
Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Disorders
- 1st Edition - June 6, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Heba Mohamed Mansour, Mahmoud Mohamed Khattab, Aiman El-Khatib
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 6 7 7 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 6 7 8 - 3
Overexpression of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) has been implicated in cancer. Increasing evidence suggests that dysregulation of RTKs is reported in many neurodegenerative an… Read more

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Request a sales quoteOverexpression of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) has been implicated in cancer. Increasing evidence suggests that dysregulation of RTKs is reported in many neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders.
Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Disorders provides a fundamental, pragmatic map of RTKs structure, activation, functions, mechanism of action, gene regulation, and signaling pathways in developing central nervous system (CNS), adult normal CNS, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. Additionally, the structure, function, activation, and therapeutic potential of many growth factors have been covered. Here, international experts in the field offer a comprehensive discussion of results of pre-clinical and clinical studies of repositioning of anti-cancer receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (RTKIs) and other promising protein kinase inhibitors in various neurodegenerative disorders including, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, and multiple sclerosis, and psychiatric disorders including, anxiety, depression, alcohol use disorder, and schizophrenia. In addition, the book discusses the obstacles and opportunities for the potential repositioning of kinase inhibitors in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders.
- Provides a thorough overview of RTKs biology and their role in health and disease progression and modulation
- Highlights RTK families and the numerous receptors within each subfamily
- Examines RTKIs and other protein kinase inhibitors in pre-clinical and clinical trials in both neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders
- Gives future directions of possible safe effective targeted RTKIs and other protein kinase inhibitors that may be repositioned in various neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders
- Includes chapter contributions from renowned experts in biology, pharmacology, neurology, psychiatry, and oncology
- Researchers in cell biology, neuroscience, clinical pharmacology, basic pharmacology, molecular biology, genetics, psychiatry, immunology, oncology, and pathology.
- Industrial companies develop kinase inhibitors, and industry research scientists work in the fields of clinical neuroscience and molecular and cellular neuroscience.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section I. Receptor tyrosine kinase in the central nervous system in health and disease
- Chapter 1. The molecular pathology of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Alzheimer's disease
- 3. Parkinson's disease
- 4. Multiple sclerosis
- 5. Psychiatric disorders
- Chapter 2. Receptor tyrosine kinases: an overview
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Receptor tyrosine kinases families and subfamilies
- 3. Receptor tyrosine kinase signaling
- 4. Biological expression and functions in the brain and other tissues
- 5. Roles of RTKs in several diseases
- 6. Molecular mechanisms of receptor tyrosine kinase-mediated neurodegeneration
- 7. RTKs involved in neurodegeneration
- 8. Current status of receptor tyrosine kinases inhibitors as therapeutic targets
- 9. Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Roles of Trk receptors, tyrosine kinase receptors for neurotrophins, in the developing CNS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Intracellular signaling via Trk tyrosine kinase receptors
- 3. Role of brain-derived neurotrophic factors/tropomyosin receptor kinase B (BDNF/TrkB) system in synaptic function
- 4. Synaptic proteins and neurotrophins/receptors system
- 5. Role of tropomyosin receptor kinase (TrkR) and P75 neurotrophin receptors (p75NTR) in neurogenesis
- 6. Aging and neurotrophins receptors
- 7. Neurotrophins/receptors signaling in Alzheimer's disease
- 8. Conclusions
- Chapter 4. Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs): from biology to pathophysiology
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Structure of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs)
- 3. Classification of RTKs
- 4. Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) in CNS
- 5. Expression and activation of RTK in neurodegenerative disorders
- 6. Expression and activation of RTKs in psychiatric disorders
- 7. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 5. Growth factors and their receptors: multitasking functionality in health and disease
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Neurodegenerative diseases
- 3. Role of receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) in cell signaling
- 4. Major classes of growth factors acting in the nervous system
- 5. Growth factor as therapeutic strategies in neurodegenerative disorders: future directions
- 6. Summary and conclusion
- Chapter 6. Regulation of receptor tyrosine kinase gene expression
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Receptor tyrosine kinase genes
- 3. Regulation of receptor tyrosine kinase gene expression
- 4. Mechanism of receptor tyrosine kinase activation
- 5. Regulation of receptor tyrosine kinase activity
- 6. Downstream effectors of RTKs regulating the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders
- 7. Concluding remarks and future perspectives
- Section II. Role of receptors tyrosine kinases (RTKs) in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders
- Chapter 7. Role of receptor tyrosine kinases in neurodegenerative disorders
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Role of RTK in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders
- 3. Role of receptor tyrosine kinase in Parkinson's disease
- 4. Role of RTKs in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- 5. Role of RTKs in multiple sclerosis
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Insights into receptor tyrosine kinases signaling in neurodegenerative disorders: opportunities and translational perspectives
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rearranged during transfection receptors
- 3. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR; HER; or ErbB)
- 4. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptors
- 5. Tyro3, Axl, and Mertk (TAM receptors)
- 6. Tropomyosin receptor kinase receptors
- 7. Summary and conclusion
- Chapter 9. Receptor tyrosine kinases in major depressive disorder
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Dysregulation of neuregulin-1/ErbB pathway in MDD
- 3. Conclusion
- Section III. Therapeutic potential of RTK modulators in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders
- Chapter 10. Repositioning of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors: from cancer to neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Neurodegenerative disorders
- 3. Psychiatric disorders
- 4. Summary
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 11. Protein kinase inhibitors as therapeutics in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders: progress, challenges, and recommendations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The clinical experience
- 3. Multispecific inhibitors
- 4. Toward oligospecific inhibitors
- 5. Toward dual/monospecific inhibitors
- 6. Concluding remarks
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 6, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 604
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443186776
- eBook ISBN: 9780443186783
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Heba Mohamed Mansour
Heba Mohamed Mansour, Ph.D. is currently the Manager of the Innovative Products' Technical Evaluation Unit at the Central Administration of Biological, Innovative Products, and Clinical Studies (Bio-Inn) at the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA). She is a topic leader in the ICH working group (EWG S13), specializing in non-clinical safety assessments of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics (ONTs). Heba received a PhD degree in pharmacology and toxicology from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University in 2024. Her expertise encompasses a profound understanding of diverse cell death modalities in neurodegeneration and the exploration of potential drug repositioning strategies involving anti-cancer kinase inhibitors for neurodegenerative disorders. Her contributions extend to numerous research articles, prestigious international journal publications, book chapters, books, and comprehensive review articles, solidifying her interest in the field.
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Mahmoud Mohamed Khattab
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