Preferred Label : Focal Adhesion Pathway;
NCIt synonyms : Integrin-mediated Cell Adhesion Pathway;
NCIt related terms : Focal Adhesion; Integrin-mediated Cell Adhesion;
Alternative definition : KEGG: Cell-matrix adhesions play essential roles in important biological processes
including cell motility, cell proliferation, cell differentiation, regulation of gene
expression and cell survival. At the cell-extracellular matrix contact points, specialized
structures are formed and termed focal adhesions, where bundles of actin filaments
are anchored to transmembrane receptors of the integrin family through a multi-molecular
complex of junctional plaque proteins. Some of the constituents of focal adhesions
participate in the structural link between membrane receptors and the actin cytoskeleton,
while others are signaling molecules, including different protein kinases and phosphatases,
their substrates, and various adapter proteins. Integrin signaling is dependent upon
the non-receptor tyrosine kinase activities of the FAK and src proteins as well as
the adaptor protein functions of FAK, src and Shc to initiate downstream signaling
events. These signaling events culminate in reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton;
a prerequisite for changes in cell shape and motility, and gene expression. Similar
morphological alterations and modulation of gene expression are initiated by the binding
of growth factors to their respective receptors, emphasizing the considerable crosstalk
between adhesion- and growth factor-mediated signaling.;
KEGG ID : hsa04510;
Origin ID : C38829;
UMLS CUI : C1512810;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Semantic type(s)
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
has_gene_product_element
pathway_has_gene_element