title: PDGF receptor kinase inhibitors for the treatment of restenosis.
abstract: The clogging of arteries by neointima is a hallmark of atherosclerosis and of restenosis following balloon angioplasty. The realization in the 1980s that PDGF and its receptor play a key role in the onset of neointimal formation led us to develop PDGFR kinase inhibitors as antirestenosis agents. In this review, we describe the development of these inhibitors and their implementation as antirestenosis agents by localized delivery to the site of injury.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Cellular Signaling, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel. levitzki@vms.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levitzki
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D000818:Animals; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000502:physiology; D020032:Tyrphostins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D020032:Tyrphostins; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor