ReviewExploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy2024
Role of STAT3 in pancreatic cancer.
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- APE1/Ref-1: multifunctional biology, selective inhibition, and the path to clinical translation.Expert opinion on therapeutic targets · 2026Review
- Hypoxic Tumor Microenvironment Targeting: Opportunities and Challenges for Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Identification and characterization of a TGF-β-independent SMAD4-NFATc1-STAT3 regulatory axis.Journal of molecular cell biology · 2026Article
- Targeting Cancer Stem Cells with Phytochemicals: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- The Significance of STAT3 in Colonic Diseases: A Comprehensive Study of Pathological Roles and Therapeutic Implications.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2025Review
- The concurrent silencing of Tim-3 and STAT-3 promotes tumor regression both in vitro and in ovo.BMC cancer · 2025Article
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- Targeting inflammation in cancer therapy: from mechanistic insights to emerging therapeutic approaches.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Review
- The long non-coding RNA NEAT1 contributes to aberrant STAT3 signaling in pancreatic cancer and is regulated by a metalloprotease-disintegrin ADAM8/miR-181a-5p axis.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- STAT3 Signaling Pathway in Health and Disease.MedComm · 2025Review
- The Oncoprotein Mucin 1 in Pancreatic Cancer Onset and Progression: Potential Clinical Implications.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Enhancing chemoimmunotherapy for colorectal cancer with paclitaxel and alantolactone via CD44-Targeted nanoparticles: A STAT3 signaling pathway modulation approach.Asian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2025Article
- Dysbiosis-NK Cell Crosstalk in Pancreatic Cancer: Toward a Unified Biomarker Signature for Improved Clinical Outcomes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
Pancreatic cancer remains a serious and deadly disease, impacting people globally. There remain prominent gaps in the current understanding of the disease, specifically regarding the role of the signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) family of proteins in pancreatic tumors. STAT proteins, particularly STAT3, play important roles in pancreatic cancer, especially pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which is the most prevalent histotype. The role of STAT3 across a continuum of molecular processes, such as PDAC tumorigenesis and progression, immune escape, drug resistance and stemness, and modulation of the tumor microenvironment (TME), are only a tip of the iceberg. In some ways, the role of STAT3 in PDAC may hold greater importance than that of oncogenic Kirsten rat sarcoma virus (KRAS). This makes STAT3 a highly attractive target for developing targeted therapies for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. In this review, the current knowledge of STAT3 in pancreatic cancer has been summarized, particularly relating to STAT3 activation in cancer cells, cells of the TME, and the state of targeting STAT3 in pre-clinical and clinical trials of PDAC.
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