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Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STATs): Novel Targets of Chemopreventive and Chemotherapeutic Drugs
28 Feb 2006
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A family of latent cytoplasmic transcription factors, signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs), mediates the responsiveness of cells to several cytokines and growth factors. Although mutations of STATs have not been described in human tumors, the activity of several members of the family, such as STAT1, STAT3 and STAT5, is deregulated in a variety of human tumors. STAT3 and STAT5 acquire...
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