FAK in cancer: from mechanisms to therapeutic strategies

HH Chuang, YY Zhen, YC Tsai, CH Chuang… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a non-receptor tyrosine kinase, is overexpressed and
activated in many cancer types. FAK regulates diverse cellular processes, including growth …

FAK in cancer: mechanistic findings and clinical applications

FJ Sulzmaier, C Jean, DD Schlaepfer - Nature reviews cancer, 2014 - nature.com
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase that is overexpressed
and activated in several advanced-stage solid cancers. FAK promotes tumour progression …

Focal adhesion kinase and its signaling pathways in cell migration and angiogenesis

X Zhao, JL Guan - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase that plays critical roles in
integrin-mediated signal transductions and also participates in signaling by other cell …

Focal adhesion kinase: in command and control of cell motility

SK Mitra, DA Hanson, DD Schlaepfer - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2005 - nature.com
A central question in cell biology is how membrane-spanning receptors transmit
extracellular signals inside cells to modulate cell adhesion and motility. Focal adhesion …

Revisiting netrin-1: one who guides (axons)

NP Boyer, SL Gupton - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Proper patterning of the nervous system requires that develo** axons find appropriate
postsynaptic partners; this entails microns to meters of extension through an extracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Focal adhesion regulation of cell behavior

MA Wozniak, K Modzelewska, L Kwong… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2004 - Elsevier
Focal adhesions lie at the convergence of integrin adhesion, signaling and the actin
cytoskeleton. Cells modify focal adhesions in response to changes in the molecular …

Signal transduction by focal adhesion kinase in cancer

J Zhao, JL Guan - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2009 - Springer
Cellular interactions with extracellular matrix play essential roles in tumor initiation,
progression and metastasis. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase …

Stretchy proteins on stretchy substrates: the important elements of integrin-mediated rigidity sensing

SW Moore, P Roca-Cusachs, MP Sheetz - Developmental cell, 2010 - cell.com
Matrix and tissue rigidity guides many cellular processes, including the differentiation of
stem cells and the migration of cells in health and disease. Cells actively and transiently test …

Emerging roles of focal adhesion kinase in cancer

YL Tai, LC Chen, TL Shen - BioMed research international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a cytoplasmic nonreceptor tyrosine kinase that enables
activation by growth factor receptors or integrins in various types of human cancers. The …

The FERM domain: organizing the structure and function of FAK

MC Frame, H Patel, B Serrels, D Lietha… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2010 - nature.com
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a scaffold and tyrosine kinase protein that binds to itself and
cellular partners through its four-point-one, ezrin, radixin, moesin (FERM) domain. Recent …