title: Oncogene products as therapeutic targets for cancer.
abstract: Enormous progress has been made in the last several years in delineating signal transduction pathways associated with cell proliferation and apoptosis. The components of these pathways, which include both oncogenes and tumor suppressors, may provide viable targets for therapeutic intervention for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. This review highlights some of these recent biologic and pharmacologic advances, focusing on the ras pathway and on p53-dependent apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Research, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Heimbrook
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D015195:Drug Design; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D016158:Genes, p53; D011905:Genes, ras; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015513:Oncogene Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000502:physiology; D009857:Oncogenes; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000187:drug effects; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D015513:Oncogene Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D018631:ras Proteins