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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2026

STAT3 isoform dynamics reveal robust splice ratio maintenance across cytokine-activated human immune cells.

Nils Ott, Bodo Grimbacher, Virginia Andreani

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Nils OttInstitute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Bodo GrimbacherInstitute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Virginia AndreaniInstitute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

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Abstract

Alternative splicing of STAT3 produces two principal isoforms, STAT3α and STAT3β, that differ in transactivation capacity and DNA-binding behavior. Whereas STAT3α is thought to be a transcriptional activator, STAT3β - due to the lack of the transactivation domain - is thought to be a transcriptional repressor. Therefore, the relative abundance of STAT3α and STAT3β molecules within a leukocyte will be critical for immune homeostasis and for gene-therapeutic strategies targeting STAT3. This study investigates whether short-term exposure to IFN-α, IL-6/sIL-6Rα, or IL-10 alters STAT3α/STAT3β stoichiometry in purified human CD4

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Alternative SplicingCytokinesLeukocytes, MononuclearSTAT3 Transcription FactorHumansProtein IsoformsRNA, MessengerCytokinesProtein IsoformsRNA, MessengerSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription Factoralternative splicinghyper-IgE syndromeisoform expressionJAK-STAT signalingsplice ratioSTAT3 isoformsSTAT3αSTAT3β

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PMID41993160
PMCPMC13079131

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