Crohn 's disease patients with the IL-1beta-511 mutation had a higher rate of complicated disease.
High levels of suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS) -3 expression , an inhibitor of STAT activation , were observed in Crohn 's disease patients and normal controls in western blot experiments whereas no differences were observed for SOCS-1 expression.
However , despite the crucial role of STAT tyrosine phosphorylation in cytokine signaling , it has not been determined how this modification affects the stability and the conformational flexibility of STAT dimers.
The phosphorylation and subsequent activation of Stat3 , a member of the STAT family , has been found to be elevated in a large number of diverse human cancers.