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Nature Genetics 38, 1071–1076 (1 September 2006) | doi:10.1038/ng1860

JAK signaling globally counteracts heterochromatic gene silencing

Song Shi , Healani C Calhoun , Fan Xia , Jinghong Li , Long Le & Willis X Li

The JAK/STAT pathway has pleiotropic roles in animal development, and its aberrant activation is implicated in multiple human cancers. JAK/STAT signaling effects have been attributed largely to direct transcriptional regulation by STAT of specific target genes that promote tumor cell proliferation or survival.