Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Preclinical Development |
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Authors: | Mark L. Levitt Patrick P. Koty |
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Affiliation: | (1) Chaim Sheba Medical Center, affiliated with the Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Institute of Oncology, Tel Hashomer, Israel;(2) Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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Abstract: | Due to the limited efficacy of cytotoxic chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced malignancy and its excessive toxicity precluding its use in chemoprevention, new therapeutic and preventive strategies have been sought. One of the most interesting of these new approaches is the manipulation of signal transduction pathways. Among the approaches being considered to eventuate such a strategy is the inhibition of autophosphorylation, a critical first step in the signal transduction pathways of many cell surface receptor tyrosine kinases, as well as of non-receptor tyrosine kinases. This article is intended to review those tyrosine kinase inhibitors that are currently in preclinical development, for which there are data to support consideration for their use in chemoprevention or cancer treatment. We will focus upon those agents that have received attention in the past several years. |
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Keywords: | protein tyrosine kinase antagonists receptor protein tyrosine kinases review epidermal growth factor receptor platelet derived growth factor receptor Src tyrosine kinase |
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