HIF1A and hepatocellular carcinoma: Given that WSB1 promotes VHL ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation, thereby stabilizing HIF under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions, and HIF-1α has been shown to be a key transcription factor promoting glycolytic energy metabolism in cancer cells [10], we wondered if this newly discovered miR-592/WSB1 axis might inhibit glycolysis in HCC cells.