Immunomodulating Marine Metabolites: Chemical Characterization, Synthesis and Biological Properties

Dear Colleagues,

Marine natural products represent an amazing source of new bioactive metabolites with unique and diverse chemical structures. Many studies to date have proven that marine compounds are endowed with promising immunomodulatory activities, thus representing invaluable leads in drug discovery. These molecules can stimulate, suppress, or modulate immune cells including both adaptive and innate arms of the immune response, opening up new opportunities in the treatment of several diseases, both as adjuvants in the formulation of new vaccines and as new drugs.

This Special Issue will cover all drug discovery research of immunomodulant marine natural products, including their isolation, structure characterization, biological properties, and mechanism of action, as well as synthetic approaches toward them and related analogues.

Dr. Nuzzo Genoveffa
Dr. Emiliano Manzo
Guest Editors

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• marine natural products
• drug discovery
• immune system
• immunomodulant metabolites