AAPS PharmSci - Volume 3  Theme Issue

Call for Papers

Membrane transport is a burgeoning area of research in the pharmaceutical sciences. Approximately 2.8% of known human genes code for intracellular or membrane transporters. Currently, 30% of clinically marketed drugs are targeted towards membrane transporters or channels. Membrane transporters play a critical role in absorption, distribution and elimination of wide variety of drugs and nutrients. In this call for papers, AAPS invites authors to submit papers for their AAPS PharmSci Theme Issue titled "Membrane Transporters: Pharmacological and Physiological Relevance" - Editor: Jash Unadkat, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmaceutics, Univ. of Washington and Associate Editors: Peter Swaan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, Ohio State University and Gregory Knipp, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, Rutgers University.

Manuscripts are invited from the broad range of topics such as:

• identification of novel membrane transporters
• mechanisms of transport
• in vivo expression, tissue/cellular localization and function of membrane transporters
• structure-activity and structure-function relationships
• structure and biophysics of membrane transporters
• intracellular sorting and targeting of transporters
• utilizing membrane transporters for improved delivery of drugs
• mechanisms of regulation of membrane transporters
• mechanisms of variability in expression of membrane transporters
• modeling of mechanisms, transport kinetics and structure of membrane transporters

Theme Issue will be separately advertised to target audiences, to enhance the impact of papers submitted under a common umbrella.

Papers will be accepted by e-mail attachment to or by disk to the AAPS Editorial office (see Instructions to Authors) Manuscripts will undergo an expedited review by two experts to determine suitability for publication. Manuscripts will be published immediately following acceptance in this theme issue volume of AAPS PharmSci; the paper will also appear in the regular monthly issue of AAPS PharmSci as an alternative entry point for our readers.

AAPS PharmSci is a new electronic journal published by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) with the goal of publishing manuscripts of broad interest to pharmaceutical scientists (https://www.pharmsci.org). AAPS PharmSci is owned by AAPS, and authors retain the rights to royalty-free, personal use of the information published in AAPS PharmSci. AAPS PharmSci is designed to take advantage of the rapid advances that are occurring in electronic publishing, including color and 3-D figures, interactive figures and tables, as well as audio and video features.