Opening the second era of zinc signaling study

Abstract

Almost half a decade has passed since the publication of the first edition of Zinc Signaling, entitled “Zinc Signals in Cellular Functions and Disorders”, which was the first exclusive book dedicated to “zinc signaling” at that time. Since then, a number of novel findings have been reported, which have updated our knowledge of zinc-related biology and provided new insights into many cellular functions, physiology, and pathophysiology associated with zinc. This book, Zinc Signaling, 2nd Edition has been planned to be published with a primary goal of updating the available information about the role of zinc signaling in biological processes at both molecular and physiological levels, as well as highlighting the new achievements in the field in the last 5 years after the publication of the first edition. This book will certainly assist in addressing the questions underlying this unique phenomenon and discerning its future direction, and would help in knowing what is new and what remains to be solved in the next era.