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STAT3 EXPRESSION IN NORMAL AND MALIGNANTLY TRANSFORMED B-LYMPHOCYTES

The human proto-oncogene STAT3 encodes transcriptional factor that is essential for embryo- genesis, proliferation and differentiation of many cell types, in addition to organ regeneration and involu- tion. It also regulates innate and adaptive immune mechanisms, including B cell maturation. Augmented STAT3 activation has been found in both irreversibly committed B cell lineage precursors and plasmacy- tes. Abnormal STAT3-mediated signal transduction has been observed in a large number of neoplasms, in which it induces anti-apoptotic and cell cycle progression mediating genes transcription.

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Andrzej Łukaszyk - przewodniczący, Zofia Bielańska-Osuchowska, Szczepan Biliński, Mieczysław Chorąży, Aleksander Koj, Włodzimierz Korochoda, Leszek Kuźnicki, Aleksandra Stojałowska, Lech Wojtczak

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