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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2022

The versatile role of HuR in Glioblastoma and its potential as a therapeutic target for a multi-pronged attack.

Abhishek Guha, Saboora Waris, Louis B Nabors, Natalia Filippova, Myriam Gorospe, Thaddaeus Kwan, Peter H King

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Review in Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Myeloid-specific tristetraprolin mitigates postsurgical incisional pain by suppressing proinflammatory responses.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  5. Inhibition of the RNA Regulator HuR Mitigates Spinal Cord Injury by Potently Suppressing Post-Injury Neuroinflammation.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  13. Inhibition of the RNA Regulator HuR by SRI-42127 Attenuates Neuropathic Pain After Nerve Injury Through Suppression of Neuroinflammatory Responses.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abhishek GuhaDepartment of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
Saboora WarisShaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, PIMS, G-8, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Louis B NaborsDepartment of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
Natalia FilippovaDepartment of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
Myriam GorospeLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States.
Thaddaeus KwanDepartment of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
Peter H KingDepartment of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States; Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States. Electronic address: phking@uabmc.edu.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USBirmingham VA Medical Center · USNational Institute on Aging · US

Funding

RNA-binding Factors Implicated in Neurogenesis, Alzheimer's Disease, and other Neurodegenerative PathologiesZIAAG000518 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI GOROSPE, MYRIAM · 2009 to 2025
$11.6M
Smad Signaling in Skeletal Muscle as a Biomarker of Disease Progression in ALSR01NS092651 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI KING, PETER H · 2016 to 2020
$1.6M
Cytoplasmic Multimerization of the RNA-binding protein HuR is Oncogenic in GliomaR01CA200624 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI NABORS, LOUIS B · 2016 to 2020
$1.5M
FGF23: a novel biomarker in ALS and moreR21NS111275 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI KING, PETER H · 2019 to 2019
$422k
RNA-Targeted Dysregulation of Survival Factors in ALS: HuR to the RescueI01BX001148 · VA · BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI KING, PETER H · 2012 to 2015
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BLRD VA I01 BX001148BLRD VA I01 BX004419NCI NIH HHS R01 CA200624NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS092651NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS111275
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is a malignant and aggressive brain tumor with a median survival of ∼15 months. Resistance to treatment arises from the extensive cellular and molecular heterogeneity in the three major components: glioma tumor cells, glioma stem cells, and tumor-associated microglia and macrophages. Within this triad, there is a complex network of intrinsic and secreted factors that promote classic hallmarks of cancer, including angiogenesis, resistance to cell death, proliferation, and immune evasion. A regulatory node connecting these diverse pathways is at the posttranscriptional level as mRNAs encoding many of the key drivers contain adenine- and uridine rich elements (ARE) in the 3' untranslated region. Human antigen R (HuR) binds to ARE-bearing mRNAs and is a major positive regulator at this level. This review focuses on basic concepts of ARE-mediated RNA regulation and how targeting HuR with small molecule inhibitors represents a plausible strategy for a multi-pronged therapeutic attack on GBM.

Indexed as

AdenineBrain NeoplasmsELAV-Like Protein 1GlioblastomaHumansNeovascularization, PathologicRNA InterferenceRNA, MessengerUridineAdenineELAV-Like Protein 1RNA, MessengerUridineAdenine- and Uridine-rich elementsCytoplasmic translocationGBMHuR multimerizationPosttranscriptional regulationSmall molecule inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID34923029
PMCPMC8916685
OpenAlexW4200074057

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