ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2023
STAT proteins in cancer: orchestration of metabolism.
Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 192 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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192 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 261 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Proteomics in Obesity: Unpacking the Molecular Puzzle.Current obesity reports · 2024Pooled it
- Immune and Growth Factor Signaling Pathways Are Associated with Pathologic Complete Response to an Anti-Type I Insulin-like Growth Factor Receptor Regimen in Patients with Breast Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025Trial
- Inhibition of STAT3-mediated glycolysis by bruceine D suppresses non-small-cell lung cancer progressionCancer biology & therapy · 2026Article
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- Identification of STAT1 as a biomarker for lymph node metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Journal of molecular histology · 2026Article
- HEATR1 deficiency enhanced gastric cancer cell PANoptosis to boost anti-tumor immunity.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026Article
- CDK4/6 inhibition induces a senescence-associated secretory phenotype via delayed NF-κB activation.Life science alliance · 2026Article
- Targeting the JAK/STAT signalling axis in cancer: chemopreventive potential of natural compounds with emerging focus on retinoids.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Review
- Downregulation of SELENOS Suppresses the Progression of Renal Cell Carcinoma by Activating Ferroptosis.Biological trace element research · 2026Article
- Effect of ART1 on the efficacy of oxaliplatin in colorectal cancer under high-cholesterol conditions.Histology and histopathology · 2026Article
- A Novel DRD2 Antagonist, SD2-2305, Exerts Anticancer Effects in Colorectal Cancer Cells through G1 Arrest and Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis.Biomolecules & therapeutics · 2026Article
- Hepatoma-Derived Growth Factor Coordinates STAT3 Pathway and Exosome-Mediated Intrahepatic Crosstalk to Control Hepatic Steatosis and MASLD.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Engineering the tumor immune landscape: Translating non-invasive physical stimulation into tumor-associated macrophage-targeted cancer immunotherapy.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2026Review
- Expression, Localization and Actions of Galectin-3: Implications in the Pathophysiology and Therapy of Cardiovascular Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- TRIM21-mediated ubiquitination of PARP1 regulated by the PI3K/AKT-STAT5A axis suppresses small cell lung cancer.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Targeting STAT3-mediated lipid metabolism reprogramming overcomes chemoresistance in acute myeloid leukemia.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- STAT3 interference-driven nanomodulators reverse lipid metabolism-associated chemoresistance and potentiate metalloimmunotherapy in breast cancer.Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Article
- Fungal metabolite-based immunotherapy overcomes tumor-associated macrophage immunosuppression.Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Article
- The transcription factor ZNF217 drives hepatocellular carcinoma progression by activating de novo lipid synthesis via FASN upregulation.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Reprogrammed metabolism is a hallmark of cancer. However, the metabolic dependency of cancer, from tumour initiation through disease progression and therapy resistance, requires a spectrum of distinct reprogrammed cellular metabolic pathways. These pathways include aerobic glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation, reactive oxygen species generation, de novo lipid synthesis, fatty acid β-oxidation, amino acid (notably glutamine) metabolism and mitochondrial metabolism. This Review highlights the central roles of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) proteins, notably STAT3, STAT5, STAT6 and STAT1, in orchestrating the highly dynamic metabolism not only of cancer cells but also of immune cells and adipocytes in the tumour microenvironment. STAT proteins are able to shape distinct metabolic processes that regulate tumour progression and therapy resistance by transducing signals from metabolites, cytokines, growth factors and their receptors; defining genetic programmes that regulate a wide range of molecules involved in orchestration of metabolism in cancer and immune cells; and regulating mitochondrial activity at multiple levels, including energy metabolism and lipid-mediated mitochondrial integrity. Given the central role of STAT proteins in regulation of metabolic states, they are potential therapeutic targets for altering metabolic reprogramming in cancer.
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