Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

STAT3 is critical for skeletal development and bone homeostasis by regulating osteogenesis

  • Siru Zhou,
  • Qinggang Dai,
  • Xiangru Huang,
  • Anting Jin,
  • Yiling Yang,
  • Xinyi Gong,
  • Hongyuan Xu,
  • Xin Gao,
  • Lingyong Jiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27273-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Autosomal dominant hyper-immunoglobulin E syndrome (AD-HIES) is associated with mutations in STAT3, and clinical manifestations include skeletal deformities. Here, the authors show that inactivation of STAT3 in osteoblast induces AD-HIES-like skeletal defects by impairing osteogenesis, and show that pharmacological STAT3 activation rescues the phenotype.