STAT3 protein is 1 of 7 cytoplasmic transcription factor family members including STAT1-6, STAT5a, and STAT5b (Furqan et al., 2013) which are aberrantly activated in lung cancer tissues (Sanchez-Ceja et al., 2006; Jiang et al., 2016). The gene discussed is STAT3; the disease is lung carcinoma.