title: Integrin-linked kinase 1: role in hormonal cancer progression.
abstract: Integrin-linked kinase 1 (ILK1) is a serine/threonine kinase that plays important roles in a variety of cellular functions including cell survival, migration and angiogenesis. ILK1 is normally expressed in numerous tissues and activated by growth factors, cytokines and hormones. Dysregulation of ILK1 expression or function is found in several hormonal tumors including breast, ovary and prostate. Emerging evidence suggests that ILK overexpression promotes cellular transformation, cell survival, epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT), and metastasis of hormonal cancer cells while inhibition of ILK1 reduces tumor growth and progression. The recent development of ILK1 inhibitors has provided novel mechanisms for blocking ILK1 signaling to curb metastasis and therapy resistance of hormonal tumors. This review will focus on recent advances made towards understanding the role of ILK signaling axis in progression of hormonal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cortez
authors.forename: Binoj C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Dimple
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chakravarty
authors.forename: Ratna K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Vadlamudi
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000099200:Scaffold Protein ILK
chemical_list: D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000099200:Scaffold Protein ILK