“…For many years, scientists believed that unassembled RPs undergo rapid degradation. However, recent findings support the idea that extracellular or intracellular stimuli induce ribosomal stress, which disturbs ribosomal biogenesis followed by the accumulation of free RPs (Dolezal, Dash, & Prochownik, ). RPs participate in multiple extra‐ribosomal functions, including DNA damage repair, apoptosis, cell proliferation and differentiation, drug resistance, and cell migration and invasion (Xu, Xiong, & Sun, ).…”