[Role of STAT3 in Resistance of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer].
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC6712271 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
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[Role of STAT3 in Resistance of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer].
Sun Sibo S Jin Shidai S Guo Renhua R
Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer 20190701 7
The inflammatory state of tumor microenvironment play an important role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) drug resistance. As the key signal pathway connecting inflammation and tumor, activated signal transduction and transcriptional activation factor 3 (STAT3) leads togenetic abnormal expression, gene silencing, genomic instability, etc. in tumor cells, and induces therapeutic resistance. STAT3 has thepotential to be a new target for reversal of resistance. In this review, we summarize the ...[more]
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