FAK Cancer Research Results

FAK, FAK signaling: Click to Expand ⟱
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FAK (Focal Adhesion Kinase) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that plays a crucial role in cellular processes such as adhesion, migration, proliferation, and survival. It is primarily localized at focal adhesions, where it interacts with integrins and other signaling molecules. FAK promotes cell proliferation by activating signaling pathways such as the PI3K/Akt and MAPK/ERK pathways. These pathways are often upregulated in cancer cells, leading to uncontrolled growth.
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
1123- aLinA,    Linoleic acid induces an EMT-like process in mammary epithelial cells MCF10A
- in-vitro, BC, NA - in-vitro, NA, MCF10
TumCP↑, Linoleic acid (LA) induces proliferation and invasion in breast cancer cells.
E-cadherin↓,
Snail↑, increase of Snail1, Snail2, Twist1, Twist2 and Sip1 expressions.
Twist↑,
ZEB2↑,
FAK↑,
NF-kB↑,
MMP2↓, Furthermore, LA induces FAK and NFκB activation, MMP-2 and -9 secretions, migration and invasion.
MMP9↓,
*EMT↑, LA promotes an EMT-like process in MCF10A
TumCI↑,

6185- Cuc,    Cucurbitacin B: A review of its pharmacology, toxicity, and pharmacokinetics
- Review, Var, NA - Review, Arthritis, NA - Review, AD, NA
*Inflam↓, results showed that CuB exhibits potent anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiviral, hypoglycemic, hepatoprotective, neuroprotective, and anti-cancer activities
*antiOx↑,
*hepatoP↑,
*neuroP↑,
*AntiCan↑,
*toxicity↝, Studies of its toxicity and pharmacokinetic properties showed that CuB has non-specific toxicity and low bioavailability.
*BioAv↓,
*HO-1↑, CuB can exert its anti-inflammatory effect via the induction of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) by the activation Nrf2 [25].
*NRF2↑,
*NLRP3↑, CuB could act as an anti-inflammatory agent to inhibit gouty arthritis in mice [28]. The mechanism of action was mainly attributed to inhibition of the formation and activation of the NOD-like receptor thermal protein domain associated protein 3 (NLR
*SOD↑, Its antioxidant activity may be indirectly realized by increasing the activities of the antioxidant enzymes total SOD and SOD-1, and thereby eliminating excessive ROS and other free radicals in cells
*SOD1↑,
*ROS↓,
*AntiAge↑, this study also confirmed that CuB could exert anti-aging effects by regulating autophagy, ROS, and aging-related genes, which suggested that CuB might be a promising anti-aging drug
*ARE↑, activating the Nrf2/ARE signaling pathway and inhibiting the STAT/NF-κB signaling pathway, and thereby exerting a protective effect on cortical neurons
*STAT↓,
*NF-kB↓,
*neuroG↑, CuB (0.1 mg/kg) could also promote neurogenesis in APP/PS1 mice and alleviate memory deficits associated with enhanced neurogenesis in mice.
*memory↑,
ROS↑, Figure 2
NLRP3↑,
CIP2A↓,
Akt↓,
STAT3↑,
VEGFR2↓,
DNMTs↓, tudies have shown that in H1299 human lung cancer cells CuB (6, 60, 600, and 860 nM) can inhibit DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs)
MAPK↓,
YAP/TEAD↓,
PI3K↓,
Wnt↓,
NOTCH↓,
TumCCA↑,
TumCG↓, Inhibit cell growth and proliferation
TumCP↓,
FAK↑, CuB inhibited the migration, invasion, and adhesion of KKU-452 CCA cells in a dose-dependent manner by suppressing the activation of FAK and down-regulating MMP-9,
MMP9↓,
TumAuto↑, CuB ccould induce autophagy in BEL-7402 hepatocellular carcinoma cells by affecting autophagy-related proteins, such as up-regulating the expression of light chain 3 (LC3)-II
toxicity↝, Most experiments have demonstrated that CuB is moderately cytotoxic, both to human cancer cells and to normal cells
BioAv↓, When Wistar rats were given CuB orally at a dose of 8 mg/kg, the absorption degree was low and the absorption speed was slowest, which was specifically reflected in the fact that the time to peak concentration was longest (180 min, Tmax = 3 h). T
Half-Life↝, When CuB was administered intravenously at 0.1 mg/kg and orally at 1 mg/kg, the clearance rates of CuB in Wistar rats were similar, with a half-life (t1/2) of 5.08 ± 2.87 h and 5.09 ± 2.20 h, respectively [139].
BioAv↑, CuB-loaded mixed micelles with collagen peptides as a carrier, which improved the solubility of CuB and enhanced the absorption of orally administered CuB, and its relative bioavailability increased by a factor of 3.43
selectivity∅, Although CuB displays potent activity against tumor cells, its non-selective toxicity has limited its clinical applications.

3477- MF,    Electromagnetic fields regulate calcium-mediated cell fate of stem cells: osteogenesis, chondrogenesis and apoptosis
- Review, NA, NA
*Ca+2↑, When cells are subjected to external mechanical stimulation, voltage-gated ion channels in the cell membrane open and intracellular calcium ion concentration rises
*VEGF↑, BMSCs EMF combined with VEGF promote osteogenesis and angiogenesis
*angioG↑,
Ca+2↑, 1 Hz/100 mT MC4-L2 breast cancer cells EMF lead to calcium ion overload and ROS increased, resulting in necroptosis
ROS↑,
Necroptosis↑,
TumCCA↑, 50 Hz/4.5 mT 786-O cells ELF-EMF induce G0/G1 arrest and apoptosis in cells lines
Apoptosis↑,
*ATP↑, causing the ATP or ADP increases, and the purinergic signal can upregulate the expression of P2Y1 receptors
*FAK↑, Our research team [53] found that ELE-EMF can induce calcium oscillations in bone marrow stem cells, up-regulated calcium ion activates FAK pathway, cytoskeleton enhancement, and migration ability of stem cells in vitro is enhanced.
*Wnt↑, ability of EMF to activate the Wnt10b/β-catenin signaling pathway to promote osteogenic differentiation of cells depends on the functional integrity of primary cilia in osteoblasts.
*β-catenin/ZEB1↑,
*ROS↑, we hypothesize that the electromagnetic field-mediated calcium ion oscillations, which causes a small amount of ROS production in mitochondria, regulates the chondrogenic differentiation of cells, but further studies are needed
p38↑, RF-EMF was able to suppress tumor stem cells by activating the CAMKII/p38 MAPK signaling pathway after inducing calcium ion oscillation and by inhibiting the β-catenin/HMGA2 signaling pathway
MAPK↑,
β-catenin/ZEB1↓,
CSCs↓, Interestingly, the effect of electromagnetic fields is not limited to tumor stem cells, but also inhibits the proliferation and development of tumor cells
TumCP↓,
ROS↑, breast cancer cell lines exposed to ELE-EMF for 24 h showed a significant increase in intracellular ROS expression and an increased sensitivity to further radiotherapy
RadioS↑,
Ca+2↑, after exposure to higher intensity EMF radiation, showed a significant increase in intracellular calcium ion and reactive oxygen species, which eventually led to necroptosis
eff↓, while this programmed necrosis of tumor cells was able to be antagonized by the calcium blocker verapamil or the free radical scavenger n -acetylcysteine
NO↑, EMF can regulate multiple ions in cells, and calcium ion play a key role [92, 130], calcium ion acts as a second messenger that can activate downstream molecules such as NO, ROS

3535- MFrot,  MF,    Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Stimulation in Osteogenesis and Chondrogenesis: Signaling Pathways and Therapeutic Implications
- Review, Nor, NA
*eff↑, Pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) are currently used as a safe and non-invasive treatment to enhance bone healing and to provide joint protection.
*COL2A1↑, exposure to PEMFs induced increased collagen type II (Col2) expression and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content
*SOX9↑, PEMFs significantly increased the expression of chondrogenic genes (SOX9, collagen type II, and aggrecan) and the deposition of cartilaginous matrix (sulphated GAG)
*Ca+2↑, Intracellular Ca2+ increase
*FAK↑, FAK activation
*F-actin↑, increased F-actin network formation
*Inflam↓, anti-inflammatory effect of PEMFs exposure has been extensively described above
*other↑, PEMFs exert a strong anti-inflammatory effect protecting cartilage tissue from the catabolic activity of pro-inflammatory cytokines.
*Diff↑, commonly recognized that PEMFs exposure induces osteogenic differentiation of MSCs
*BMD↑, Emerging evidence shows that PEMFs stimulation represents a safe non-invasive approach to favor bone repair and optimize bone tissue engineering

1660- PBG,    Emerging Adjuvant Therapy for Cancer: Propolis and its Constituents
- Review, Var, NA
MMPs↓, inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases, anti-angiogenesis
angioG↓,
TumMeta↓, prevention of metastasis, cell-cycle arrest
TumCCA↑,
Apoptosis↑,
ChemoSideEff↓, moderation of the chemotherapy-induced deleterious side effects
eff∅, components conferring antitumor potentials have been identified as caffeic acid phenethyl ester, chrysin, artepillin C, nemorosone, galangin, cardanol, etc
HDAC↓, Taiwanese green propolis extract was used to develop an anticancer agent NBM-HD-3, a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACis).
PTEN↑, found to increase phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) and protein kinase B (Akt) protein levelssignificantly, while decreasing phospho-PTEN and phospho-Akt levels markedly
p‑PTEN↓,
p‑Akt↓,
Casp3↑, Propolis induced apoptosis and caspase 3 cleavage, increased phosphorylation of extracellular signal regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), protein kinase B/Akt1 and focal adhesion kinase (FAK).
p‑ERK↑,
p‑FAK↑,
Dose?, When administered orally for 20 weeks at a dose of 100-300 mg/kg, the protective role against the lingual carcinogenesis was observed
Akt↓, treatment reduced the protein abundance of Akt, Akt1, Akt2, Akt3, phospho-Akt Ser473, phospho-Akt Thr 308, GSK3β, FOXO1, FOXO3a, phospho-FOXO1
GSK‐3β↓,
FOXO3↓,
eff↑, Co-treatment with CAPE and 5-fluorouracil exhibited additive anti-proliferation of TW2.6 cells.
IL2↑, Propolis administration stimulated IL-2 and IL-10 production
IL10↑,
NF-kB↓, reduces the expression of growth and transcription factors, including NF-κB.
VEGF↓, CAPE dose-dependently suppresses vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) formation by MDA-231 cells,
mtDam↑, Brazilian red propolis significantly reduced the cancer cell viability through the induction of mitochondrial dysfunction, caspase-3 activity and DNA fragmentation.
ER Stress↑, the action was believed to be due to endoplasmic reticulum stress-related signalling induction of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP)
AST↓, Rats,(250 mg/kg) thrice a week for 3 weeks
ALAT↓, Rats,(250 mg/kg) thrice a week for 3 weeks
ALP↓, Rats,(250 mg/kg) thrice a week for 3 weeks
COX2↓, Rats,(250 mg/kg) thrice a week for 3 weeks, Expression of COX-2 and NF-kB p65 was significantly lowered
eff↑, co-treatment of cancer cells with 100 ng/mL TRAIL and 50 μg/mL propolis extract increased the percentage of apoptotic cells to about 66% and caused a significant disruption of membrane potential in LNCaP cells (
Bax:Bcl2↑, decreased Bcl-2/Bax ratio


Showing Research Papers: 1 to 5 of 5

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 5

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

ROS↑, 3,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

mtDam↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ALAT↓, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 2,   p‑Akt↓, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 2,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 1,   MAPK↑, 1,   Necroptosis↑, 1,   p38↑, 1,   YAP/TEAD↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

ER Stress↑, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ

TumAuto↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNMTs↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

TumCCA↑, 3,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

CIP2A↓, 1,   CSCs↓, 1,   p‑ERK↑, 1,   FOXO3↓, 1,   GSK‐3β↓, 1,   HDAC↓, 1,   NOTCH↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 1,   PTEN↑, 1,   p‑PTEN↓, 1,   STAT3↑, 1,   TumCG↓, 1,   Wnt↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

Ca+2↑, 2,   E-cadherin↓, 1,   FAK↑, 2,   p‑FAK↑, 1,   MMP2↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 2,   MMPs↓, 1,   Snail↑, 1,   TumCI↑, 1,   TumCP↓, 2,   TumCP↑, 1,   TumMeta↓, 1,   Twist↑, 1,   ZEB2↑, 1,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 1,   NO↑, 1,   VEGF↓, 1,   VEGFR2↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 1,   IL10↑, 1,   IL2↑, 1,   NF-kB↓, 1,   NF-kB↑, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

NLRP3↑, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 1,   BioAv↑, 1,   Dose?, 1,   eff↓, 1,   eff↑, 2,   eff∅, 1,   Half-Life↝, 1,   RadioS↑, 1,   selectivity∅, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

ALAT↓, 1,   ALP↓, 1,   AST↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

ChemoSideEff↓, 1,   toxicity↝, 1,  
Total Targets: 69

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 1,   ARE↑, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↓, 1,   ROS↑, 1,   SOD↑, 1,   SOD1↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

ATP↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

SOX9↑, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

other↑, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

Diff↑, 1,   EMT↑, 1,   neuroG↑, 1,   STAT↓, 1,   Wnt↑, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

Ca+2↑, 2,   COL2A1↑, 1,   F-actin↑, 1,   FAK↑, 2,   β-catenin/ZEB1↑, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↑, 1,   VEGF↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

Inflam↓, 2,   NF-kB↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

NLRP3↑, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 1,   eff↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

BMD↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiAge↑, 1,   AntiCan↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   memory↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,   toxicity↝, 1,  
Total Targets: 35

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: FAK, FAK signaling
2 Magnetic Fields
1 alpha Linolenic acid
1 Cucurbitacin
1 Magnetic Field Rotating
1 Propolis -bee glue
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