Recently, knockdown of OSMR expression in gastric cancer cells was shown to significantly inhibit cell proliferation, migration, invasion and EMP in vitro, as well as tumorigenesis and metastasis in vivo induced by OSM/STAT3/focal adhesion kinase (FAK)/proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src (Src) signalling [47]. Here, OSMR is linked to gastric cancer.