ArticleCellular logistics2012
PAK signaling in cancer.
Article in Cellular logistics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers.
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123 citing papers in PubMed, 229 citations in OpenAlex.
- Newly identified invasion drivers define the tumor front in oral squamous cell carcinoma.Cell death discovery · 2026Article
- PAK1 activation drives divergent resistance mechanisms to aromatase inhibition and tamoxifen in a luminal: A breast cancer model.Molecular oncology · 2026Article
- Investigating PAK inhibition in combination with PD-1 blockade to enhance cytotoxic CD8+ T cell-mediated killing and suppress invasion of ovarian cancer cells.British journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Endocyclic Trisubstituted Hydroxylamine Isosteres of Basic Amines for ADME Modulation and Reduction of hERG Activity.ACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2026Article
- Targeting PAK4 promotes Gemcitabine-induced pyroptosis in pancreatic cancer via NLRP1/caspase-3/GSDME axis.Communications biology · 2026Article
- PAK1 (p21-Activated Kinase 1) and Its Role in Neurodevelopmental Disorders-New Case Report and a Comprehensive Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The phosphatase PPM1F, a negative regulator of integrin activity, is essential for embryonic development and controls tumor cell invasion.BMC biology · 2025Article
- A role for class I p21-activated kinases in the regulation of the excitability of the actin cytoskeleton.Journal of cell science · 2025Article
- Morphological control of merlin-Rac antagonism in proliferation-promoting signaling.Science signaling · 2025Article
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- Regulation of Cancer Metastasis by PAK2.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- PAK5-mediated PKM2 phosphorylation is critical for anaerobic glycolysis in endometriosis.Frontiers of medicine · 2024Article
- PAK6 rescues pathogenic LRRK2-mediated ciliogenesis and centrosomal cohesion defects in a mutation-specific manner.Cell death & disease · 2024Article
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- Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Targeting in Colorectal Carcinoma: Antibodies and Patient-Derived Organoids as a Smart Model to Study Therapy Resistance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Exploring the prognostic significance of arm-level copy number alterations in triple-negative breast cancer.Oncogene · 2024Article
- A PAK family kinase and the Hippo/Yorkie pathway modulate WNT signaling to functionally integrate body axes during regeneration.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- In Vitro and In Vivo Studies of Melanoma Cell Migration by Antagonistic Mimetics of Adhesion Molecule L1CAM.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- [Computer-aided prediction and molecular mechanism investigation of active components in compound Kushen injection inhibiting p21-activated kinase 1].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2024Article
- A novel pipeline for prioritizing cancer type-specific therapeutic vulnerabilities using DepMap identifies PAK2 as a target in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.Molecular oncology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Transformation of a normal cell to a cancer cell is caused by mutations in genes that regulate proliferation, apoptosis, and invasion. Small GTPases such as Ras, Rho, Rac and Cdc42 orchestrate many of the signals that are required for malignant transformation. The p21-activated kinases (PAKs) are effectors of Rac and Cdc42. PAKs are a family of serine/threonine protein kinases comprised of six isoforms (PAK1-6), and they play important roles in cytoskeletal dynamics, cell survival and proliferation. They act as key signal transducers in several cancer signaling pathways, including Ras, Raf, NFκB, Akt, Bad and p53. Although PAKs are not mutated in cancers, they are overexpressed, hyperactivated or amplified in several human tumors and their role in cell transformation make them attractive therapeutic targets. This review discusses the evidence that PAK is important for cell transformation and some key signaling pathways it regulates. This review primarily discusses Group I PAKs (PAK1, PAK2 and PAK3) as Group II PAKs (PAK4, PAK5 and PAK6) are discussed elsewhere in this issue (by Minden).
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