ELAVL1 and cancer: The stabilization of RNA molecules can also occur in cooperation with proteins; for example, circZNF609 favors the recruitment of the protein ELAV1 (also known as HuR), and its interaction increases the stability and/or translation of a pool of mRNAs, including CKAP5 mRNA expressing a protein that regulates microtubule function and sustains cell-cycle progression in cancer cells [109].