Research progress of STAT3 on liver disease / 药学实践杂志

ABSTRACT

Signal transduction and transcriptional activator 3 (STAT3) is an important transcription factor that can be activated by many cytokines and growth factors. STAT3 plays a key role in cell growth, proliferation, and differentiation. It has been shown that hyperactivation of STAT3 exists in almost all animal models of liver injury and human liver diseases. Therefore, inhibition of STAT3 activation might become a promising strategy for prevention and treatment of acute liver injury and liver fibrosis. The research progress of STAT3 on liver injury, hepatitis, liver regeneration, liver fibrosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma were mainly discussed in this review.