It has been reported that HuR mRNA levels increase in activated HSCs isolated from livers of BDL mice, contributing to the profibrogenic action of TGF-β (Woodhoo et al., 2012), and recently has been shown that HuR mediates motility of human BMSCs triggered by S1P in liver fibrosis (Chang et al., 2017). Here, ELAVL1 is linked to Hepatic fibrosis.