Inflammation and Regeneration

Articles

2017

Thematic series
Strategies for regulating tissue fibrosis and their clinical application
Guest edited by Masataka Kuwana

Thematic series
Inflammation and blood vessel formation
Guest edited by Nobuyuki Takakura

Thematic series
Tissue stem cells as a novel therapeutic strategy for inflammatory disease
Guest edited by Takahiro Ochiya

2016

Thematic series
Vascular and neuro-inflammation
Guest edited by Susumu Ishida

Thematic series
Inflammation and regeneration in cross-organs
Guest edited by Seiji Okada

Thematic series
Aging and inflammation
Guest edited by Issei Komuro

Thematic series
New targets and new strategy for the treatment of systemic autoimmune diseases
Guest edited by Yoshiya Tanaka

Thematic series
Chronic inflammation and endogenous ligands
Guest edited by Atsushi Kumanogoh

Archival content

Inflammation and Regeneration was founded in 1980 and transferred to BioMed Central in 2016. Articles published in the journal between 2006 and 2015 are fully accessible from the following link.

Aims and scope

Inflammation and Regeneration provides an open access forum which covers a wide range of scientific topics in the research field of basic and clinical regenerative medicine. Inflammation research and regenerative medicine are tightly linked research areas in life sciences and their significance in translational research is rapidly increasing. From this aspect, this journal encourages the submission of manuscripts whose scope bridges these fields of research.

Article-processing charges

The publication costs for Inflammation and Regeneration are covered by the Japanese Society of Inflammation and Regeneration for articles submitted before 1 January 2018, so authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge for each article accepted for publication.

Upcoming conferences

The 38th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Inflammation and Regeneration
July 18-19, 2017
Osaka, Japan

13th World Congress on Inflammation
July 8-12, 2017
London, UK

Latest collections

Vascular and neuro-inflammation
Guest edited by Susumu Ishida

Inflammation and regeneration in cross-organs
Guest edited by Seiji Okada

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Editor's profile

Hideyuki Okano, Editor-in-Chief

Dr Okano is currently Dean of Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. He also serves as Professor of Department of Physiology at the same school.

Dr Okano has been conducting basic research in the field of restorative medicine including, neural stem cells and iPS cells, spinal cord injury, developmental genetics and RNA binding proteins. He has been awarded numbers of awards and honors including the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2009. Dr Okano is currently the Vice President of Japanese Society of Neuroscience, and a member of the Board of Directors at the Japanese Society of Inflammation and Regeneration (JSIR) and International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR). Dr Okano has been the Editor-in-Chief of Inflammation and Regeneration since April 2004.