Abstract The cysteine-rich intestinal protein (CRIP) family, including CRIP1, CRIP2, and CRIP3, is a subfamily of the highly conserved Lin-1, Isl1, Mec3/double zinc finger protein family that exhibits diverse biological functions. The CRIP family is known to play an important role in cellular epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cell death, and tumor progression and participate in multiple signaling pathways. This article summarizes the roles and potential molecular mechanisms of the CRIP family in diseases, which will help to explore new research directions for this family and provide useful information for clinical applications such as disease diagnosis and treatment.