The JAK/STAT signaling pathway: from bench to clinic

X Hu, J Li, M Fu, X Zhao, W Wang - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
The Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) signaling
pathway was discovered more than a quarter-century ago. As a fulcrum of many vital cellular …

Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy

L Yang, P Shi, G Zhao, J Xu, W Peng, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Since cancer stem cells (CSCs) were first identified in leukemia in 1994, they have been
considered promising therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. These cells have self-renewal …

Targeting fibrosis: Mechanisms and clinical trials

M Zhao, L Wang, M Wang, S Zhou, Y Lu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Fibrosis is characterized by the excessive extracellular matrix deposition due to
dysregulated wound and connective tissue repair response. Multiple organs can develop …

Signaling pathways in cancer-associated fibroblasts and targeted therapy for cancer

F Wu, J Yang, J Liu, Y Wang, J Mu, Q Zeng… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
To flourish, cancers greatly depend on their surrounding tumor microenvironment (TME),
and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in TME are critical for cancer occurrence and …

Mechanisms and consequences of Jak–STAT signaling in the immune system

AV Villarino, Y Kanno, JJ O'Shea - Nature immunology, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Kinases of the Jak ('Janus kinase') family and transcription factors (TFs) of the STAT
('signal transducer and activator of transcription') family constitute a rapid membrane-to …

JAK–STAT signaling as a target for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases: current and future prospects

S Banerjee, A Biehl, M Gadina, S Hasni, DM Schwartz - Drugs, 2017 - Springer
The Janus kinase/signal transduction and activator of transcription (JAK–STAT) signaling
pathway is implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases …

The JAK-STAT pathway: impact on human disease and therapeutic intervention

JJ O'Shea, DM Schwartz, AV Villarino… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The Janus kinase (JAK)–signal transducer of activators of transcription (STAT) pathway is
now recognized as an evolutionarily conserved signaling pathway employed by diverse …

Antiviral actions of interferons

CE Samuel - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tremendous progress has been made in understanding the molecular basis of the antiviral
actions of interferons (IFNs), as well as strategies evolved by viruses to antagonize the …

Alternative activation of macrophages: an immunologic functional perspective

FO Martinez, L Helming, S Gordon - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Macrophages are innate immune cells with well-established roles in the primary response to
pathogens, but also in tissue homeostasis, coordination of the adaptive immune response …

The emerging safety profile of JAK inhibitors in rheumatic disease

KL Winthrop - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2017 - nature.com
Tofacitinib is the first Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor commercially approved for the treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis. This compound and a number of other JAK inhibitors are currently …