STAT3 and cancer: Similar to muscle-specific Xbp1-knockout mice, treatment with 4μ8C diminishes the expression of various components of the UPS, autophagy, fatty acid metabolism, oxidative stress, and STAT3 phosphorylation in skeletal muscle of KPC tumor-bearing mice, further suggesting that sXBP1 promotes muscle wasting during cancer cachexia through the activation of proteolytic systems, fatty acid oxidation, and STAT3 signaling (Fig. 8).