Consistently, western bolt analysis revealed the phosphorylation of JAK2 (0.76 ± 0.11 vs. 0.44 ± 0.06, p = 0.037) and Stat3 (0.76 ± 0.10 vs. 0.19 ± 0.04, p = 0.002) were upregulated in the B cells of IgG4-RD patients compared with HCs (Fig. 4F, G). This evidence concerns the gene STAT3 and immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing disease.