Dietary compounds as potent inhibitors of the signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) 3 regulatory network

Genes and Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-125

  Trécul, Anne ^a   Morceau, Franck ^a   Dicato, Mario ^a   Diederich, Marc ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE DU CANCER   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Cancer; Inhibitors; STAT3

Indexed keywords

ACETYL 11 OXO BETA BOSWELLIC ACID; ATIPRIMOD; BETA ESCIN; BORTEZOMIB; BUTEIN; CAPSAICIN; CELASTROL; CPA 1; CPA 7; CRYPTOTANSHINONE; CURCUMIN; DIOSGENIN; FLAVOPIRIDOL; IMATINIB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; IS 3 295; JANUS KINASE; MELPHALAN; N BENZYL 2 CYANO 3 (3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYL)ACRYLAMIDE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; S 3 295; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN INHIBITOR; STATTIC; THALIDOMIDE; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; VINCA ALKALOID;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84860732768     PISSN: 15558932     EISSN: 18653499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12263-012-0281-y     Document Type: Review

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