To our knowledge, IGF2BP3 promotes cancer cell proliferation by binding the mRNAs of IGF2, HMGA2, CCND1, D3, G1 [24, 26, 27] and enhances the invasive potential of tumor cells by stabilizing the mRNAs of CD164, MMP9 and PDPN [9, 28]. Here, IGF2BP3 is linked to cancer.