| Literature DB >> 19070595 |
Simi T Ahmed1, James E Darnell.
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Persistently activated STAT3 contributes to cell survival in many different human cancers. Cancer cell secretion of IL-6 is a frequent basis for persistent STAT3 activation; we show that antibodies against IL-6 or gp-130, the signaling unit of the IL-6 receptor, can abruptly remove persistently activated STAT3 causing prompt disappearance of cysteine proteases of serpin B3/B4 mRNAs, known as squamous cell carcinoma antigens 1 and 2. STAT3 occupies the promoter of serpin B3/B4 before removal and siRNA removal of B3/B4 mRNA caused cell death in HN13 head and neck cancer cells. Thus persistently activated STAT3 is a required part of the continuous activation of B3/B4 genes, which protects tumor cells from dying.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19070595 PMCID: PMC2678569 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.11.147
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575