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ReviewBiology2021

hnRNP A/B Proteins: An Encyclopedic Assessment of Their Roles in Homeostasis and Disease.

Patricia A Thibault, Aravindhan Ganesan, Subha Kalyaanamoorthy, Joseph-Patrick W E Clarke, Hannah E Salapa, Michael C Levin

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In one paragraph

Review in Biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  13. RNA-Binding Proteins in Dinoflagellates.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Patricia A ThibaultOffice of the Saskatchewan Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0M7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7313-0848
Aravindhan GanesanArGan's Lab, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Subha KalyaanamoorthyDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Joseph-Patrick W E ClarkeOffice of the Saskatchewan Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0M7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5473-7479
Hannah E SalapaOffice of the Saskatchewan Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0M7, Canada.
Michael C LevinOffice of the Saskatchewan Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0M7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3880-9193

Funding

New Frontiers Research Foundation NFRFE-2020-00924Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation 4244Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation 4570University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine n/a
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hnRNP A/B family of proteins is canonically central to cellular RNA metabolism, but due to their highly conserved nature, the functional differences between hnRNP A1, A2/B1, A0, and A3 are often overlooked. In this review, we explore and identify the shared and disparate homeostatic and disease-related functions of the hnRNP A/B family proteins, highlighting areas where the proteins have not been clearly differentiated. Herein, we provide a comprehensive assembly of the literature on these proteins. We find that there are critical gaps in our grasp of A/B proteins' alternative splice isoforms, structures, regulation, and tissue and cell-type-specific functions, and propose that future mechanistic research integrating multiple A/B proteins will significantly improve our understanding of how this essential protein family contributes to cell homeostasis and disease.

Indexed as

hnRNP A/Bneurodegenerative diseaseRNA binding proteinRNA granulesRNA homeostasisRNA metabolismRNA traffickingsplicingtelomeres

Identifiers

PMID34439945
PMCPMC8389229

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