Skip to main content

Evolutionary Aspects of Metabolic Diseases

Edited by:
Dimitar Avtanski, PhD, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, United States of America

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 31 December 2024


Molecular Medicine is calling for submissions to our Collection on Evolutionary Aspects of Metabolic Diseases. This Collection welcomes research and review articles exploring the evolutionary origin of metabolic diseases, considering factors such as dietary shifts, physical activity patterns, and genetic adaptations.


New Content ItemThis collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

About the collection

This Collection aims to examine metabolic diseases from an evolutionary standpoint. Metabolic diseases, including obesity and diabetes, have become increasingly prevalent in modern society and have reached epidemic levels.

The roots of this trend can be traced back to early evolutionary times when adipose tissue evolved as a specialized tissue for storing energy in the form of triglycerides, which can be utilized in times of food scarcity.

This Collection welcomes research and review articles exploring the evolutionary origin of metabolic diseases, considering factors such as dietary shifts, physical activity patterns, and genetic adaptations. By integrating evolutionary principles in metabolic medicine, the goal of this collection is to deepen our understanding of this complex relationship, thus opening the door for the development of novel therapies.

  1. Obesity is a global epidemic, and the low-grade chronic inflammation of adipose tissue in obese individuals can lead to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) are the main so...

    Authors: Huaying Huang, Heye Chen, Yu Yao and Xueyong Lou
    Citation: Molecular Medicine 2024 30:149
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Epimedin A (EA) has been shown to suppress extensive osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption, but the effects of EA remain incompletely understood. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of EA on o...

    Authors: Jun Li, Jia J. Wei, Cen H. Wu, Tao Zou, Hong Zhao, Tian Q. Huo, Cheng J. Wei and Ting Yang
    Citation: Molecular Medicine 2024 30:125
    Content type: Research article Published on:

Submission Guidelines

Back to top

Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection/Thematic Series, please select "Evolutionary Aspects of Metabolic Diseases" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.