Infection and immunity: ‘There Are Things Out There You (Don't) Need To Know About’

Abstract

This Special Issue of The FEBS Journal consists of 20 reviews covering various aspects and new developments in ‘Infection and Immunity’. The issue includes expert views on the role of different immune cell populations, on the regulation of innate and adaptive immune responses, and novel concepts in host defence and inflammatory signalling. Many reviews in this issue also highlight potential targets for future therapeutic interventions that aim to tackle inflammatory and immune responses in health and disease

The FEBS Journal in 2023: building back better

“…1), covering 'Cancer Epigenetics' edited by Diego Pasini (University of Milan), 'Neurobiology' edited by editorial board member, Andrey Abramov (University College London), 'Infection and Immunity' edited by Inna Afonina (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) and Eik Hoffmann (Institute Pasteur Lille), 'Organelle Homeostasis' edited by editorial board member Colin Adrian (Queen's University Belfast), and a Focus Issue on 'Oxygen sensing, hypoxia and ROS signaling' edited by journal staff editors Paraminder Dhillon and Eleni Skourti. All these Special Issues contain many excellent and informative reviews that are all freely downloadable and well worth reading [1][2][3][4][5]. You can find all of our Special Issues at the journal's website here, and if you are interested in serving as a guest editor for a special issue in the coming year, we would love to hear from you.…”