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. 2021 Sep 23;13(19):4754. doi: 10.3390/cancers13194754

Table 1.

Major growth-associated FAK and/or Src signaling pathways in the top 5 deadliest cancers according to the American Cancer Society.

Cancer Type Species Elevated Kinase Activity Growth-Associated Signaling Pathways References
(PMID)
FAK Src
Lung Human + + PI3K/Akt [93,94]
Human + MEK/MAPK [94,95]
Human + YAP/Hippo [96,97,98,99]
Colorectal Human + + PI3K/Akt [100]
Human + EGFR [101,102]
Human,
rat
+ EGFR/ERK [103]
Human + ERK [104]
Breast Human + STAT3 [105]
Human + + HER receptors/PI3k/Akt
/MAPK
[106,107]
Human + YAP/Hippo [108,109]
Pancreatic Human + + Ras/Raf, PI3K/Akt [81,83,110]
Human,
mouse
+ + ERK [108]
Human + EGFR/Erb2, ERK, STATs, TGF-β [111,112,113]
Human,
mouse
+ EGFR/STAT3 [114]
Prostate Human,
mouse
+ SFK (Src family kinases) Lyn [80]
Human + PI3K/Akt [115]
Human + EGFR/Akt/ERK [116,117,118]
Mouse + MAPK [119]