[HTML][HTML] Targeting focal adhesion kinase in cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment

JM Murphy, YAR Rodriguez, K Jeong… - … & molecular medicine, 2020 - nature.com
… not investigate the role of nuclear FAK in ovarian cancer or any … analyses of human cancers
have provided new insights into … better understand FAK’s role in the nucleus of cancer cells. …

Focal adhesion dynamics in cellular function and disease

YG Mishra, B Manavathi - Cellular signalling, 2021 - Elsevier
… the cytoskeleton of the cell and the extra cellular matrix (ECM), the cell-ECM adhesions with
integrins at their core, play a major role in cell signalling to direct mechanotransduction, cell

Progress in the development of small molecular inhibitors of focal adhesion kinase (FAK)

Y Lu, H Sun - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a nonreceptor intracellular tyrosine kinase that plays an
essential role in cancer cell adhesion… activities and scaffolding functions. Overexpression of FAK …

Gain-of-Function RHOA Mutations Promote Focal Adhesion Kinase Activation and Dependency in Diffuse Gastric Cancer

H Zhang, A Schaefer, Y Wang, RG Hodge, DR Blake… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
… enhancing actin rearrangements and focal adhesion formation. Furthermore, we demonstrate
that Cdh1 loss and RHOA Y42C induce DGC via activation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), …

The emerging role of adhesion GPCRs in cancer

AA Gad, N Balenga - ACS pharmacology & translational science, 2020 - ACS Publications
… that aGPCRs play important roles in cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix and cellcell
communication, processes that are dysregulated in cancer. Emerging evidence suggests that …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging roles of CEACAM6 in human cancer

G Wu, D Wang, F Xiong, Q Wang… - … of Oncology, 2024 - spandidos-publications.com
… , colon cancer and other cancers and promotes tumor progression, invasion and metastasis.
kinase 4 proteins. CEACAM6 can activate the ERK1/2/MAPK or SRC/focal adhesion kinase/…

Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) promotes cholangiocarcinoma development and progression via YAP activation

X Song, H Xu, P Wang, J Wang, S Affo, H Wang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
… We found that the protein FAK (focal adhesion kinase) is upregulated and activated in
human and mouse intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma samples. FAK promotes intrahepatic …

Phase 2 study of the focal adhesion kinase inhibitor defactinib (VS-6063) in previously treated advanced KRAS mutant non-small cell lung cancer

DE Gerber, DR Camidge, D Morgensztern, J Cetnar… - Lung Cancer, 2020 - Elsevier
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) may represent a new therapeutic target in KRAS mutant lung
cancer. … non-receptor tyrosine kinase that has roles in cellular adhesion, migration, and stem …

ORAI2 promotes gastric cancer tumorigenicity and metastasis through PI3K/Akt signaling and MAPK-dependent focal adhesion disassembly

S Wu, M Chen, J Huang, F Zhang, Z Lv, Y Jia, YZ Cui… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
… promoted focal adhesion disassembly at rear-edge of the cell. … role in the tumorigenicity
and metastasis of gastric cancer. … Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a nonreceptor protein tyrosine …

[HTML][HTML] FAK structure and regulation by membrane interactions and force in focal adhesions

P Tapial Martínez, P López Navajas, D Lietha - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
kinase with key roles in the regulation of cell adhesion migration, proliferation and survival.
In cancer FAK … Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) was discovered almost three decades ago as a …