRR333 “BATenergy”.
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Staffan Hildebrand
Staffan Hildebrand has a background in biomedical nanoengineering and obtained his Ph.D. degree in drug sciences in 2017 at the University of Bonn. His main research focus is the intercellular and inter-Organ crosstalk of adipose tissue.
