title: Regulation of metastases by signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 signaling pathway: clinical implications.
abstract: Numerous cytokines, growth factors, and oncogenic proteins activate signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3), which has been recognized as one of the common pathways in cancer cells. Stat3 signaling affects the expression and function of a variety of genes that are critical to cell survival, cell proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, and immune evasion. Evidently, the Stat3 signaling pathway regulates cancer metastasis and constitutes a potential preventive and therapeutic target for cancer metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Program in Cancer Biology, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA. suhuang@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Suyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor