Carmen Birchmeier, PhD, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
Fabio Rossi, MD, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada
Markus Rüegg, PhD, University of Basel, Switzerland
Skeletal Muscle is calling for submissions to our new Collection on Skeletal Muscle Fiber Heterogeneity. This Collection aims to explore the diverse facets of muscle fiber heterogeneity.
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Skeletal muscle fibers exhibit diversity in metabolic properties, contractile characteristics, and molecular composition, enhancing their adaptability to different physiological demands. Motor neuron innervation, genetic predisposition, and exercise training are key factors influencing the composition and distribution of muscle fibers. These factors play critical roles in shaping the functional properties and overall physiology of skeletal muscles. Comprehending this heterogeneity is crucial in exercise physiology, rehabilitation, and treating neuromuscular disorders, providing avenues for optimizing performance, improving muscle health, and devising targeted therapeutic interventions.
This Collection aims to explore the diverse facets of muscle fiber heterogeneity, including but not limited to:
• Molecular and functional characterization of muscle fiber types and subtypes
• Molecular mechanisms underlying fiber type specification and plasticity
• Influence of exercise training, aging, and disease on muscle fiber composition
• Implications of muscle fiber heterogeneity on performance
• Therapeutic strategies targeting muscle fiber diversity in neuromuscular disorders and rehabilitation
We encourage submissions that employ multidisciplinary approaches, including molecular biology, physiology, biomechanics, and clinical research, to advance our understanding of skeletal muscle fiber heterogeneity.
There are currently no articles in this collection.
This Collection welcomes submissions of original research and review articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal.
Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. Please, select the appropriate Collection title “Skeletal Muscle Fiber Heterogeneity" under the “Details” tab during the submission stage.
Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.
The 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 Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.