Physiological and Pharmacological Regulation of the STAT3 Pathway in Cancer

STAT3 is a critical oncogenic transcription factor, but how it becomes aberrantly activated in cancer is unclear. We have discovered a new pathway whose loss is associated with persistent STAT3 activation in human cancer. We found that the tumor suppressor miR-146b is a direct STAT3 target gene in n...

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Main Author: Xiang, Michael
Other Authors: Frank, David Alan
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11062
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11181218