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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2022

The RNA-binding protein HuR in human cancer: A friend or foe?

Xiaoqing Wu, Liang Xu

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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 86 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
86citing papers in PubMed
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

86 citing papers in PubMed, 144 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaoqing WuHiguchi Biosciences Center, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA; The University of Kansas Cancer Center, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. Electronic address: wuxq@ku.edu.
Liang XuThe University of Kansas Cancer Center, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA; Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. Electronic address: xul@ku.edu.
University of Kansas · US

Funding

Nano-Engineered Lab-on-a-Chip for Assessing HuR-Regulated Exosomes for Cancer Monitoring and Targeted TherapyR01CA243445 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI DIXON, DAN ALAN, XU, LIANG · 2019 to 2023
$3.0M
Molecular cancer therapy targeting HuR-ARE interactionR01CA191785 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI AUBE, JEFFREY, XU, LIANG · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
Integrative Functional Profiling of Tumor-Derived Extracellular VesiclesR33CA252158 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI XU, LIANG, ZENG, YONG · 2021 to 2024
$1.0M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA191785NCI NIH HHS R01 CA243445NCI NIH HHS R33 CA252158
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are critical trans factors that associate with specific cis elements present in mRNAs whose stability and translation are subject to regulation. The RBP Hu antigen R (HuR) is overexpressed in a wide variety of human cancers and serves as a prognostic factor of poor clinical outcome. HuR promotes tumorigenesis by interacting with a subset of oncogenic mRNAs implicated in different cancer hallmarks, and resistance to therapy. Reduction of HuR levels in cancer cells leads to tumor regression in mouse xenograft models. These findings prompt a working model whereby cancer cells use HuR, a master switch of multiple oncogenic mRNAs, to drive drug resistance and promote cell survival and metastasis, thus rendering the tumor cells with high cytoplasmic HuR more progressive and resistant to therapy. This review summarizes the roles of HuR in cancer and other diseases, therapeutic potential of HuR inhibition, and the current status of drug discovery on HuR.

Indexed as

ELAV-Like Protein 1NeoplasmsRNA-Binding ProteinsAnimalsCarcinogenesisCell SurvivalHumansMiceRNA, MessengerELAVL1 protein, humanELAV-Like Protein 1RNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerCancerCompanion assayDrug developmentDrug discoveryDrug resistanceHuRMolecular therapyRNA-binding proteinSmall molecules

Identifiers

PMID35248670
PMCPMC9035123
OpenAlexW4214860682

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