Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding proteins (IGF2BPs): post-transcriptional drivers of cancer progression?

JL Bell, K Wächter, B Mühleck, N Pazaitis… - Cellular and molecular …, 2013 - Springer
The insulin-like growth factor-2 mRNA-binding proteins 1, 2, and 3 (IGF2BP1, IGF2BP2,
IGF2BP3) belong to a conserved family of RNA-binding, oncofetal proteins. Several studies …

RNA granules

P Anderson, N Kedersha - Journal of Cell Biology, 2006 - rupress.org
Nuclear mRNA transcripts acquire a protein coat composed of cap-and RNA-binding
proteins that allow nuclear export and dictate the functional program of cytoplasmic mRNAs …

P bodies: at the crossroads of post-transcriptional pathways

A Eulalio, I Behm-Ansmant, E Izaurralde - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2007 - nature.com
Post-transcriptional processes have a central role in the regulation of eukaryotic gene
expression. Although it has been known for a long time that these processes are functionally …

Mechanistic insights into the basis of widespread RNA localization

M Chekulaeva - Nature Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
The importance of subcellular mRNA localization is well established, but the underlying
mechanisms mostly remain an enigma. Early studies suggested that specific mRNA …

Lost in local translation: TDP-43 and FUS in axonal/neuromuscular junction maintenance and dysregulation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

D Piol, T Robberechts, S Da Cruz - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Key early features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are denervation of neuromuscular
junctions and axonal degeneration. Motor neuron homeostasis relies on local translation …

The roles of insulin‐like growth factor 2 mRNA‐binding protein 2 in cancer and cancer stem cells

J Cao, Q Mu, H Huang - Stem cells international, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
RNA‐binding proteins (RBPs) mediate the localization, stability, and translation of the target
transcripts and fine‐tune the physiological functions of the proteins encoded. The insulin …

[PDF][PDF] Posttranscriptional destabilization of the liver‐specific long noncoding RNA HULC by the IGF2 mRNA‐binding protein 1 (IGF2BP1)

M Hämmerle, T Gutschner, H Uckelmann, S Ozgur… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Selected long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to play important roles in
carcinogenesis. Although the cellular functions of these transcripts can be diverse, many …

Moving messages: the intracellular localization of mRNAs

D St Johnston - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2005 - nature.com
Abstract mRNA localization is a common mechanism for targeting proteins to regions of the
cell where they are required. It has an essential role in localizing cytoplasmic determinants …

RNA‐binding IMPs promote cell adhesion and invadopodia formation

J Vikesaa, TVO Hansen, L Jønson, R Borup… - The EMBO …, 2006 - embopress.org
Oncofetal RNA‐binding IMPs have been implicated in mRNA localization, nuclear export,
turnover and translational control. To depict the cellular actions of IMPs, we performed a loss …

IMPs: an RNA-binding protein family that provides a link between stem cell maintenance in normal development and cancer

N Degrauwe, ML Suvà, M Janiszewska… - Genes & …, 2016 - genesdev.cshlp.org
IMPs, also known as insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) messenger RNA (mRNA)-binding
proteins (IGF2BPs), are highly conserved oncofetal RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) that …