A layered view on focal adhesions

K Legerstee, AB Houtsmuller - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The cytoskeleton is a network of protein fibres within cells that provide
structure and support intracellular transport. Focal adhesions are protein complexes …

Integrin-regulated FAK–Src signaling in normal and cancer cells

SK Mitra, DD Schlaepfer - Current opinion in cell biology, 2006 - Elsevier
Integrins can alter cellular behavior through the recruitment and activation of signaling
proteins such as non-receptor tyrosine kinases including focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and c …

The roles of nuclear focal adhesion kinase (FAK) on Cancer: a focused review

J Zhou, Q Yi, L Tang - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2019 - Springer
FAK is a tyrosine kinase overexpressed in cancer cells and plays an important role in the
progression of tumors to a malignant phenotype. Except for its typical role as a cytoplasmic …

Hepatocyte phosphatase DUSP22 mitigates NASH-HCC progression by targeting FAK

C Ge, J Tan, X Dai, Q Kuang, S Zhong, L Lai… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a common clinical disease, is becoming a leading
cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Dual specificity phosphatase 22 (DUSP22, also …

FAK structure and regulation by membrane interactions and force in focal adhesions

P Tapial Martínez, P López Navajas, D Lietha - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase with key roles in the
regulation of cell adhesion migration, proliferation and survival. In cancer FAK is a major …

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 …

Understanding the roles of FAK in cancer: inhibitors, genetic models, and new insights

H Yoon, JP Dehart, JM Murphy… - … of Histochemistry & …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a protein tyrosine kinase that regulates cellular adhesion,
motility, proliferation and survival in various types of cells. Interestingly, FAK is activated …

Structural basis for the autoinhibition of focal adhesion kinase

D Lietha, X Cai, DFJ Ceccarelli, Y Li, MD Schaller… - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
Appropriate tyrosine kinase signaling depends on coordinated sequential coupling of
protein-protein interactions with catalytic activation. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) integrates …

ERM proteins in cancer progression

J Clucas, F Valderrama - Journal of cell science, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
Members of the ezrin–radixin–moesin (ERM) family of proteins are involved in multiple
aspects of cell migration by acting both as crosslinkers between the membrane, receptors …

Targeting focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in cancer therapy: A recent update on inhibitors and PROTAC degraders

X Wang, N Li, YH Liu, J Wu, QG Liu, JB Niu… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is considered as a pivotal intracellular non-receptor tyrosine
kinase, and has garnered significant attention as a promising target for anticancer drug …