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ReviewRNA biology2021

Role of the RNA-binding protein La in cancer pathobiology.

Gunhild Sommer, Tilman Heise

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Review in RNA biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gunhild SommerDepartment for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Tilman HeiseDepartment for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
University Hospital Regensburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA-binding proteins are important regulators of RNA metabolism and are of critical importance in all steps of the gene expression cascade. The role of aberrantly expressed RBPs in human disease is an exciting research field and the potential application of RBPs as a therapeutic target or a diagnostic marker represents a fast-growing area of research.Aberrant overexpression of the human RNA-binding protein La has been found in various cancer entities including lung, cervical, head and neck, and chronic myelogenous leukaemia. Cancer-associated La protein supports tumour-promoting processes such as proliferation, mobility, invasiveness and tumour growth. Moreover, the La protein maintains the survival of cancer cells by supporting an anti-apoptotic state that may cause resistance to chemotherapeutic therapy.The human La protein represents a multifunctional post-translationally modified RNA-binding protein with RNA chaperone activity that promotes processing of non-coding precursor RNAs but also stimulates the translation of selective messenger RNAs encoding tumour-promoting and anti-apoptotic factors. In our model, La facilitates the expression of those factors and helps cancer cells to cope with cellular stress. In contrast to oncogenes, able to initiate tumorigenesis, we postulate that the aberrantly elevated expression of the human La protein contributes to the non-oncogenic addiction of cancer cells. In this review, we summarize the current understanding about the implications of the RNA-binding protein La in cancer progression and therapeutic resistance. The concept of exploiting the RBP La as a cancer drug target will be discussed.

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Disease SusceptibilityAnimalsApoptosisBiomarkers, TumorCell Transformation, NeoplasticDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasmsPhosphoproteinsProtein BindingProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalRibonucleoproteinsRNARNA-Binding ProteinsBiomarkers, TumorLa protein, humanPhosphoproteinsRibonucleoproteinsRNARNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Transferanti-apoptoticBcl2BiPcancerCCND1cyclin D1invasionIRESLa autoantigenLaminin B1La proteinLa-related proteinsLARPLa/SSBMdm2non-oncogenic addictionposttranslational modificationproliferationPTMRBPRNA-bindingSUMOTOP mRNAstranslationtumour-promotingXIAP

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PMID32687431
PMCPMC7928073
OpenAlexW3043129208

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