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Forthcoming Special Issues and Calls for Papers
Cardiovascular Research regularly publishes Spotlight or Review Focus Issues that are devoted to a specific research topic. These issues contain a number of invited expert reviews. In addition, a major part of each issue is reserved for original research papers. All papers are subjected to the normal peer review process (on average an editorial decision is made within 22 days of receipt of any manuscript). The authors of accepted manuscripts are given the option of publication in a regular issue of the Journal or in the Special Issue.
List of forthcoming Special Issues (click on those shown in blue to view the respective Call for Papers):
Cardiovascular Systems Biology (Review Focus)
to be published February 15, 2013
The Calpain Family in the Cardiovascular System (Review Focus)
to be published October 1, 2012
Smooth Muscle Cells and Vascular Diseases (Spotlight)
to be published July 15, 2012
Reducing the Impact of Myocardial Ischaemia-Reperfusion Injury (Spotlight)
to be published May 1, 2012
The Role of MicroRNA in Cardiovascular Biology and Disease (Review Focus)
to be published March 15, 2012
Special Issues - Call for papers:
Cardiovascular Systems Biology (Review Focus)
to be published in March, 2013
Issue Editor:
Manuel Mayr
King’s College London, UK
Cardiovascular Research publishes occasional Review Focus Issues devoted largely to a specific research topic. These issues contain a number of expert reviews, and part of each issue is reserved for original research papers. All papers are subjected to the normal peer review process (an editorial decision is usually made within 22 days of receipt of any manuscript). The authors of accepted manuscripts are given the option of publication in a regular issue of the Journal or in the Review Focus issue.
A Review Focus on systems biology of the cardiovascular system is scheduled to appear in March, 2013. To understand complex biological systems, detailed examination of the properties of their constituent parts is essential; however, this alone is insufficient. The quest for single signalling pathways in multifactorial disease processes has the illusion of simplicity, but requires higher levels of integration. The four big “-omic” techniques – genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics – provide an opportunity to bridge the gap between molecular and systems biology and offer a non-biased suite of tools that will be indispensable for addressing the multiple facets of cardiovascular disease.
Preliminary topics of invited review articles related to cardiovascular systems biology include:
1. Genetic networks in cardiovascular disease
2. Integrative genomics in cardiovascular medicine
3. Cardiovascular proteomics
4. Metabolomics profiling and cardiovascular risk
5. Drug-target interactome network in cardiovascular disease
6. Computational modeling of cardiomyocytes
We invite you to contribute original manuscripts based on your research related to the above-mentioned topics to the upcoming Review Focus on systems biology. Please select the article type “Spotlight Issue – Original Article” upon submission of your manuscript online.
Deadline for submission of manuscripts: July 1, 2012
Expected publication date: March 15, 2013
Review Focus on The Calpain Family in the Cardiovascular System
to be published in October, 2012
Issue Editor:
Javier Inserte
(Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
Cardiovascular Research publishes occasional Review Focus Issues devoted largely to a specific research topic. These issues contain a number of expert reviews, and part of each issue is reserved for original research papers. All papers are subjected to the normal peer review process (an editorial decision is usually made within 22 days of receipt of any manuscript). The authors of accepted manuscripts are given the option of publication in a regular issue of the Journal or in the Review Focus issue.
A Review Focus on the calpain family of proteases in the cardiovascular system is scheduled to appear in October, 2012. Calpains are a family of tightly regulated calcium-dependent cysteine proteases that modulate cellular function. In the past few years, researchers have unraveled the importance of disturbances of calpain activity in cardiac diseases such as myocardial ischaemia, cardiac hypertrophy, and heart failure. Mechanisms of dysregulation of the calpain/calpastatin system and the overall consequences of manipulating its activity in the heart remain controversial. Therefore, the aim of this Review Focus issue will be to highlight the latest advancements in the understanding of the regulation of calpain function and the interaction of calpains with other proteolytic systems in protein control and their implication in conditions of cardiac disease.
Preliminary topics of invited review articles related to calpains in the cardiovascular system include
1. Regulation and physiological roles of the calpain/calpastatin system
2. Role of calpains in myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion injury
3. Calpains, mitochondria and apoptosis
4. Role of calpains in myocardial remodeling and heart failure
5. Proteolytic systems in cardiomyocyte recycling
We invite you to contribute original manuscripts based on your research related to the above-mentioned topics to the upcoming Review Focus on calpains. Please select the article type “Spotlight Issue – Original Article” upon submission of your manuscript online.
Deadline for submission of manuscripts: Febuary, 2012
Expected publication date: October 1, 2012
