title: [Signal transduction by protein tyrosine kinases and antitumor agents].
abstract: Intracellular signal transduction plays an important role in the process of cellular metabolism, segmentation, differentiation, biological behaviour and cell death. Overactive signal transduction relates to tumor development and progression. Signaling pathways operated by protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) will be illuminated here briefly. The Ras/Raf/MAPK and PI-3K/Akt pathways through receptor protein tyrosine kinases (RTKs), the Src, Bcr-Abl and JAK/STAT pathways by non-receptor protein tyrosine kinases (nrPTKs) are shown separately. Antitumor agents targeting the key proteins involved in the above five signalling routes are also summarized in this review.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
authors.forename: Yong-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Hai-Hong
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing-Shan
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D050791:STAT Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D050791:STAT Transcription Factors; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D018631:ras Proteins