STAT3 and pancreatitis: Fitting with the enrichment of the Il6-Jak-Stat3 gene signature, a variety of immune cell-related genes (e.g., Cxcl9, Il2rg) were significantly overexpressed at 72h post pancreatitis (Fig. 5d), which prompted us to investigate specific immune cell signatures (Additional file 2: Supplementary Table 2 [65]; (Fig. 5e).