ELAVL1 and cancer: The messenger ELAVL1 is a cancer-associated RNA-binding protein, also known as human antigen R. It is a ubiquitous member of the RBP family and acts as a positive regulator of RNA stability by stabilizing the 3 ́-untranslated region of the AU-rich cis-acting element (Ares) of the mRNA (36, 37).