For instance, miR-214 exacerbates kidney damage and inflammation induced by hyperlipidemic pancreatitis [57], it mediates perivascular fibrosis in hypertension [58] and it is involved, together with IL-6/STAT3, in ulcerative colitis pathogenesis where its targeting reduces the severity of the disease [59, 60]. This evidence concerns the gene STAT3 and pancreatitis.