ELAVL1 and cancer: HuR has been described in the literature as controlling the expression of many cancer-relevant genes, including those that encode these proteins: Prothymosin-α, Bcl-2, Mcl-1, SirT1, TGF-β, MMP-9, MTC-1, uPA, VEGF-α, HIF1-α and cyclins A1 (CCN A1), B1 and D1 [25-35].