title: STAT proteins - key regulators of anti-viral responses, inflammation, and tumorigenesis in the liver.
abstract: Since its discovery in the early 1990s, the Janus kinase (JAK)-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling pathway has been found to play key roles in regulating many key cellular processes such as survival, proliferation, and differentiation. There are seven known mammalian STAT family members: STAT1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, and 6. In the liver, activation of these STAT proteins is critical for anti-viral defense against hepatitis viral infection and for controlling injury, repair, inflammation, and tumorigenesis. The identification of functions for these STAT proteins has increased our understanding of liver disease pathophysiology and treatments, while also suggesting new therapeutic modalities for managing liver disease.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Liver Diseases, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. bgao@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fouad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lafdil
authors.forename: Dechun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D008115:Liver Regeneration; D050791:STAT Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D050791:STAT Transcription Factors; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins