Edited by:
Rene Cortese, PhD, University of Missouri, United States of America
Clinical Epigenetics is calling for submissions to our Collection on Epigenetics of Sleep Disorders. This Collection focuses on the latest advances on the understanding of epigenetic mechanisms in sleep disorders.
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Sleep disorders affect billions of people worldwide, including children, adults, and elderly populations from both sexes. Sleep disorders entail problems with the quality, timing, and amount of sleep, which result in daytime distress and impairment in functioning, as well as the occurrence and severity of many morbidities. Evidence from clinical and mechanistic studies demonstrated the association of sleep disorders with metabolic, cardiovascular and cognitive disorders, and also with tumor aggressiveness and poor prognosis in cancer.
Mounting evidence suggests a fundamental role of epigenetic regulation in the pathophysiology of sleep disorders. This has opened a new research field for understanding the disease and its associated morbidities, aiming for new opportunities for therapeutic and diagnosis developments.
In this Collection, we are focusing on the latest advances on the understanding of epigenetic mechanisms in sleep disorders. In addition, we welcome submissions of clinical studies and methodological developments focused on the value of epigenetic variations for detecting, monitoring and predicting the outcomes of sleep disorders.
Healthy sleep is vital for maintaining optimal mental and physical health. Accumulating evidence suggests that sleep loss and disturbances play a significant role in the biological aging process, early onset o...
Please read full submission guidelines here. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Epigenetics of Sleep Disorders" 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 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.