Immunity calls for papers / publications

Call for Papers for a 2014 Special Issue of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity: Exercise Immunology in Health and Disease

This special issue aims to reflect the current state of basic and applied science in exercise immunology. We invite both empirical papers and systematic reviews that contribute to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms and clinical implications of the immune-modulatory effects of exercise. 

Specific areas of interest include:

• Neuro-endocrine-immune interactions during exercise

• Cellular aging and immunosenescence

• Infection and immunoprotection

• Cytokine signaling in skeletal muscle and adipocytes

• Adiposity and systemic low-grade inflammation

• Exercise and immune pathways in neurodegenerative diseases

• Exercise and immune signaling in the central nervous system

• Immune pathways linking exercise to cognition and memory

• Immune pathways linking exercise to mood and mood disorders

• Exercise and neurogenesis

• Leukocyte trafficking

• Stem cell biology

• Mucosal immunity

• Immunity in cancer and chronic disease

• Immunogenetics

• Immune alterations to exercise training

• Extreme environments

• Nutritional interventions

If you are interested in submitting a paper to this Special Issue, please send a 300 word-limit abstract no later than June 1st 2013 to the guest editors Richard Simpson (rjsimpson@uh.edu) and Jos Bosch (J.A.Bosch@uva.nl).

Guest Editors
Richard J. Simpson is an Assistant Professor of Exercise Physiology and Immunology at the University of Houston. His research interests are focused on understanding the mechanisms by which physical exercise appears to negate immunosenescence during the natural course of aging, and on harnessing the immune enhancing effects of acute exercise for clinical use.

Jos A. Bosch is Associate Professor of Health Psychology and Exercise Immunology at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on the neuroendocrine and immunological mechanisms that link stress and exercise with health and healthy aging. This research involves both experimental and epidemiological studies in clinical and nonclinical populations.

Call for Manuscripts on Inflammation and Immunity in Organ System Physiology for the American Journal of Physiology—Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

The American Journal of Physiology—Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology is soliciting submission of original manuscripts and review articles, addressing novel roles for inflammation and immunity in organ system physiology and pathophysiology.

This Call for Papers is in recognition of advances in our understanding of the participation of innate and adaptive immune responses in diverse conditions such as obesity, insulin resistance, atherosclerosis, hypertension, neoplasia, lung disease, and bone biology. Appropriate topics include the role of phagocytes, T cells, and B cells, as well as the effect of cytokines, pattern recognition receptors, and inflammatory signaling molecules in modulation of normal and abnormal organ function. Papers addressing how inflammation and immunity are triggered to perturb organ function are particularly encouraged. These could include but are not limited to those dealing with exercise, aging, sex differences, and/or various cellular stressors (i.e., hypoxia, temperature, etc.) and specific disorders, including obesity, diabetes, cancer, and diseases of the cardiovascular, kidney, respiratory, and central nervous systems. This Call for Papers includes cellular/molecular, biochemical, integrative, comparative, and translational studies.

The Organizing Editor is David Pollock. David G. Harrison from Vanderbilt University will be the Guest Editor for this Call for Papers. Dr. Harrison is an internationally recognized leader in research exploring the role of the immune system in cardiovascular physiology.

Organizing Editor:

David M. Pollock: dpollock@georgiahealth.edu

Guest Editor:

David G. Harrison: david.g.harrison@vanderbilt.edu

Note to Authors: All manuscripts should be submitted online via eJournal Press. During the online submission, under the “Keywords, Categories, Special Section” tab, please choose “Inflammation, Immunity, and Organ System Physiology” under “Category.” In addition, include a note in your cover letter indicating you are responding to the “Inflammation, Immunity, and Organ System Physiology” Call for Papers.

The manuscript will undergo normal peer review. If accepted, the article will be highlighted simultaneously with other papers appearing in response to this announcement, if possible. Submissions will be reviewed as they are received, and will be published online immediately upon acceptance.

Manuscripts can be submitted anytime, but to be eligible for inclusion in this Call for Papers, manuscripts must be submitted by June 30, 2013. If you have any questions or already have a manuscript in this area submitted to the American Journal of Physiology—Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology and would like to have it included in this series, please contact the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Curt D. Sigmund (phone: 319-384-2857; e-mail: ajp-regulatory@uiowa.edu).

An editorial introducing the topic is available at: http://ajpregu.physiology.org/lookup/doi/10.1152/ajpregu.00167.2011.