Connection of Marine Natural Products and Cell Apoptosis—II
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 4081
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metabolic disorders; cancer; inflammation; oxidative stress; natural compounds
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: natural compounds; polyphenols; marine compounds; cancer; antimicrobial; skin; cosmetics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: natural compounds; polyphenols; metabolic disorders; obesity; cancer; antimicrobial; skin; cosmetics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The process of cell death is essential for the normal development and maintenance of the multicellularity of the organism. Programmed cell death is defined as the death of a cell in any physiopathological condition and refers to three main types: apoptosis, autophagy, and necroptosis. Although basal autophagy and apoptosis are essential for the maintenance of cellular and organism homeostasis, abnormal regulation of these processes contributes to the pathogenesis of various human diseases, including obesity, aging, and cancer. Thus, a better understanding of programmed cell death pathway alterations may lead to the identification of new drugs and to the development of new therapies against these abnormalities.
Marine natural products represent an almost unlimited source for the identification of novel molecules with anti-inflammatory, antihypertensive, and anti-tumorigenesis properties, possibly useful in the treatment or prevention of new anticancer drugs.
This Special Issue offers a review of our current understanding of the signaling pathways regulating cell death and highlights marine natural products that can affect these signaling pathways, with special interest in the “Connection of Marine Natural Products and Cell Apoptosis”. The putative molecular mechanisms of these extracts will be studied with special emphasis to metabolic alterations that contribute to the proliferation and aggressiveness of the tumor.
As Guest Editors, we cordially invite you to contribute to this Special Issue by submitting original research articles, long and mini review papers, short notes, and opinions according to your expertise.
Prof. Dr. María Herranz-López
Prof. Dr. Enrique Barrajon
Prof. Dr. Vicente Micol
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Apoptosis
- Marine natural products
- Cell biology
- ROS
- DNA damage
- Mitochondrial depolarization
- Autophagy
- Cancer
- Metabolic disorders
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