Description:STAT1 and STAT3: opposing roles in cell death and cell cycle regulation / Anastasis Stephanou, Richard A. Knight and David S. Latchman -- Suppressors of cytokine signaling: functions in normal biology and roles in disease / Alister C. Ward, Anna C. Barry and Lynda A. O'Sullivan -- JAK/STAT pathway signalling in Drosophila melanogaster / Samira Bina and Martin Zeidler -- STATs and infection / Silvia Stockinger and Thomas Decker -- STAT protein regulation of inflammatory t-helper cell phenotypes / John T. O'Malley and Mark H. Kaplan -- Janus kinase