Title:The JAK-STAT Signaling Pathway in Epilepsy
Volume: 21
Issue: 10
Author(s): Huaiyu Sun, Di Ma, Yu Cheng, Jiaai Li, Wuqiong Zhang, Ting Jiang, Zhaoran Li, Xuewei Li and Hongmei Meng*
Affiliation:
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Keywords:
Cytokines, epilepsy, GABA, JAK-STAT, seizures, signaling pathways.
Abstract: Epilepsy is defined as spontaneous recurrent seizures in the brain. There is increasing evidence
that inflammatory mediators and immune cells are involved in epileptic seizures. As more research
is done on inflammatory factors and immune cells in epilepsy, new targets for the treatment of
epilepsy will be revealed. The Janus kinase-signal transducer and transcriptional activator (JAKSTAT)
signaling pathway is strongly associated with many immune and inflammatory diseases, At
present, more and more studies have found that the JAK-STAT pathway is involved in the development
and development of epilepsy, indicating the JAK-STAT pathway’s potential promise as a target
in epilepsy treatment. In this review, we discuss the composition, activation, and regulation of the
JAK-STAT pathway and the relationship between the JAK-STAT pathway and epilepsy. In addition,
we summarize the common clinical inhibitors of JAK and STAT that we would expect to be used in
epilepsy treatment in the future.