Endothelial-cell FAK targeting sensitizes tumours to DNA-damaging therapy

B Tavora, LE Reynolds, S Batista, F Demircioglu… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Chemoresistance is a serious limitation of cancer treatment. Until recently, almost all the
work done to study this limitation has been restricted to tumour cells. Here we identify a …

Molecular pathways: endothelial cell FAK—a target for cancer treatment

M Roy-Luzarraga, K Hodivala-Dilke - Clinical Cancer Research, 2016 - AACR
The nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinase, focal adhesion kinase (FAK, also known as PTK2),
is a key mediator of signal transduction downstream of integrins and growth factor receptors …

FAK-heterozygous mice display enhanced tumour angiogenesis

V Kostourou, T Lechertier, LE Reynolds… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Genetic ablation of endothelial focal adhesion kinase (FAK) can inhibit pathological
angiogenesis, suggesting that loss of endothelial FAK is sufficient to reduce …

Focal Adhesion Kinase Regulates the DNA Damage Response and Its Inhibition Radiosensitizes Mutant KRAS Lung Cancer

KJ Tang, JD Constanzo, N Venkateswaran… - Clinical cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: Non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths
worldwide due to the limited availability of effective therapeutic options. For instance, there …

[HTML][HTML] Focal adhesion kinase inhibitors are potent anti-angiogenic agents

MA Cabrita, LM Jones, JL Quizi, LA Sabourin… - Molecular …, 2011 - Elsevier
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase and scaffold protein localized to
focal adhesions, is uniquely positioned at the convergence point of integrin and receptor …

Nuclear FAK controls chemokine transcription, Tregs, and evasion of anti-tumor immunity

A Serrels, T Lund, B Serrels, A Byron, RC McPherson… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) promotes anti-tumor immune evasion. Specifically, the kinase
activity of nuclear-targeted FAK in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cells drives exhaustion …

Endothelial FAK is required for tumour angiogenesis

B Tavora, S Batista, LE Reynolds, S Jadeja… - EMBO molecular …, 2010 - embopress.org
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase that plays a fundamental role
in integrin and growth factor mediated signalling and is an important player in cell migration …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting FAK in human cancer: from finding to first clinical trials

VM Golubovskaya - Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition), 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It is twenty years since Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) was found to be overexpressed in
many types of human cancer. FAK plays an important role in adhesion, spreading, motility …

Inhibition of endothelial FAK activity prevents tumor metastasis by enhancing barrier function

C Jean, XL Chen, JO Nam, I Tancioni, S Uryu… - Journal of Cell …, 2014 - rupress.org
Pharmacological focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibition prevents tumor growth and
metastasis, via actions on both tumor and stromal cells. In this paper, we show that vascular …

FAK signaling in neoplastic disorders: a linkage between inflammation and cancer

NN Mon, S Ito, T Senga… - Annals of the New York …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinase, is frequently
overexpressed in various tumors and its expression shows good correlation with the …