STAT3 and nasopharyngeal carcinoma: The results of Western blot analysis of STAT3 and phosphorylated STAT3 (p-STAT3) accumulation show that the total STAT3 protein expression was highly enhanced in the NPC AR cells; in the EGCG-treated NPC AR cells, it decreased back to the parental level (both total and phospho); whereas in the EGCG-treated NPC AR cells plus the miR-296 inhibitor, this decrease was lower (Figure 4c,d).