FAK displacement from focal adhesions: a promising strategy to target processes implicated in cancer progression and metastasis
Abstract Background Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that is overexpressed or activated in several advanced-stage solid cancers. It is known to play both kinase-dependent and -independent roles in promoting tumor progression and metastasis. Numerous inhibitors, targeting...
Main Authors: | Ioanna Antoniades, Maria Kyriakou, Anna Charalambous, Katerina Kalalidou, Andri Christodoulou, Maria Christoforou, Paris A. Skourides |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-01-01
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Series: | Cell Communication and Signaling |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-020-00671-1 |
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