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  18. Sabrina Giantulli, Elisabetta Tortorella, Francesco Brasili, Susanna Scarpa, Barbara Cerroni, Gaio Paradossi, Angelico Bedini, Stefania Morrone, Ida Silvestri, Fabio Domenici. Effect of 1-MHz ultrasound on the proinflammatory interleukin-6 secretion in human keratinocytes. Sci Rep 2021;11
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  19. Chao Wang, Ruijuan Zhang, Xu Chen, Mengyun Yuan, Jian Wu, Qingmin Sun, Chunrun Miao, Yali Jing. The potential effect and mechanism of Saikosaponin A against gastric cancer. BMC Complement Med Ther 2023;23
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  20. Yezhi Cao, Linghu Wang, Ling Cheng, Jun Chu, Qingsheng Yu, Hui Peng, Wenkai Wu, Haiwei Liu, Fuhai Zhou, Yaqian Shu, Qi Zhang. Cryptotanshinone Inhibits the Proliferation of 5-Fluorouracil-Resistant Gastric Cancer SGC-7901/5-FU Cells Via the JAK2/STAT3 Pathway. Pharm Chem J 2024;58:187
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  26. Chien-Chi Lu, Hsiao-Chi Tsai, Dong-Ying Yang, Shih-Wei Wang, Ming-Hsui Tsai, Chun-Hung Hua, Kwei-Jing Chen, Michael Yuan-Chien Chen, Ming-Yu Lien, Chih-Hsin Tang. The Chemokine CCL4 Stimulates Angiopoietin-2 Expression and Angiogenesis via the MEK/ERK/STAT3 Pathway in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Biomedicines 2022;10:1612
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  29. Mohammad Dabaghi, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Rasa, Emilio Cirri, Alessandro Ori, Francesco Neri, Rainer Quaas, Ingrid Hilger. Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Carrying 5-Fluorouracil in Combination with Magnetic Hyperthermia Induce Thrombogenic Collagen Fibers, Cellular Stress, and Immune Responses in Heterotopic Human Colon Cancer in Mice. Pharmaceutics 2021;13:1625
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  31. Ngoc Bao To, Yen Thi-Kim Nguyen, Jeong Yong Moon, Meran Keshawa Ediriweera, Somi Kim Cho. Pentadecanoic Acid, an Odd-Chain Fatty Acid, Suppresses the Stemness of MCF-7/SC Human Breast Cancer Stem-Like Cells through JAK2/STAT3 Signaling. Nutrients 2020;12:1663
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  34. Christian A. Maino Vieytes, Laura S. Rozek, Gregory T. Wolf, Anna E. Arthur. Associations Between Diet Quality and Proinflammatory Cytokines in Newly Diagnosed Head and Neck Cancer Survivors. Current Developments in Nutrition 2023;7:102015
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  35. Laura Magnano, Andrea Rivero, Estella Matutes. Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia: Current State of Diagnosis, Pathogenesis and Treatment. Curr Oncol Rep 2022;24:633
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  36. Mingzhu Li, Lina Duan, Wenjie Wu, Wenjing Li, Lili Zhao, Ang Li, Xuebo Lu, Xinyu He, Zigang Dong, Kangdong Liu, Yanan Jiang. Vortioxetine hydrobromide inhibits the growth of gastric cancer cells in vivo and in vitro by targeting JAK2 and SRC. Oncogenesis 2023;12
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  37. Fanglin Niu, Yi Yu, Zhuozhuo Li, Yuanyuan Ren, Zi Li, Qiang Ye, Ping Liu, Chenshuang Ji, Lu Qian, Yuyan Xiong. Arginase: An emerging and promising therapeutic target for cancer treatment. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2022;149:112840
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  39. Shu Dai, Cheng Wang, XingTao Zhao, Cheng Ma, Ke Fu, Yanfang Liu, Cheng Peng, Yunxia Li. Cucurbitacin B: A review of its pharmacology, toxicity, and pharmacokinetics. Pharmacological Research 2023;187:106587
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  60. Young Yun Jung, Chulwon Kim, Muthu K. Shanmugam, Amudha Deivasigamani, Arunachalam Chinnathambi, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Kanchugarakoppal S. Rangappa, Kam Man Hui, Gautam Sethi, Chakrabhavi Dhananjaya Mohan, Kwang Seok Ahn. Leonurine ameliorates the STAT3 pathway through the upregulation of SHP-1 to retard the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Cellular Signalling 2024;114:111003
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