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ReviewCells2022

STAT3 and Its Pathways' Dysregulation-Underestimated Role in Urological Tumors.

Maciej Golus, Piotr Bugajski, Joanna Chorbińska, Wojciech Krajewski, Artur Lemiński, Jolanta Saczko, Julita Kulbacka, Tomasz Szydełko, Bartosz Małkiewicz

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Maciej GolusDepartment of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology, University Center of Excellence in Urology, Wrocław Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9810-1234
Piotr BugajskiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8251-1511
Joanna ChorbińskaDepartment of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology, University Center of Excellence in Urology, Wrocław Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.
Wojciech KrajewskiDepartment of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology, University Center of Excellence in Urology, Wrocław Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.
Artur LemińskiDepartment of Urology and Urological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University, Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1446-2970
Jolanta SaczkoDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.
Julita KulbackaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8272-5440
Tomasz SzydełkoDepartment of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology, University Center of Excellence in Urology, Wrocław Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.
Bartosz MałkiewiczDepartment of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology, University Center of Excellence in Urology, Wrocław Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5933-3753

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nowadays, molecular research is essential for the better understanding of tumor cells' pathophysiology. The increasing number of neoplasms is taken under 'the molecular magnifying glass'; therefore, it is possible to discover the complex relationships between cytophysiology and tumor cells. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) belongs to the family of latent cytoplasmic transcription factors called STATs, which comprises seven members: STAT1, STAT2, STAT3, STAT4, STAT5A, STAT5B, and STAT6. Those proteins play important role in cytokine-activated gene expression by transducing signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus. Abnormal prolonged activation results in tumorigenesis, metastasis, cell proliferation, invasion, migration, and angiogenesis. Inhibition of this transcription factor inhibits the previously mentioned effects in cancer cells, whereas normal cells are not affected. Hence, STAT3 might be a viable target for cancer therapy.

Indexed as

STAT3 Transcription FactorUrologic NeoplasmsCytokinesHumansSignal TransductionCytokinesSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription Factorbladder cancerpenile cancerprostate cancerrenal cell carcinomaSTAT3testicular cancerupper tract urothelial carcinoma

Identifiers

PMID36230984
PMCPMC9563420

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