Protein Tyrosine Kinases From Inhibitors to Useful Drugs /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fabbro, Doriano (Editor), McCormick, Frank (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2006.
• Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.

Protein kinases function as components of signal transduction pathways, playing a central role in the control of cell growth, metabolism, differentiation, and apoptosis. The development of selective protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitors that can block or modulate diseases, such as cancer, with ab...

Table of Contents:

• Protein Tyrosine Kinases as Targets for Cancer and Other Indications
• Inhibitors of Signaling Interfaces
• PI3-Kinase Inhibition
• Src as a Target for Pharmaceutical Intervention
• Activated FLT3 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase as a Therapeutic Target In Leukemia
• JAK Kinases in Leukemias, Lymphomas, and Multiple Myeloma
• Glivec® (Gleevec®, Imatinib, STI571)
• Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
• Structural Biology of Protein Tyrosine Kinases
• Testing of Signal Transduction Inhibitors in Animal Models of Cancer
• Phosphoproteomics in Drug Discovery and Development.