title: Integrin-linked kinase and associated proteins (review).
abstract: Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) is a recently identified cytoplasmic protein serine/threonine kinase implicated in integrin-, growth factor- and Wnt-signaling pathways. It contains several structurally conserved motifs including ankyrin repeats, pleckstrin-homology (PH) domain and protein kinase catalytic domain that are critical for signal transduction. Recent studies have documented that ILK plays important roles in bi-directional ( and ) transmembrane signaling pathways via integrins and other proteins, leading to regulation of cell adhesion, growth, survival, extracellular matrix deposition and potentially differentiation. Furthermore, ILK is implicated in tumorigenesis and ILK appears to be a useful diagnostic marker of certain human tumors. The identification of novel ILK-associated proteins will provide a better understanding of how ILK functions in intracellular signal transduction cascades and tumorigenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and The Cell Adhesion and Matrix Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0019, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000502:physiology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002470:Cell Survival; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism; D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D000099200:Scaffold Protein ILK
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016023:Integrins; D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000099200:Scaffold Protein ILK; C088088:LIMS1 protein, human; C490232:Lims1 protein, mouse