Marine Bioactive Agents with Anticancer Potential: Discovery and Molecular Mechanisms
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2026 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cancer; molecular biology; biomarkers; cancer genomics; chemotherapy resistance; radioresistance; natural compounds; mutant p53; DNA repair
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Therapeutic failure and tumor relapse are key factors in the high mortality rate of cancer, underscoring the urgent need to develop innovative strategies, including new drugs. In this context, marine natural products offer unique chemical compounds that can inspire the design and synthesis of novel anticancer agents. Their evolutionary origin in biological systems confers greater efficiency and specificity in interacting with molecular targets, presenting novel mechanisms of action and the ability to modulate diverse intracellular signaling pathways.
This Special Issue aims to attract papers of original research, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis articles based on, but not limited to, reporting recent evidence and views on highlighting the use of marine natural products as potential anticancer agents, emphasizing the diversity of their molecular targets and mechanistic effects. Submissions employing innovative scientific methods like co-cultures and 3D models are encouraged to better link in vitro and in vivo results. We also welcome investigations into synergistic combinations of marine compounds with current or experimental anticancer agents.
For this Special Issue, we invite academic and industry scientists to submit reviews and original and conceptual research articles highlighting the biological activities of known or novel marine compounds with a potential anticancer activity.
Prof. Dr. Jose Diaz-Chavez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anticancer agents
- marine natural products
- cancer
- chemoresistance
- tumor relapse
- organoids
- drug development
- models in vitro/in vivo
- co-cultures
- biological activity
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