Targeted Disruption of Stat3 Reveals a Major Role for Follicular Stem Cells in Skin Tumor Initiation

    October 2009 in “ Cancer research ”
    Dae Joon Kim, Ken Kataoka, Dharanija Rao … John DiGiovanni
    Studysummary This study found that disrupting Stat3 in keratinocyte stem cells of mice reduced skin tumor formation by approximately 80%, suggesting Stat3's role in tumor initiation survival mechanisms.
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