The Journal of Cellular Physiology publishes reports of high biological significance in areas of eukaryotic cell biology and physiology, focusing on those articles that adopt a molecular mechanistic approach to investigate cell structure and function. There is appreciation for the application of cellular, biochemical, molecular and in vivo genetic approaches, as well as the power of genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics and systems biology. In particular, the Journal encourages submission of high-interest papers investigating the genetic and epigenetic regulation of proliferation and phenotype as well as cell fate and lineage commitment by growth factors, cytokines and their cognate receptors and signal transduction pathways that influence the expression, integration and activities of these physiological mediators. Similarly, the Journal encourages submission of manuscripts exploring the regulation of growth and differentiation by cell adhesion molecules in addition to the interplay between these processes and those induced by growth factors and cytokines. Studies on the genes and processes that regulate cell cycle progression and phase transition in eukaryotic cells, and the mechanisms that determine whether cells enter quiescence, proliferate or undergo apoptosis are also welcomed. Submission of papers that address contributions of the extracellular matrix to cellular phenotypes and physiological control as well as regulatory mechanisms governing fertilization, embryogenesis, gametogenesis, cell fate, lineage commitment, differentiation, development and dynamic parameters of cell motility are encouraged. Finally, the investigation of stem cells and changes that differentiate cancer cells from normal cells including studies on the properties and functions of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes will remain as one of the major interests of the Journal.

Gary S. Stein (Department of Biochemistry, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)
gary.stein@uvm.edu
Constance E. Brinckerhoff (Departments of Medicine & Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA)
connie.brinckerhoff@dartmouth.edu
 
"FROM THE BENCH" EDITORS
Douglas Taatjes (Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)
douglas.taatjes@uvm.edu
Frances E. Carr (Department of Pharmacology, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)
frances.carr@uvm.edu
Timothy Hunter (University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)
timothy.hunter@uvm.edu
 
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Peter V.N. Bodine (Pfizer, Collegeville, PA, USA)
Emery H. Bresnick (Dept. Cell & Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA) 
ehbresni@wisc.edu
Peter Campochiaro (Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA)
cbarne40@jhmi.edu (Admin. Assist.)
Mary Goldring (Dept. Cell & Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA)
Dean A. Jackson (Division of Molecular & Cellular Function, University of Manchester, UK)
dean.jackson@manchester.ac.uk
Linda H. Malkas (Dept. Molecular & Cellular Biology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA)
Kohei Miyazono (Department of Molecular Pathology, University of Tokyo, Japan) 
miyazono@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Francesco Ramirez (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA)
francesco.ramirez@mssm.edu
Jaime Rivera (Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA) 
jaime.rivera@umassmed.edu
Kenneth M. Yamada (National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA)
Kenneth.Yamada@nih.gov
 
REVIEWS EDITOR
Antonio Giordano (Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research & Molecular Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
antonio.giordano@temple.edu
 
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Sherrill L. Adams  (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Dario C. Altieri (The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Paolo Amati (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
Jay M. Baltz (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada)
Aaron Barchowsky (University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Roland Baron (Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA)
Claudio Basilico (NYU School of Medicine, NY, USA)
Giovanni Bosco (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA)
Douglas D. Boyd (MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA)
Peter Brooks (Tufts University, Scarborough, ME, USA)
Eric Brown (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Judith Campisi (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA)
David Clemmons (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
Paolo M. Comoglio (IRCC - Candiolo Cancer Institute, Candiolo, Italy)
Jacques Côté  (Laval University, Quebec City, Canada)
Alberto Darszon Israel (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico)
Yves Albert DeClerck (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Rik Derynck (University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA)
Giulio F. Draetta (MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA)
Justin Fallon (Brown University, Providence, RI, USA)
Rafael A. Fissore (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA)
Christopher Francklyn (University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)
Rafael Fridman (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA)
David Gurwitz (Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel)
Quamarul Hassan (University of Alabama, Birmingham)
Nicholas H. Heintz (University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)
Carl-Henrik Heldin (Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden)
Stephen Jones (National Cancer Institute, NIH, Frederick, MA, USA)
Andrew Koff (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA)
Alberto R. Kornblihtt (University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Lucia R. Languino (Jefferson College of Biomedical Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Mary Lee (University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA)
Jane B. Lian (University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)
Howard B. Lieberman (Columbia University, New York, NY, USA)
Dan A. Liebermann (Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Victor Ling (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
Jeanne F. Loring (Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA)
Daniel Louvard (Institut Curie, Paris, France)
Khaled Machaca (Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar, Ar-Rayyan, Qatar)
Joseph A. Madri (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA)
Eugene Marcantonio (Columbia University, New York, NY, USA)
Joan Massague (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA)
Robert A. Maue (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA)
Robert Mecham (Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA)
George K. Michalopoulos (University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Tom Misteli (National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA)
Maria Irene Morasso (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA)
Thomas Moss (Laval University, Quebec City, Canada)
Eisuke Nishida (Kyoto University, Japan)
Pier Guiseppe Pelicci (European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy)
Angel G. Pellicer (NYU School of Medicine, NY, USA)
A. Robin Poole (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
Jacques Pouyssegur (Scientific Centre of Monaco, Monaco)
Carol Prives (Columbia University, New York, NY, USA)
Pier Lorenzo Puri (University of California, San Diego, CA, USA)
Vito Quaranta (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA)
Ulf Rapp (Max Planck Institute for Heart & Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany)
Enrique Rozengurt (University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Michael Sanderson (University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA)
Joseph Schlessinger (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA)
Motoharu Seiki (Kanazawa University, Tokyo, Japan)
Greenfield Sluder (University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA)
Jonathan Soboloff (Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Eric J. Stanbridge (University of California, Irvine, CA, USA)
Joann Sweasy (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA)
Axel Ullrich (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany)
Mitchel Villereal (University of Chicago, IL, USA)
Pablo Visconti (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA)
Stephen J. Weiss (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)
Bernard Weissman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
Michael Whitaker (University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK)
Lori A. White (Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA)
Michael X. Zhu (University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA)