STAT6 Cancer Research Results

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Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 6 (STAT6) is a transcription factor well-known for its role in mediating the effects of cytokines such as interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-13 (IL-13). Its activation and subsequent nuclear translocation trigger transcription of target genes that regulate immune responses, cell proliferation, and differentiation.

-STAT6 expression and activation have been documented in various malignancies such as lymphomas, breast cancer, and certain gastrointestinal cancers.
-Elevated or constitutive activation of STAT6 in tumors has been associated with a poorer prognosis in some cancer types, potentially due to its roles in promoting survival, proliferation, and immune evasion.

It also affects the composition and function of immune infiltrates within the tumor. Through modulating cytokine expression profiles, activated STAT6 can lead to a microenvironment that favors Th2 responses and suppresses effective anti-tumor immunity.
This dual role—impacting both intrinsic tumor cell biology and the extrinsic immune context—complicates the interpretation of STAT6 as a prognostic marker.


Var, Various Cancer: Click to Expand ⟱
Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 overexpression has been noted in various cancers. PI3Ks/AKT pathways are over-activated in several types of cancers.
EGFR altered activity has been noted in various pathological conditions. However, its regulation is an important step in the inhibition of cancer. In this regard, EGCG shows a pivotal role in the inhibition of EGFR activity.
Activating protein-1 transcription factor has been associated with pathogenesis including cancer.
Activation of the sonic hedgehog (Shh) pathway is required for the growth of numerous tissues and organs and recent evidence indicates that this pathway is often recruited to stimulate growth of cancer stem cells (CSCs) and to orchestrate the reprogramming of cancer cells via epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT). Increased expression of Nanog has been associated with the aggressive nature of certain cancers, highlighting its role in promoting cancer stem cell characteristics.
The aberrant hedgehog (Hh)/GLI signaling pathway causes the formation and progression of a variety of tumors.
The process of cell apoptosis is often accompanied by the destruction of mitochondrial transmembrane potential, which is widely regarded as one of the earliest events in the process of cell apoptosis.
Human malignancies frequently exhibit mutations in the TGF-β pathway, and overactivation of this system is linked to tumor growth by promoting angiogenesis and inhibiting the innate and adaptive antitumor immune responses50.
Several studies have demonstrated that high cyclin D1 expression was observed in cancers including breast, lung, prostate, lymph node and colorectal cancers [23–25].
The oncogene c-myc, which is frequently over-expressed in cancer cells, is involved in the transactivation of most of the glycolytic enzymes including lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) and the glucose transporter GLUT1 [51,52]. Thus, c-myc activation is a likely candidate to promote the enhanced glucose uptake and lactate release in the proliferating cancer cell.
Vimentin is overexpressed in various epithelial cancers, including prostate cancer, gastrointestinal tumors, tumors of the central nervous system, breast cancer, malignant melanoma, and lung cancer. Vimentin’s overexpression in cancer correlates well with accelerated tumor growth, invasion, and poor prognosis; however, the role of vimentin in cancer progression remains obscure.
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are normally induced under environmental stress to serve as chaperones for maintenance of correct protein folding but they are often overexpressed in many cancers, including breast cancer.
Since NQO1 is highly expressed in many solid tumors, including via upregulation of Nrf2, the design of compounds activated by NQO1 and NQO1-targeted drug delivery have been active areas of research.
Since increased Nrf2 gene expression is one of the main mechanisms of cancer cells in resisting chemotherapeutic drugs and survival in oxidative conditions; finding compounds with the ability to suppress Nrf2 gene expression with minimum side effects can be considered an important strategy for increasing the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapy.
Overexpression of c-met stimulates proliferation, migration and invasion in various types of cancer including prostate cancer.
Overexpression of TGFα and EGFR by many carcinomas correlates with the development of cancer metastasis, resistance to chemotherapy and poor prognosis.
More than 50% of human cancers have a mutated nonfunctional p53.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
1654- FA,    Molecular mechanism of ferulic acid and its derivatives in tumor progression
- Review, Var, NA
AntiCan↑, Inflam↓, RadioS↑, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, TumCMig↑, TumCI↓, angioG↓, ChemoSen↑, ChemoSideEff↓, P53↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, TumW↓, miR-34a↑, Bcl-2↓, Casp3↑, BAX↑, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, cMyc↓, Bax:Bcl2↑, SOD↓, GSH↓, LDH↓, ERK↑, eff↑, JAK2↓, STAT6↓, NF-kB↓, PYCR1↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, Ki-67↓, VEGF↓, FGFR1↓, EMT↓, CAIX↓, LC3II↑, p62↑, PKM2↓, Glycolysis↓, *BioAv↓,
2919- LT,    Luteolin as a potential therapeutic candidate for lung cancer: Emerging preclinical evidence
- Review, Var, NA
RadioS↑, ChemoSen↑, chemoP↑, *lipid-P↓, *Catalase↑, *SOD↑, *GPx↑, *GSTs↑, *GSH↑, *TNF-α↓, *IL1β↓, *Casp3↓, *IL10↑, NRF2↓, HO-1↓, NQO1↓, GSH↓, MET↓, p‑MET↓, p‑Akt↓, HGF/c-Met↓, NF-kB↓, Bcl-2↓, SOD2↓, Casp8↑, Casp3↑, PARP↑, MAPK↓, NLRP3↓, ASC↓, Casp1↓, IL6↓, IKKα↓, p‑p65↓, p‑p38↑, MMP2↓, ICAM-1↓, EGFR↑, p‑PI3K↓, E-cadherin↓, ZO-1↑, N-cadherin↓, CLDN1↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, Snail↓, Vim↑, ITGB1↓, FAK↓, p‑Src↓, Rac1↓, Cdc42↓, Rho↓, PCNA↓, Tyro3↓, AXL↓, CEA↓, NSE↓, SOD↓, Catalase↓, GPx↓, GSR↓, GSTs↓, GSH↓, VitE↓, VitC↓, CYP1A1↓, cFos↑, AR↓, AIF↑, p‑STAT6↓, p‑MDM2↓, NOTCH1↓, VEGF↓, H3↓, H4↓, HDAC↓, SIRT1↓, ROS↑, DR5↑, Cyt‑c↑, p‑JNK↑, PTEN↓, mTOR↓, CD34↓, FasL↑, Fas↑, XIAP↓, p‑eIF2α↑, CHOP↑, LC3II↑, PD-1↓, STAT3↓, IL2↑, EMT↓, cachexia↓, BioAv↑, *Half-Life↝, *eff↑,
2946- PL,    Piperlongumine, a potent anticancer phytotherapeutic: Perspectives on contemporary status and future possibilities as an anticancer agent
- Review, Var, NA
ROS↑, GSH↓, DNAdam↑, ChemoSen↑, RadioS↑, BioEnh↑, selectivity↑, BioAv↓, eff↑, p‑Akt↓, mTOR↓, GSK‐3β↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, HK2↓, Glycolysis↓, Cyt‑c↑, Casp9↑, Casp3↑, Casp7↑, cl‑PARP↑, TrxR↓, ER Stress↑, ATF4↝, CHOP↑, Prx4↑, NF-kB↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, p‑RB1↓, RAS↓, cMyc↓, TumCCA↑, selectivity↑, STAT3↓, NRF2↑, HO-1↑, PTEN↑, P-gp↓, MDR1↓, MRP1↓, survivin↓, Twist↓, AP-1↓, Sp1/3/4↓, STAT1↓, STAT6↓, SOX4↑, XBP-1↑, P21↑, eff↑, Inflam↓, COX2↓, IL6↓, MMP9↓, TumMeta↓, TumCI↓, ICAM-1↓, CXCR4↓, VEGF↓, angioG↓, Half-Life↝, BioAv↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 3 of 3

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 3

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

Catalase↓, 1,   CYP1A1↓, 1,   GPx↓, 1,   GSH↓, 4,   GSR↓, 1,   GSTs↓, 1,   HO-1↓, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   NQO1↓, 1,   NRF2↓, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   Prx4↑, 1,   PYCR1↓, 1,   ROS↑, 3,   SOD↓, 2,   SOD2↓, 1,   TrxR↓, 1,   VitC↓, 1,   VitE↓, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

AIF↑, 1,   FGFR1↓, 1,   XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

CAIX↓, 1,   cMyc↓, 2,   Glycolysis↓, 2,   HK2↓, 1,   LDH↓, 1,   PKM2↓, 1,   SIRT1↓, 1,  

Cell Death

Akt↓, 1,   p‑Akt↓, 2,   Apoptosis↑, 1,   BAX↑, 1,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 2,   Casp1↓, 1,   Casp3↑, 3,   Casp7↑, 1,   Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 2,   DR5↑, 1,   Fas↑, 1,   FasL↑, 1,   HGF/c-Met↓, 1,   p‑JNK↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 1,   p‑MDM2↓, 1,   p‑p38↑, 1,   survivin↓, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction

Sp1/3/4↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics

H3↓, 1,   H4↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress

CHOP↑, 2,   p‑eIF2α↑, 1,   ER Stress↑, 1,   XBP-1↑, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes

LC3II↑, 2,   p62↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair

DNAdam↑, 1,   P53↑, 1,   PARP↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,   PCNA↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence

CDK4↓, 2,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 2,   P21↑, 1,   p‑RB1↓, 1,   TumCCA↑, 2,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State

CD34↓, 1,   cFos↑, 1,   EMT↓, 2,   ERK↑, 1,   GSK‐3β↓, 1,   HDAC↓, 1,   miR-34a↑, 1,   mTOR↓, 3,   NOTCH1↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 1,   p‑PI3K↓, 1,   PTEN↓, 1,   PTEN↑, 1,   RAS↓, 1,   p‑Src↓, 1,   STAT1↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 2,   STAT6↓, 2,   p‑STAT6↓, 1,  

Migration

AP-1↓, 1,   AXL↓, 1,   Cdc42↓, 1,   CEA↓, 1,   CLDN1↓, 1,   E-cadherin↓, 1,   FAK↓, 1,   ITGB1↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,   MET↓, 1,   p‑MET↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   N-cadherin↓, 1,   Rac1↓, 1,   Rho↓, 1,   Snail↓, 1,   SOX4↑, 1,   TumCI↓, 2,   TumCMig↑, 1,   TumMeta↓, 1,   Twist↓, 1,   Tyro3↓, 1,   Vim↑, 1,   ZO-1↑, 1,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 3,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

angioG↓, 2,   ATF4↝, 1,   EGFR↑, 1,   VEGF↓, 3,  

Barriers & Transport

P-gp↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

ASC↓, 1,   COX2↓, 1,   CXCR4↓, 1,   ICAM-1↓, 2,   IKKα↓, 1,   IL2↑, 1,   IL6↓, 2,   Inflam↓, 2,   JAK2↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 3,   p‑p65↓, 1,   PD-1↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation

NLRP3↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors

AR↓, 1,   CDK6↓, 2,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

BioAv↓, 1,   BioAv↑, 2,   BioEnh↑, 1,   ChemoSen↑, 3,   eff↑, 3,   Half-Life↝, 1,   MDR1↓, 1,   MRP1↓, 1,   RadioS↑, 3,   selectivity↑, 2,  

Clinical Biomarkers

AR↓, 1,   CEA↓, 1,   EGFR↑, 1,   IL6↓, 2,   Ki-67↓, 1,   LDH↓, 1,   NSE↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

AntiCan↑, 1,   cachexia↓, 1,   chemoP↑, 1,   ChemoSideEff↓, 1,   TumW↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 156

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

Catalase↑, 1,   GPx↑, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   GSTs↑, 1,   lipid-P↓, 1,   SOD↑, 1,  

Cell Death

Casp3↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

IL10↑, 1,   IL1β↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

BioAv↓, 1,   eff↑, 1,   Half-Life↝, 1,  
Total Targets: 13

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: STAT6, Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 6
1 Ferulic acid
1 Luteolin
1 Piperlongumine
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