Research progress of non-receptor tyrosine kinase signal transducer and activator of transcription as a new target in colon cancer / 肿瘤研究与临床

Malignant colon cells require angiogenesis and optimal tumor microenvironment for proliferation, invasion and metastasis. The non-receptor tyrosine kinase signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway are involved in multiple processes, including chronic inflammation-associated tumorigenesis, cancer proliferation, tumor angiogenesis, immune evasion and facilitating tumor metastasis, making JAK-STAT a new target in molecular target therapy. In this review, advances on JAK-STAT pathway as a new target in colon tumorigenesis are updated, and a preliminary estimation of JAK-STAT in prognosis and target therapy will be mentioned to show a potential future of JAK-STAT in colon cancer.