JAK-STAT signaling: a double-edged sword of immune regulation and cancer progression

KL Owen, NK Brockwell, BS Parker - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) signaling mediates
almost all immune regulatory processes, including those that are involved in tumor cell …

Kinase inhibitors: the road ahead

FM Ferguson, NS Gray - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2018 - nature.com
Receptor tyrosine kinase signalling pathways have been successfully targeted to inhibit
proliferation and angiogenesis for cancer therapy. However, kinase deregulation has been …

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 …

Control of metastasis by NK cells

A López-Soto, S Gonzalez, MJ Smyth, L Galluzzi - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
The metastatic spread of malignant cells to distant anatomical locations is a prominent
cause of cancer-related death. Metastasis is governed by cancer-cell-intrinsic mechanisms …

Targeting natural killer cells in cancer immunotherapy

C Guillerey, ND Huntington, MJ Smyth - Nature immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Alteration in the expression of cell-surface proteins is a common consequence of malignant
transformation. Natural killer (NK) cells use an array of germline-encoded activating and …

Inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases as cancer therapeutics

SR Whittaker, A Mallinger, P Workman… - Pharmacology & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades there has been a great deal of interest in the development of
inhibitors of the cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). This attention initially stemmed from …

Canonical and non-canonical aspects of JAK–STAT signaling: lessons from interferons for cytokine responses

A Majoros, E Platanitis, E Kernbauer-Hölzl… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Janus kinase (JAK)–signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signal
transduction mediates cytokine responses. Canonical signaling is based on STAT tyrosine …

Regulation of type I interferon signaling in immunity and inflammation: a comprehensive review

K Chen, J Liu, X Cao - Journal of autoimmunity, 2017 - Elsevier
Type I interferons (IFNs) play essential roles in establishing and modulating host defense
against microbial infection via induction of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) through Janus …

JAK/STAT cytokine signaling at the crossroad of NK cell development and maturation

D Gotthardt, J Trifinopoulos, V Sexl… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Natural Killer (NK) cells are cytotoxic lymphocytes of the innate immune system and play a
critical role in anti-viral and anti-tumor responses. NK cells develop in the bone marrow from …

[HTML][HTML] The good and the bad faces of STAT1 in solid tumours

K Meissl, S Macho-Maschler, M Müller, B Strobl - Cytokine, 2017 - Elsevier
Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 1 is part of the Janus kinase
(JAK)/STAT signalling cascade and is best known for its essential role in mediating …