Call for Papers: Emerging insights in Zinc Transport, Signaling, and Homeostasis in Health and Disease
Commissioning Editor: Teresita Padilla-Benavides, Wesleyan University, United States
Metallomics publishes cutting-edge investigations aimed at elucidating the identification, distribution, dynamics, role and impact of metals and metalloids in biological systems.
Metallomics invites submissions to a special thematic collection on “Emerging insights in Zinc Transport, Signaling, and Homeostasis in Health and Disease”. This collection aims to highlight the essential roles of zinc in maintaining cellular homeostasis and its involvement in various pathological conditions. We welcome research papers spanning a broad range of topics, including, but not limited to the role of Zn in enzymatic activity, transport mechanisms, gene regulation, and signal transduction. Submissions exploring the impact of zinc on immune responses, neurological function, cancer progression, infection control, and other key biological processes are encouraged. Additionally, studies focusing on zinc-binding proteins and their potential as drug discovery targets are particularly sought after, as this area represents a promising frontier for novel therapeutic approaches.
We are happy to consider tutorials, perspectives, critical reviews, minireviews, or primary research articles (either full papers or communications) for this collection. The Editorial Board of Metallomics will handle the review of all submitted manuscripts.
Metallomics will publish these papers online as they are accepted for publication. They will then be grouped electronically in the special collections section of the Metallomics website and each will be highlighted as one of a series of papers on this particular topic, with an accompanying editorial that highlights contributed papers in the collection.
Submission deadline:
2 June 2025
Manuscripts submitted at any point prior to the deadline will be reviewed as they come in.
Instructions for Authors:
Authors should submit by 2 June 2025, via the Journal’s online submission site. Manuscripts submitted after the deadline may not be considered for the special collection and may be published, if accepted, as a regular submission.
Please see the Author instructions on our journal website. All manuscripts must be submitted via the journal’s online manuscript submission system. When submitting, please select the special collection’s title, “Emerging insights in Zinc Transport, Signaling, and Homeostasis in Health and Disease”, to ensure that it will be reviewed for this special collection.
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
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