Focal adhesion kinase and endothelial cell apoptosis

Q Lu, S Rounds - Microvascular research, 2012 - Elsevier
… ) of anchorage-dependent cells, such as endothelial cells. Basal FAK activity in non-stimulated
endothelial cells is important in maintaining cell adhesion to integrins via PI3 kinase/Akt …

The role of the dynamics of focal adhesion kinase in the mechanotaxis of endothelial cells

S Li, P Butler, Y Wang, Y Hu, DC Han… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
… modulate cell migration (13, 14). Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase
that … Phosphorylation of FAK at Tyr-397 [p-FAK(Y397)] upon cell adhesion allows FAK to …

Focal adhesion kinase regulation of mechanotransduction and its impact on endothelial cell functions

N Zebda, O Dubrovskyi, KG Birukov - Microvascular research, 2012 - Elsevier
… (FAs) are complex structures assembled at the abluminal endothelial … In this review we
focus on focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a … on potential implications on endothelial cell functions. …

[HTML][HTML] … endothelial growth factor stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation and recruitment to new focal adhesions of focal adhesion kinase and paxillin in endothelial cells

H Abedi, I Zachary - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1997 - ASBMB
… -kinase activity. VEGF caused a marked increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of p125 focal
adhesion kinase (… VEGF produced similar effects on p125 FAK in the endothelial cell line ECV.…

[HTML][HTML] … adhesion assembly in human brain microvascular endothelial cells through activation of the focal adhesion kinase and related adhesion focal tyrosine kinase

HK Avraham, TH Lee, Y Koh, TA Kim, S Jiang… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
… Pretreating cells with VEGF antibodies or with the specific inhibitor SU-1498, which inhibits
… stimulate focal adhesion assembly. VEGF induced the coupling of focal adhesion kinase (FAK…

Angiogenic role of adrenomedullin through activation of Akt, mitogen‐activated protein kinase, and focal adhesion kinase in endothelial cells

W Kim, SO Moon, MJ Sung, SH Kim, S Lee… - The FASEB …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (p125FAK).
Therefore, we propose that AM induces angiogenesis in endothelial cells through the …

Focal adhesion kinase modulates activation of NF-κB by flow in endothelial cells

T Petzold, AW Orr, C Hahn… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
… Atherogenesis involves activation of NF-κB in endothelial cells by fluid shear stress. Because
this pathway involves integrins, we investigated the involvement of focal adhesion kinase (…

Overexpression of focal adhesion kinase in vascular endothelial cells promotes angiogenesis in transgenic mice

X Peng, H Ueda, H Zhou, T Stokol… - Cardiovascular …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
adhesion kinase is implicated in the regulation of cell adhesion, migration, survival, and
cell-… However, the functions of focal adhesion kinase in endothelial cell (EC) in vivo remain …

Hydrogen peroxide stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase in vascular endothelial cells

S Vepa, WM Scribner, NL Parinandi… - … -Lung Cellular and …, 1999 - journals.physiology.org
… - to 130-kDa cellular proteins, which were determined by immunoprecipitation with specific
antibodies focal adhesion kinase (p125 FAK ) and paxillin (p68). Brief exposure of cells to a …

Caspase-mediated Cleavage of Focal Adhesion Kinase pp125FAK and Disassembly of Focal Adhesions in Human Endothelial Cell Apoptosis

B Levkau, B Herren, H Koyama, R Ross… - The Journal of …, 1998 - rupress.org
… process are membrane blebbing, loss of focal adhesion sites, and retraction from the matrix
… focal adhesion kinase (pp125 FAK ), an important component of the focal adhesion complex, …