Misregulated interleukin-6 (IL-6)-induced Jak/STAT signaling contributes to many diseases. Under non-pathological conditions Jak/STAT signaling is tightly regulated by a complex network of regulators. One of these regulators is the protein tyrosine phosphatase SH2-containing phosphatase 2 (SHP2). Although SHP2 is known to be a negative regulator of IL-6-induced Jak/STAT signaling, its exact mol...

In Drosophila, ligands of the Unpaired (Upd) family activate the Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway. The JAK/STAT pathway controls many developmental events, including multiple functions in the ovary. These include an early role in the germarium for specification of stalk cells and a later role in the vitellarium to pattern the follicular epitheli...

OBJECTIVE Oxidative stress mediated by Nox1- and Nox4-based NADPH oxidase (Nox) plays a key role in vascular diseases. The molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of Nox are not entirely elucidated. Because JAK/STAT regulates many genes linked to inflammation, cell proliferation, and differentiation, we questioned whether this pathway is involved in the regulation of Nox1 and Nox4 in hu...

All pathogenic flaviviruses examined thus far inhibit host interferon (IFN) responses by suppressing the Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway. Both Langat virus (LGTV; a member of the tick-borne encephalitis virus serogroup) and Japanese encephalitis virus use the nonstructural protein NS5 to suppress JAK-STAT signaling. However, NS5 is also critical ...

BACKGROUND Radical prostatectomy (RP) carries the risk of erectile dysfunction (ED) due to cavernous nerve (CN) injury. Schwann cells are essential for the maintenance of integrity and function of peripheral nerves such as the CNs. We hypothesize that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) activates the Janus kinase (JAK)/(signal transducer and activator of transcription) STAT pathway in Schw...

Although the majority of patients with asthma are well controlled by inhaled glucocorticoids (GCs), patients with severe asthma are poorly responsive to GCs. This latter group is responsible for a disproportionate share of health care costs associated with asthma. Recent studies in immune cells have incriminated interferon-γ (IFN-γ) as a possible trigger of GC insensitivity in severe asthma; ho...

BACKGROUND The role of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway, and mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore in atorvastatin-induced cardioprotection were examined in human myocardium, in vitro. METHODS Isometric force of contraction of human right atrial trabeculae was recorded during 30-min hypoxia and 60-min reox...

The Drosophila JAK-STAT pathway and its ligand Unpaired are required for a wide range of developmental processes. Recent results have identified Unpaired as an activator of sex-lethal and revealed a new role for the JAK-STAT pathway in sex determination.

Ruxolitinib, a small molecule JAK-1/2 inhibitor, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November 2011, as the first therapeutic for the treatment of intermediate and high-risk myelofibrosis. The Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway is one of the most well-studied intracellular signaling networks. Recent advances in our unders...

Receptors for interferons and other cytokines signal through the action of associated protein tyrosine kinases of the JAK family and latent cytoplasmic transcription factors of the STAT family. Genetic and biochemical analysis of interferon signaling indicates that activation of STATs by interferons requires two distinct JAK family kinases. Loss of either of the required JAKs prevents activatio...