MYCN amplification is common in neuroblastomas. Here, the authors identify a long noncoding RNA, lncNB1 in these cancers and show that it promotes tumorigenesis by binding to ribosomal protein, RPL35 to enhance E2F1 and DEPDC1B protein synthesis, which phosphorylates ERK to stabilise N-Myc.
- Pei Y. Liu
- Andrew E. Tee
- Tao Liu