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ArticleNature2026

Molecular glue degraders of HuR suppress BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer.

Xiaocui Lu, Xiuyun Wang, Zheng Yang, Xusheng Wang, Lin Wang, Chunhui Xu, I-Chung Lo, Chenlu Geng, Lin Wang, Yisheng Pu and 11 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The cellular landscape of druggable RNA-binding proteins.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 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

21 authors.

Xiaocui Lu *School of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Xiuyun Wang *School of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Zheng Yang *Degron Therapeutics Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China.
Xusheng Wang *School of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Lin WangDegron Therapeutics Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China.
Chunhui XuDegron Therapeutics Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-3179
I-Chung LoDegron Therapeutics Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China.
Chenlu GengDegron Therapeutics Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China.
Lin WangSchool of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2482-7638
Yisheng PuSchool of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Keyu ZhangSchool of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Ziqiang ZhuSchool of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Lanxin YeSchool of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Jiayuan HuangSchool of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Xiaofan WeiSchool of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Fang BaiSchool of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1468-5568
Yanan ZhuInstitute for Advanced Study in Physics and ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1025-7929
Xiaobing QianDegron Therapeutics Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China.
Hao DouDegron Therapeutics Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China. hdou@degrontx.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-2866-9011
Hexiu SuDegron Therapeutics Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China. hsu@degrontx.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-5682-8738
Yong CangSchool of Life Sciences and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China. cangyong@shanghaitech.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1148-7008

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BRAF gain-of-function mutations, particularly BRAF(V600E), affect roughly 10% of all patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), and portend poor prognosis with limited therapeutic interventions. BRAF inhibitors such as encorafenib are ineffective due to MAPK pathway reactivation driven by BRAF dimerization. Combined inhibition of BRAF and EGFR, although approved therapies, results in short survival benefits and frequent treatment resistance and relapse

Indexed as

Colorectal NeoplasmsELAV-Like Protein 1MutationProteolysisProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafAnimalsCell Line, TumorCryoelectron MicroscopyDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansModels, MolecularUbiquitin-Protein LigasesBRAF protein, humanELAV-Like Protein 1Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID42271059
PMCPMC13372664

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