Anti-inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Compounds from Marine Algae
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2021) | Viewed by 17377
Special Issue Editor
Interests: drug discovery; bioassay development; algal toxins and natural products; immunology; inflammation modulation
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Dear Colleagues,
Chronic and unresolved inflammation has been implicated as a factor or co-factor in a myriad of disease states. As current treatment options are often unsatisfactory for resolving inflammation, new therapeutics are needed to help combat the life-threatening complications due to chronic inflammation. Marine algae have been shown to be a veritable source of novel compounds with anti-inflammatory action. Algae are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, precursors to many inflammation resolving compounds. Marine algae also contain a myriad of other structurally diverse compounds with potential anti-inflammatory bioactivity.
This Special Issue will house a collection of research articles and reviews on anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory bioactivity from marine algae. In particular, we are interested in the discovery of new compounds with anti-inflammatory actions, and also newly described anti-inflammatory or immunomodulatory bioactivity of previously described marine natural products.
Dr. Jennifer McCall
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anti-inflammatory
- immunosuppressive
- immunomodulatory
- inflammation
- algae
- marine compounds
- inflammasome
- cytokines
- sepsis
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