In addition, STAT3 negatively regulates the type I IFN signaling pathway by inhibiting expression of IRF7, IRF9, STAT1 in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (Lu et al., 2018). Thus STAT3 and ISGF3 are distinct and activated STAT3 might suppress ISGF3 in ccRCC cells, and this deserves further investigation. Here, IRF7 is linked to nonpapillary renal cell carcinoma.