title: Focal adhesion kinase: targeting adhesion signaling pathways for therapeutic intervention.
abstract: The tumor microenvironment plays a central role in cancer progression and metastasis. Within this environment, cancer cells respond to a host of signals including growth factors and chemotactic factors, as well as signals from adjacent cells, cells in the surrounding stroma, and signals from the extracellular matrix. Targeting the pathways that mediate many of these signals has been a major goal in the effort to develop therapeutics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Cancer Center, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA jtp@virginia.edu
authors.forename: J Thomas
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slack-Davis
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tilghman
authors.forename: W Gregory
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018450:Disease Progression; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000502:physiology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000627:therapeutic use; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016023:Integrins; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases