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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2026

Pharmacological targeting of the JAK-STAT pathway: new concepts and emerging indications.

Teemu Haikarainen, Anniina T Virtanen, Benjamin F Cravatt, Olli Silvennoinen

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. A Scalable Design for Proximity-Inducing Molecules.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  6. Mitochondrial checkpoint for interferon responses in macrophages.Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Teemu HaikarainenFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland. teemu.haikarainen@tuni.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8441-2517
Anniina T VirtanenFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Benjamin F CravattDepartment of Chemistry, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Olli SilvennoinenFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland. olli.silvennoinen@tuni.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0747-9512

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type I/II cytokine receptors mediate cytokine-specific biological responses by employing a defined combination of four Janus kinases (JAKs) and seven signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) for cellular signal transduction. Deregulation of the JAK-STAT pathway leads to various diseases, with JAK and STAT proteins representing attractive therapeutic targets. Fifteen JAK inhibitors are approved for several immunological and haematological diseases, offering significant benefits for patients. However, safety restrictions have limited their clinical use. Mechanistic and structural insights are driving current drug development approaches focused on improving their potency, selectivity and safety. Development of STAT inhibitors has been more challenging, and none has yet received clinical approval, although promising new compounds are now entering clinical trials. This Review discusses the recent advances in JAK and STAT inhibitor development and presents emerging therapeutic indications for JAK-STAT inhibition.

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Janus Kinase InhibitorsJanus KinasesProtein Kinase InhibitorsSignal TransductionSTAT Transcription FactorsAnimalsDrug DevelopmentHumansJanus Kinase InhibitorsJanus KinasesProtein Kinase InhibitorsSTAT Transcription Factors

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