STAT3 and gastric cancer: In addition, under the action of p-STAT3/miR-193a-3p/LAMC1 axis, preadipocytes enriched in the peritoneum differentiate into mature adipocytes for metabolic reprogramming, thus promoting PMN formation in the peritoneal microenvironment and colonization and metastasis of gastric cancer (GC) cells to the peritoneum [66].