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Review
. 2024 Mar 15:268:116241.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116241. Epub 2024 Feb 15.

Targeting insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding proteins (IGF2BPs) for the treatment of cancer

Yuanqian Cai  1 , Yingzhe Wang  1 , Bingjie Mao  1 , Qidong You  2 , Xiaoke Guo  3
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Targeting insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding proteins (IGF2BPs) for the treatment of cancer

Yuanqian Cai et al. Eur J Med Chem. .

Abstract

Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding proteins (IMPs, IGF2BPs) are RNA-binding proteins that regulate a variety of biological processes. In recent years, several studies have found that IGF2BPs play multiple roles in various biological processes, especially in cancer, and speculated on their mechanism of anticancer effect. In addition, targeting IGF2BPs or their downstream target gene has also received extensive attention as an effective treatment for different types of cancer. In this review, we summarized the recent progress on the role of IGF2BPs in cancers and their structural characteristics. We focused on describing the development of inhibitors targeting IGF2BPs and the prospects for further applications.

Keywords: Cancer therapy; IGF2BPs; Inhibitors; m(6)A.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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