As a major cause of morbidity and mortality, clinical liver disease (CLD) has become a severely increasing global burden due to its occupancy of health resources for patient treatment. Many pharmacological approaches (such as targeted therapy) or surgical techniques (such as live transplantation and associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy [ALPPS]) may help to improve the prognosis of patients with CLD. However, the underlying pathological mechanism of disease and the rationality of these therapies have yet to be revealed. A comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms of the occurrence and development of CLD and the relevant therapeutic approaches will support efforts for better prevention and therapy from the perspective of precision medicine.
Omics technologies provide valid approaches to reveal the potential mechanism of CLD through studies of whole genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome and microbiome profiles. As these technologies have advanced, omics testing is now widely affordable and has therefore become a preferred option for the investigation of potential targets and pathways involved in the pathogenesis of diseases. Improved algorithms guarantee data integration of multi omics data, and such integrated omics analyses provide more reliable data to guide further validation studies in vitro and in vivo. Multi-omics data also facilitate better prediction of the therapeutic effects of drugs and other interventions in CLD.
Therefore, we invite Original Articles, Reviews and Mini Reviews focusing on novel or the most-updated information on CLDs and relevant therapies based on via multi-omics approaches. The studies can be performed in human patients, in animal models, or in cell lines with the goal of characterizing the specific mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis, diagnosis, or treatment responses of CLDs, including chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) via combinative approaches involving transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, radiomics, etc. Multi-omics studies on key issues in liver transplantation (e.g., marginal grafts, ABO-mismatch, early allograft dysfunction and recurrence of primary liver disease) or other surgical techniques are especially welcome.
Research Topics A. Multi-omics integrative analysis of issues related to the clinical application of marginal (macro-steatosis, aging, ABO-mismatched) grafts used for liver transplantation; B. Genetics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and investigation of potential therapeutic intervention targets; C. Potential mechanistic study on chronic liver diseases (e.g., CHC, CHB) based on integrative multi-omics research; D. Application of omics data in selection of recipients for liver transplantation (comparison of Hangzhou/Milan/UCSF criteria for recipient selection for liver transplantation); E. Mechanistic studies on innate and adaptive immunity in sterile inflammation during liver injury (e.g., liver transplantation and hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury); F. Cellular communication mechanisms (e.g., exosomes and metabolites) between nonparenchymal cells and parenchymal cells during tumorigenesis and development in liver cancers; G. Metabolic reprogramming of tumor cells (such as amino acids and fatty acids) and induction of liver disease progression (including MAFLD, cirrhosis, and liver cancer); and H. Interactive regulation of multiple tumor metabolism and signal transduction pathways in liver cancers.
This is a new Research Topic. Information about Articles will be published here as soon as it becomes available.
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Guest Editor-in-Chief
Shu-Sen Zheng
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Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of Surgery, renowned surgical specialist in the fields of organ transplantaiton and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery.
To date, he has completed 3400 liver transplantation surgeries. He established the Hangzhou Criteria for HCC recipient selection for liver transplantation and the strategy for the prevention and management of HBV recurrence after liver transplantation. He has published more than 400 articles in international journals. Prof. Zheng is the Editor-in-Chief of several monographs such as Liver Transplantation, Pancreas Transplantation, Management in Peri-operative Period of Liver Transplantation, etc. Prof. Zheng established the Chinese College of Transplantation Doctors and promoted several national projects for organ donation and allocation in China. Prof. Zheng also established a series of international collaborations (with Cleveland Clinic, UCLA, Stanford University, etc.), which achieved international approval for liver transplantation in China and accelerated the fusion of Chinese organ transplantation with the international organization. Prof. Zheng was awarded the honorary Academician of Surgery of Hong Kong award in 2012, and he is the first Chinese honorary professor at UCLA in the field of medicine.
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Guest Editor
Zheng-Tao Liu
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Associate Professor, Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University.
Study interests: omics studies of clinical liver disease, molecular mechanisms for the effects of marginal grafts on the prognosis of recipients after liver transplantation.
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Guest Editor
Beng Yang
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First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Specializes in the biology and oncology of liver cancer and biliary tract cancer as well as in liver injury mechanisms in liver transplantation and liver ischemia/reperfusion.
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Guest Editor
Ya-Feng Zhu
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Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen Memorial hospital, Sun Yat-sen University.
Study interests: clinical proteomics, biomarker discovery, and single-cell proteomics.
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Guest Editor
Sunjae Lee
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Assistant professor, School of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)
Study interests: Microbiome, Metabolism, Systems Biology, and Bioinformatics.
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Guest Editor
Muhammad Arif
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National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health.
Study Interests: multi-omics data analysis, biological networks, and machine learning applications in metabolic diseases.
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Important Dates
Submission open date: May 24, 2022
Submission deadline: December 31, 2022
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