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Targeted Interference with Signal Transduction Events

Targeted Interference with Signal Transduction Events

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Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research, Book 172

Medical ReferenceBiology

ISBN10: 3642068340
ISBN13: 9783642068348
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Nov 18 2010
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

Sequencing of the human genome and insights into signaling pathways have contributed to the understanding of cancer etiology and the development of new, improved cancer drugs. DNA mutations of a limited set of genes are responsible for the multiple stages of tumorigenesis and metastasis. Matching of therapeutic intervention with insights into the underlying molecular disease mechanism has led to the development of drugs such as Herceptin and Glivec. The deregulation of pathways due to mutated cancer genes provides the conceptual basis for future progress. Will it be possible to extrapolate this principle and derive more efficient drugs targeting cancer pathway components? Potential drug targets have been identified, but our ability to predict the consequences of inhibition of such components is still limited. The state of development of tomorrow's cancer drugs, directed against growth factors, growth factor receptors and intracellular signaling molecules with kinase activities, is described in this book.

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