Table 1 Expression characteristics and clinical significance of hnRNPA/B family in diverse cancers.

From: Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A/B: an emerging group of cancer biomarkers and therapeutic targets

Cancer type

HnRNPs

Expression

Role

Clinical correlation

Detection methods

Ref.

MNs

hnRNPA0

Downregulated

Anti-cancer

Pathologic differentiation

Database

[23]

MM

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

OS

qRT-PCR

[86]

Glioblastoma

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Survival

Database, qRT-PCR

[81]

OSCC

hnRNPA1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Clinicopathologic stages

IHC, western blot

[47]

HNSCC

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

-

OS, DSS

Database

[158]

LC

hnRNPA1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

OS

IHC, western blot, qRT-PCR

[32, 33]

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Lung development, early diagnosis, TNM stage, survival

Database, IHC, western blot; northern blot

[75, 77, 93, 159]

BC

hnRNPA2/B1

Conflicting

Conflicting

Survival

IHC, mRNA-sqe, northern blot

[101, 106, 107, 160]

ESCA

hnRNPA0

Upregulated

Oncogenic

-

western blot

[31]

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Disease risk, TMN stage; survival;

Database, IHC

[91, 161]

GC

hnRNPA1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

-

Database, IHC, western blot

[162]

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Pathologic differentiation, survival

Database, IHC, western blot, qRT-PCR, proteomics technique

[82, 98]

CRC

hnRNPA0

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Tumor size

Database, qRT-PCR

[28]

hnRNPA1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Lymph node metastasis, UICC staging, differentiation, recurrence, survival

IHC, western blot, qRT-PCR, proteomics technique

[34, 35, 163]

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis

IHC, western blot

[164, 165]

hnRNPA3

Upregulated

-

-

Proteomic technique

[134]

PC

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Lymph node metastasis, pathologic differentiation

IHC

[166]

HCC

hnRNPA1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

-

Fluorescent probe

[70]

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Pathologic differentiation, hepatitis virus infection, survival

Database, IHC, western blot, qRT-PCR

[80, 99, 167]

hnRNPA3

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Tumor size, differentiation, cirrhosis, diagnosis

IHC

[133]

PCa

hnRNPA1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Gleason score, lymph node metastasis, advanced tumor stage, positive surgical margin, early biochemical recurrence

IHC

[168]

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

-

RFS

Database

[169]

OC

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

Oncogenic

OS, PFS

Database

[92, 170]

ACC

hnRNPA2/B1

Upregulated

-

OS, EFS

Database

[171]

ccRCC

hnRNPA0

Upregulated

-

Pathologic differentiation, OS

Database

[26]

BCa

hnRNPA3

Upregulated

Oncogenic

Lymph node metastasis, PFS

IHC

[135]

  1. MNs myeloid neoplasms, MM multiple myeloma, OSCC oral squamous cell carcinoma, HNSCC head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, LC lung cancer, BC breast cancer, ESCA esophageal carcinoma, GC gastric cancer, CRC colorectal cancer, PC pancreatic cancer, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, PCa prostate cancer, OC ovarian cancer, ACC adrenocortical carcinoma, ccRCC clear cell renal cell carcinoma, BCa bladder cancer, OS overall survival, DSS disease-specific survival, UICC International Union against Cancer, RFS relapse-free survival, PFS progression-free survival, EFS event-free survival.