ReviewCancers2024
Exploring Novel Frontiers: Leveraging STAT3 Signaling for Advanced Cancer Therapeutics.
Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Breaking the bonds: targeting protein dimerization for prostate cancer therapy.Endocrinology · 2026Review
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- STAT3 axis in cancer and cancer stem cells: From oncogenesis to targeted therapies.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2025Review
- IL-6 predicts CDK4/6 inhibitor resistance, identifying STAT3 as a target in HR + /HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.NPJ precision oncology · 2025Article
- STAT3 Signaling Pathway in Health and Disease.MedComm · 2025Review
- PTEN-deficient, chromosomal instability colorectal cancer is hypersensitive to STAT3 inhibition.International journal of biological sciences · 2025Article
- The role of pioneering transcription factors, chromatin accessibility and epigenetic reprogramming in oncogenic viruses.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Therapeutic innovations in triple negative breast cancer: integrating molecular targeting and monoclonal antibody strategies.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
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- Rewiring the T cell-suppressive cytokine landscape of the tumor microenvironment: a new frontier for precision anti-cancer therapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) plays a significant role in diverse physiologic processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation, angiogenesis, and survival. STAT3 activation via phosphorylation of tyrosine and serine residues is a complex and tightly regulated process initiated by upstream signaling pathways with ligand binding to receptor and non-receptor-linked kinases. Through downstream deregulation of target genes, aberrations in STAT3 activation are implicated in tumorigenesis, metastasis, and recurrence in multiple cancers. While there have been extensive efforts to develop direct and indirect STAT3 inhibitors using novel drugs as a therapeutic strategy, direct clinical application remains in evolution. In this review, we outline the mechanisms of STAT3 activation, the resulting downstream effects in physiologic and malignant settings, and therapeutic strategies for targeting STAT3. We also summarize the pre-clinical and clinical evidence of novel drug therapies targeting STAT3 and discuss the challenges of establishing their therapeutic efficacy in the current clinical landscape.
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