Marine Glycobiology
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 460
Special Issue Editors
Interests: glycobiology; lectins; marine pharmacology; marine invertebrates; signal transduction
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Interests: immunity; molecular evolution; transcriptome; bivalves; defense peptides
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Interests: lectins; mycology; biodefense; anticancer drugs; apoptosis
Interests: lectins; comparative glycomics; glycoevolution; marine invertebrates; glycan-binding characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine organisms are rich in glycoconjugates, and their glycans have diverse structures. Glycans are recognized by binding molecules such as lectins, and they regulate cellular functions, but the mechanisms by which they do so remain largely mysterious. In the 2020s, the Human Glycome Project was launched worldwide as a new perspective for the clinic. The project aims to comprehensively analyze human glycan structures and link them to disease onset prediction and advanced medical care. As with the strategy, the time is approaching for marine glycome research to comprehensively elucidate the structures and functions of glycans and related molecules in marine organisms living in various environments, from mid-latitudes to the polar regions. These challenges will elucidate the mechanisms by which marine organisms adapt to the ocean and the potential of these organisms as high-value drug modalities. Techniques that seem relatively distant from traditional glycobiology can potentially significantly advance the marine glycome. We hope to collect articles and reviews with a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, ranging from genomics to structural biology.
Dr. Yuki Fujii
Dr. Marco Gerdol
Prof. Dr. Ogawa Yukiko
Prof. Dr. Yasuhiro Ozeki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- glycan-drug discovery
- lectins
- structural glycobiology
- transcriptome
- glycoconjugates
- glycosaminoglycans
- deep-sea
- glycan-relating enzymes
- glycomicrobiology
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