The role of IGF2BP2, an m6A reader gene, in human metabolic diseases and cancers

Abstract The human insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) mRNA binding proteins 2 (IGF2BP2/IMP2) is an RNA-binding protein that regulates multiple biological processes. Previously, IGF2BP2 was thought to be a type 2 diabetes (T2D)-associated gene. Indeed IGF2BP2 modulates cellular metabolism in human m...

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Main Authors: Jinyan Wang, Lijuan Chen, Ping Qiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Cancer Cell International
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-021-01799-x