ArticleCell death and differentiation2025
Small protein ERSP encoded by LINC02870 promotes triple negative breast cancer progression via IRE1α/XBP1s activation.
Article in Cell death and differentiation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Inhibition of IRE1α kinase increases ferroptosis resistance in triple-negative breast cancer cells.Oncology letters · 2026Article
- TRMT6/TRMT61A-mediated tRNA mCellular & molecular biology letters · 2026Article
- Recent advances in structural and functional diversities of cancer lncRNA-encoded peptides: current opportunities and challenges for enhancing cancer diagnosis and treatment.Cancer cell international · 2026Review
- KIRA6 restrains the generation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and overcomes resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
11 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Clinical treatment options for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) are currently limited to chemotherapy because of a lack of effective therapeutic targets. Recent evidence suggests that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) encode bioactive peptides or proteins, thereby playing noncanonical yet significant roles in regulating cellular processes. However, the potential of lncRNA-translated products in cancer progression remains largely unknown. In this study, we identified a previously undocumented small protein encoded by the lncRNA LINC02870. This protein is localized at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and participates in ER stress, thus, we named it the endoplasmic reticulum stress protein (ERSP). ERSP was highly expressed in TNBC tissues, and elevated LINC02870 content was correlated with poor prognosis in TNBC patients. Loss of ERSP inhibited TNBC growth and metastasis both in vitro and in vivo. The pro-oncogenic effects of ERSP could be attributed to its selective activation of the IRE1α/XBP1s branch. ERSP enhances the unfolded protein response (UPR) by interacting with XBP1s, facilitating the nuclear accumulation of XBP1s, thereby promoting the expression of ER stress-related genes. These findings highlight the regulatory role of the lncRNA-encoded protein ERSP in ER stress and suggest that it is a potential therapeutic target for TNBC.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.