STAT3 is a transcription factor that plays a key role in cytokine and growth factor signaling, it has been shown that as a transcription factor of TERT, STAT3 can up‐regulate TERT expression (Guo et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2012) and plays a role in aging and repair nerve injury (Benito et al., 2017; Park et al., 2013). Here, STAT3 is linked to injury.