Discovery of Marine-Derived Anticancer Agents, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 78
Special Issue Editor
Interests: anticancer agents in green algae; immune checkpoin inhibitor-based cancer therapy; nanoparticle-based cancer gene therapy; mesanchymal stem cell-based gene therapy
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Dear Colleagues,
Following on from the success of the Special Issue titled “Discovery of Marine-Derived Anticancer Agents” , we are delighted to edit the second edition of this Special Issue.
Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases worldwide. Despite the therapeutic strategies achieved in recent decades, cancer remains a huge threat to human health, and therefore it is important to develop innovative therapeutic strategies, including new drugs.
In recent years, many studies have indicated that marine-derived compounds exhibit anticancer properties, such as inhibiting cell growth and migration in vitro and in vivo. As many of these compounds are involved in several biological processes and interactions, they may have a more effective role in interacting with biological target sites and mediating distinct intracellular signaling pathways.
Our objective is to present these new marine sources as active molecules for cancer prevention and therapy and demonstrate their efficiency. As the Guest Editor of this Special Issue, I invite scientists from all over the world to submit reviews and original and conceptual research articles highlighting the use of marine resources as drugs for the treatment of cancer and their mechanisms of action.
Prof. Dr. Masaaki Tamura
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anticancer
- anti-tumor
- anti-proliferation
- molecular targets
- marine biotechnology
- marine natural products
- isolation and structure elucidation
- drug discovery
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