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4 Citations
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Role of Circ-ITCH Gene Polymorphisms and Its Expression in Breast Cancer Susceptibility and Prognosis

  • Sara F. Saadawy,
  • Nermin Raafat,
  • Walaa M. Samy,
  • Ahmed Raafat and
  • Aliaa Talaat

Introduction/Objective: Breast cancer (BC) is the first leading cause of cancer-related mortality in females worldwide. We have investigated the correlation between circ-ITCH gene polymorphisms, circ-ITCH expression, and their effect on β-cateni...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Breast Disease: From Screening to Diagnosis and Therapy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,463 Views

RETRACTED: Circular RNA circ-FoxO3 Inhibits Myoblast Cells Differentiation

  • Xiaoyue Li,
  • Cunyuan Li,
  • Zhijin Liu,
  • Wei Ni and ,
  • Rui Yao,
  • Yueren Xu,
  • Renzhe Quan,
  • Mengdan Zhang,
  • Huixiang Li and
  • Shengwei Hu
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

19 June 2019

CircRNA is a type of closed circular non-coding RNA formed by reverse splicing and plays an important role in regulating the growth and development of plants and animals. To investigate the function of circ-FoxO3 in mouse myoblast cells’ (C2C12) diff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,107 Views
17 Pages

Circ-CPSF1 Worsens Radiation-Induced Oxidative Stress Injury in Caenorhabditis elegans

  • Jing Yuan,
  • Fei Lin,
  • Zhiyong Wu,
  • Zhilin Jiang and ,
  • Ting Wang,
  • Sitong Huo,
  • Weinan Lai,
  • Li Li and
  • Chao Zhang
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

4 January 2023

Radioactive substances have been used in various aspects in daily life. However, high-energy radiation could cause environmental problems, which would damage the human body. Circular RNA (CircRNA) has great potential in the minimization of ionizing r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,332 Views
17 Pages

A Retrospective Study in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Uncovers the Potential of Circ-CCT3 as a Predictor of Tumor Recurrence

  • Panagiotis Kokoropoulos,
  • Spyridon Christodoulou,
  • Panagiotis Tsiakanikas,
  • Efthimios Poulios and ,
  • Panteleimon Vassiliu,
  • Christos K. Kontos and
  • Nikolaos Arkadopoulos
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Background/Objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent malignancies; this issue underlines the need for accurate molecular biomarkers for early detection and accurate prognosis. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have recently emerged as v...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular and Translational Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,226 Views
18 Pages

Circ-06958 Is Involved in Meat Quality by Regulating Cell Proliferation Through miR-31-5p/AK4 Axis in Pigs

  • Xiaohan Zhang,
  • Rongru Zhu,
  • Xiaoxu Wu,
  • Minghang Chang and ,
  • Yuanlu Sun,
  • Liang Wang,
  • Ming Tian,
  • Dongjie Zhang,
  • Di Liu and
  • Xiuqin Yang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

10 September 2025

Circular RNA (CircRNA) can regulate gene expression through acting as a competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA), thus becoming involved in various biological processes. However, little was known about the role of circRNA in the formation of meat quality i...

(This article belongs to the Section Cell Signaling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,994 Views
19 Pages

Impact of circ-0000221 in the Pathogenesis of Hepatocellular via Modulation of miR-661–PTPN11 mRNA Axis

  • Marwa Matboli,
  • Mohmed Kamal Hassan,
  • Mahmoud A. Ali,
  • Mohamed Tarek Mansour and ,
  • Waheba Elsayed,
  • Reham Atteya,
  • Hebatallah Said Aly,
  • Mahmoud El Meteini,
  • Hesham Elghazaly and
  • Sara H. A. Agwa
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death in Egypt. A deep understanding of the molecular events occurring in HCC can facilitate the development of novel diagnostic and/or therapeutic approaches. In the present study,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Oligonucleotides and Nucleic-Acid-Based Strategies to Address Therapeutic Challenges: From the Bench to the Bedside)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,016 Views
13 Pages

The Diagnostic Value of circFBXW7, circABCB10, and circ0103552 Levels in Breast Cancer

  • Burak İlhan,
  • Şenol Ender,
  • Berkay Kılıç,
  • Muhammed Üçüncü and ,
  • Murat Serilmez,
  • Ceren Tilgen Yasasever,
  • Hilal Oğuz Soydinç,
  • Sibel Kuras,
  • Bekir Erdoğan and
  • Süleyman Bademler
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

20 December 2024

Despite advances in cancer treatment, breast cancer (BC) remains one of the most common cancers affecting women worldwide. This study aimed to determine serum circFBXW7, circABCB10, and circ0103552 levels and compare BC patients and healthy controls...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,858 Views
13 Pages

Novel Identified Circular Transcript of RCAN2, circ-RCAN2, Shows Deviated Expression Pattern in Pig Reperfused Infarcted Myocardium and Hypoxic Porcine Cardiac Progenitor Cells In Vitro

  • Julia Mester-Tonczar,
  • Patrick Einzinger,
  • Johannes Winkler,
  • Nina Kastner and ,
  • Andreas Spannbauer,
  • Katrin Zlabinger,
  • Denise Traxler,
  • Dominika Lukovic,
  • Ena Hasimbegovic and
  • Mariann Gyöngyösi
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

30 January 2021

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are crucial in gene regulatory networks and disease development, yet circRNA expression in myocardial infarction (MI) is poorly understood. Here, we harvested myocardium samples from domestic pigs 3 days after closed-chest re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Molecular Targets for Cardioprotection 2020: The EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST Action (CA16225))
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,624 Views
15 Pages

Circ-MBOAT2 Regulates Angiogenesis via the miR-495/NOTCH1 Axis and Associates with Myocardial Perfusion in Patients with Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion

  • Wei Gao,
  • Chenguang Li,
  • Jie Yuan,
  • Youming Zhang and ,
  • Guobing Liu,
  • Jianhui Zhang,
  • Hongcheng Shi,
  • Haibo Liu and
  • Junbo Ge
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) still remains controversial. The factors that impact collateral circulation and myocardial perfusion are of interest. Circular RNA (circRNA) has been shown to regulate the process of angioge...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,500 Views
13 Pages

Bone-Differentiation-Associated Circ-Spen Regulates Death of Mouse Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Inhibiting Apoptosis and Promoting Autophagy

  • Ziwen Liang,
  • Bingjie Luo,
  • Bojia Peng,
  • Yunchuan Li and ,
  • Xueling Hu,
  • Wenqiang Zhong,
  • Xiaoyun Li,
  • Panpan Wang,
  • Xiaofeng Zhu and
  • Li Yang
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

The role of estrogen receptor β (ERβ) in bone health is closely associated with its function in vivo, and ERβ−/− mice have been widely utilized to explore the related influences. In this study, ERβ−/− femal...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
2,950 Views
12 Pages

CircEHD2, CircNETO2 and CircEGLN3 as Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers for Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma

  • Lisa Frey,
  • Niklas Klümper,
  • Doris Schmidt,
  • Glen Kristiansen and ,
  • Marieta Toma,
  • Manuel Ritter,
  • Abdullah Alajati and
  • Jörg Ellinger
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

30 April 2021

Background: Circular RNA (circRNA) plays an important role in the carcinogenesis of various tumors. It is assumed that circRNAs have a high tissue and tumor specificity, thus they are discussed as cancer biomarkers. The knowledge about circRNAs in cl...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,493 Views
17 Pages

Tumor Cell-Derived Exosomal circ-PRKCI Promotes Proliferation of Renal Cell Carcinoma via Regulating miR-545-3p/CCND1 Axis

  • Yiguan Qian,
  • Yang Li,
  • Luwei Xu,
  • Ke Chen and ,
  • Ning Liu,
  • Xiaobing Yang,
  • Qian Lv,
  • Rongfei Li,
  • Changcheng Zhou and
  • Yu-Zheng Ge
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

25 December 2022

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) originates from the epithelial cells of the renal tubules and has a high degree of malignancy and heterogeneity. Recent studies have found that exosomes regulate intercellular communication via transferring various bioactiv...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Tumor Microenvironment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,163 Views
12 Pages

29 April 2021

MicroRNAs play an essential role in mammary gland development, and involution is a factor that limits lactation. Chi-miR-8516 is one of the validated microRNAs that regulates the expression of STC1 and MMP1, which surge during the involution of the m...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,707 Views
27 Pages

Preliminary Evaluation of Plasma circ_0009910, circ_0027478, and miR-1236-3p as Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • Mona Samy Awed,
  • Abeer Ibrahim,
  • Omnia Ezzat,
  • Amal Fawzy and ,
  • Deema Kamal Sabir and
  • Abdullah F. Radwan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are increasingly recognized as significant regulators in multiple cancers, such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), frequently affecting microRNA (miRNA) expression. The diagnostic and prognostic roles of circRNAs, specificall...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,938 Views
14 Pages

Sp1-Mediated circRNA circHipk2 Regulates Myogenesis by Targeting Ribosomal Protein Rpl7

  • Junyu Yan,
  • Yalan Yang,
  • Xinhao Fan,
  • Yijie Tang and
  • Zhonglin Tang

8 May 2021

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) represent a class of covalently closed single-stranded RNA molecules that are emerging as essential regulators of various biological processes. The circRNA circHipk2 originates from exon 2 of the Hipk2 gene in mice and was re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Alternative Splicing in Human Physiology and Disease)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,951 Views
25 Pages

Development of Mathematical Models Using circRNA Combinations (circTulp4, circSlc8a1, and circStrn3) in Mouse Brain Tissue for Postmortem Interval Estimation

  • Binghui Song,
  • Jiewen Fu,
  • Jie Qian,
  • Ting He and ,
  • Jingliang Cheng,
  • Sawitree Chiampanichayakul,
  • Songyot Anuchapreeda and
  • Junjiang Fu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The postmortem interval (PMI) is defined as the time interval between physiological death and the examination of the corpse, playing a critical role in forensic investigations. Traditional PMI estimation methods are often influenced by subjective and...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,505 Views
17 Pages

Comprehensive Characterization of Androgen-Responsive circRNAs in Prostate Cancer

  • Zhe Kong,
  • Yali Lu,
  • Xuechao Wan,
  • Jun Luo and ,
  • Dujian Li,
  • Yan Huang,
  • Chenji Wang,
  • Yao Li and
  • Yaoting Xu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

15 October 2021

The androgen receptor (AR) signaling pathway plays an important role in the initiation and progression of prostate cancer. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), the novel noncoding RNAs without 5′ to 3′ polarity or 3′ poly (A), play an important role in multiple...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Androgen Receptor and AR-Related Signaling in Health and Disease)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,486 Views
16 Pages

Patterns of Differentially Expressed circRNAs in Human Thymocytes

  • Pilar López-Nieva,
  • Pablo Fernández-Navarro,
  • María Ángeles Cobos-Fernández,
  • Iria González-Vasconcellos and ,
  • Raúl Sánchez Pérez,
  • Ángel Aroca,
  • José Fernández-Piqueras and
  • Javier Santos
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are suggested to play a discriminative role between some stages of thymocyte differentiation. However, differential aspects of the stage of mature single-positive thymocytes remain to be explored. The purpose of this study is...

(This article belongs to the Section Evolution of Non-Coding RNA)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,782 Views
14 Pages

Docker4Circ: A Framework for the Reproducible Characterization of circRNAs from RNA-Seq Data

  • Giulio Ferrero,
  • Nicola Licheri,
  • Lucia Coscujuela Tarrero,
  • Carlo De Intinis and ,
  • Valentina Miano,
  • Raffaele Adolfo Calogero,
  • Francesca Cordero,
  • Michele De Bortoli and
  • Marco Beccuti
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

31 December 2019

Recent improvements in cost-effectiveness of high-throughput technologies has allowed RNA sequencing of total transcriptomes suitable for evaluating the expression and regulation of circRNAs, a relatively novel class of transcript isoforms with sugge...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Non-Coding RNA Biogenesis and Function)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,815 Views
22 Pages

CircPCBL: Identification of Plant CircRNAs with a CNN-BiGRU-GLT Model

  • Pengpeng Wu,
  • Zhenjun Nie,
  • Zhiqiang Huang and
  • Xiaodan Zhang

14 April 2023

Circular RNAs (circRNAs), which are produced post-splicing of pre-mRNAs, are strongly linked to the emergence of several tumor types. The initial stage in conducting follow-up studies involves identifying circRNAs. Currently, animals are the primary...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,056 Views
14 Pages

Comprehensive Analysis of CircRNA Expression Profiles in Multiple Tissues of Pigs

  • Qingpeng Shen,
  • Wentao Gong,
  • Xiangchun Pan,
  • Jiali Cai and ,
  • Yao Jiang,
  • Mingran He,
  • Shanghui Zhao,
  • Yipeng Li,
  • Xiaolong Yuan and
  • Jiaqi Li
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

11 November 2023

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs with diverse functions, and previous studies have reported that circRNAs are involved in the growth and development of pigs. However, studies about porcine circRNAs over the past few years have...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Sights into Bioinformatics of Gene Regulations and Structure)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,187 Views
19 Pages

Cardiac Circular RNAs CDR1as, Circ-RCAN2, Circ-C12orf29 Show Cell-Specific Hypoxia-Induced Dysregulation and Distinct In Vitro Effects

  • Ena Hasimbegovic,
  • Dominika Lukovic,
  • Nina Kastner,
  • Benedikt S. Hofer and ,
  • Andreas Spannbauer,
  • Denise Traxler,
  • Julia Mester-Tonczar,
  • Kevin Hamzaraj,
  • Emilie Han and
  • Mariann Gyöngyösi
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

23 October 2025

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are looped RNA molecules with regulatory roles in myocardial infarction and post-infarction cascades. We aimed to (i) confirm the circularity of novel circRNAs (CDR1as, circ-RCAN2, circ-C12orf29) implicated in myocardial infa...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,395 Views
21 Pages

26 August 2021

CircRNAs are novel endogenous non-coding small RNAs involved in the regulation of multiple biological processes. However, little is known regarding circRNAs in ovarian development and maturation of fish. Our study, for the first time, provides the ge...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Application of Genetic and Genomic Biotechnology in Aquaculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,240 Views
16 Pages

CircRNA Expression Profile during Yak Adipocyte Differentiation and Screen Potential circRNAs for Adipocyte Differentiation

  • Yongfeng Zhang,
  • Xian Guo,
  • Jie Pei,
  • Min Chu and ,
  • Xuezhi Ding,
  • Xiaoyun Wu,
  • Chunnina Liang and
  • Ping Yan
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

10 April 2020

The yak (Bos grunniens) is subjected to nutritional deficiency during the whole winter grazing season; deciphering the adipose metabolism and energy homeostasis under cold and nutrients stress conditions could be a novel way to understand the specifi...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,571 Views
39 Pages

Advances in CircRNAs in the Past Decade: Review of CircRNAs Biogenesis, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Functions in Plants

  • Dongqin Zhang,
  • Yue Ma,
  • Misbah Naz,
  • Nazeer Ahmed and ,
  • Libo Zhang,
  • Jing-Jiang Zhou,
  • Ding Yang and
  • Zhuo Chen
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

21 July 2024

Circular RNA (circRNA) is a type of non-coding RNA with multiple biological functions. Whole circRNA genomes in plants have been identified, and circRNAs have been demonstrated to be widely present and highly expressed in various plant tissues and or...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic Regulation of Biotic Stress Responses)
  • Article
  • Open Access
472 Views
31 Pages

Downregulation of GJA1-Derived circ_753 and circ_755 Differentially Modulates miR-182-5p Expression and Breast Cancer-Associated Phenotypes

  • Nour Maatouk,
  • Joséphine Briand,
  • Jana Ismael,
  • Serena Andraos and ,
  • Abdallah Kurdi,
  • Sophie Lelièvre,
  • Rihab Nasr and
  • Rabih Talhouk
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

3 October 2026

CircRNAs are key regulators of gene expression. The functional roles of exonic versus exon–intron circRNAs in early breast cancer remain unclear. Connexin-43 (GJA1) generates exonic circRNA (ecircRNA) hsa_circ_0077755 (circ_755) and exon–...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Roles and Mechanisms of Non-Coding RNAs in Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,691 Views
17 Pages

CircPLXNA2 Affects the Proliferation and Apoptosis of Myoblast through circPLXNA2/gga-miR-12207-5P/MDM4 Axis

  • Xu Dong,
  • Jiabao Xing,
  • Qingchun Liu,
  • Mao Ye and ,
  • Zhen Zhou,
  • Yantao Li,
  • Rongqin Huang,
  • Zhenhui Li and
  • Qinghua Nie
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

CircRNAs are newly identified special endogenous RNA molecules that covalently close a loop by back-splicing with pre-mRNA. In the cytoplasm, circRNAs would act as molecular sponges to bind with specific miRNA to promote the expression of target gene...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,803 Views
20 Pages

Functional Involvement of circRNAs in the Innate Immune Responses to Viral Infection

  • Mohamed Maarouf,
  • Lulu Wang,
  • Yiming Wang,
  • Kul Raj Rai and ,
  • Yuhai Chen,
  • Min Fang and
  • Ji-Long Chen
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

5 August 2023

Effective viral clearance requires fine-tuned immune responses to minimize undesirable inflammatory responses. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs that are abundant and highly stable, formed by backsplicing pre-mRNAs, and expresse...

(This article belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,665 Views
11 Pages

CircVAMP3: A circRNA with a Role in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Cell Cycle Progression

  • Francesca Rossi,
  • Alvaro Centrón-Broco,
  • Dario Dattilo,
  • Gaia Di Timoteo and ,
  • Marco Guarnacci,
  • Alessio Colantoni,
  • Manuel Beltran Nebot and
  • Irene Bozzoni
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

28 June 2021

Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a class of covalently closed RNAs formed by a back-splicing reaction, have been involved in the regulation of diverse oncogenic processes. In this article we describe circVAMP3, a novel circular RNA overexpressed in RH4, a r...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
  • Hypothesis
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,166 Views
19 Pages

hsa_circ_0001275 Is One of a Number of circRNAs Dysregulated in Enzalutamide Resistant Prostate Cancer and Confers Enzalutamide Resistance In Vitro

  • Marvin C. J. Lim,
  • Anne-Marie Baird,
  • John Greene,
  • Ciara McNevin and ,
  • Karine Ronan,
  • Petar Podlesniy,
  • Orla Sheils,
  • Steven G. Gray,
  • Ray S. McDermott and
  • Stephen P. Finn
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

20 December 2021

Background: Enzalutamide is part of the treatment regimen for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (MCRPC). However, both intrinsic and acquired resistance to the drug remain substantial clinical quandaries. circRNAs, a novel type of non-c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Circular RNAs: New Insights into the Molecular Biology of Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
4,515 Views
13 Pages

25 May 2021

CircRNAs (circular RNAs) are a class of non-coding RNA molecules with a closed circular structure. CircRNAs are closely related to the occurrence and development of diseases. Due to the time-consuming nature of biological experiments, computational m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Circular RNAs: New Insights into the Molecular Biology of Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
96 Citations
6,580 Views
12 Pages

Serum Extracellular Vesicle-Derived circHIPK3 and circSMARCA5 Are Two Novel Diagnostic Biomarkers for Glioblastoma Multiforme

  • Michele Stella,
  • Luca Falzone,
  • Angela Caponnetto,
  • Giuseppe Gattuso and ,
  • Cristina Barbagallo,
  • Rosalia Battaglia,
  • Federica Mirabella,
  • Giuseppe Broggi,
  • Roberto Altieri and
  • Davide Barbagallo
  • + 13 authors+ 8 authors

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most frequent and deadly human brain cancer. Early diagnosis through non-invasive biomarkers may render GBM more easily treatable, improving the prognosis of this currently incurable disease. We suggest the use of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exosomes as a Tool for Disease Progression Monitoring in Humans and Animals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,196 Views
17 Pages

Microglia are resident innate immune cells that play an essential role in the development and surveillance of the central nervous system as well as the shared pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Microglia rapidly respond to multiple inflammat...

(This article belongs to the Section Cell Biology and Pathology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,050 Views
23 Pages

The function of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in the pathogenesis and development of cancer is indisputable. Molecular mechanisms underlying carcinogenesis involve the aberrant expression of ncRNAs, including circular RNAs (circRNAs), and microRNAs (miRNA...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The MicroRNAs in the Pathophysiology of Chronic Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,290 Views
12 Pages

Exploring the Post Mortem Interval (PMI) Estimation Model by circRNA circRnf169 in Mouse Liver Tissue

  • Jiewen Fu,
  • Binghui Song,
  • Jie Qian,
  • Jingliang Cheng and ,
  • Sawitree Chiampanichayakul,
  • Songyot Anuchapreeda and
  • Junjiang Fu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

26 January 2025

Estimating the post mortem interval (PMI) is a crucial and contentious issue in forensic research, particularly in criminal cases. Traditional methods for PMI estimation are limited by constraints and inaccuracies. Circular RNA (circRNA), formed thro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Molecular Forensic Pathology and Toxicology: An Update)
  • Article
  • Open Access
749 Views
18 Pages

A Novel Circular RNA circSPEF2 Regulates Testis Development in Crucian Carp

  • Fang Gou,
  • Yanmei Gao,
  • Rui Wang,
  • Dongmei Zhong and ,
  • Rong Yang and
  • Shaojun Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 April 2026

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) exhibit significant sex- and development stage-specific expression patterns in the gonads of various fish species, yet their functions and regulatory mechanisms in male reproductive development remain largely unexplored in cr...

(This article belongs to the Section Developmental and Reproductive Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,480 Views
13 Pages

Hsa_circ_0092856 Promoted the Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion of NSCLC Cells by Up-Regulating the Expression of eIF3a

  • Fuqiang Yuan,
  • Masha Huang,
  • Hanxue Huang,
  • Xiaoyuan Mao and ,
  • Pan Xie,
  • Xi Li,
  • Yang Gao,
  • Feiyue Zeng and
  • Zhaoqian Liu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Circular RNA (circRNA) plays a very important regulatory role in a variety of human malignancies such as non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In the current study, we explored the role of hsa_circ_0092856 in the progression of NSCLC. We screened CircR...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Understanding Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Biology, Therapeutics and Drug Resistance)
  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,271 Views
10 Pages

Aberrantly Expressed Hsa_circ_0060762 and CSE1L as Potential Peripheral Blood Biomarkers for ALS

  • Metka Ravnik Glavač,
  • Massimo Mezzavilla,
  • Ana Dolinar,
  • Blaž Koritnik and
  • Damjan Glavač

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive adult-onset neurodegenerative disease that is often diagnosed with a delay due to initial non-specific symptoms. Therefore, reliable and easy-to-obtain biomarkers are an absolute necessity...

(This article belongs to the Section Neurobiology and Clinical Neuroscience)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,575 Views
20 Pages

circRNAs in Endometrial Cancer—A Promising Biomarker: State of the Art

  • Karolina Włodarczyk,
  • Weronika Kuryło,
  • Anna Pawłowska-Łachut,
  • Wiktoria Skiba and ,
  • Dorota Suszczyk,
  • Paulina Pieniądz,
  • Małgorzata Majewska,
  • Ewa Boniewska-Bernacka and
  • Iwona Wertel
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Endometrial cancer (EC) is one of the most common malignant tumors among women in the 21st century, whose mortality rate is increasing every year. Currently, the diagnosis of EC is possible only after a biopsy. However, it is necessary to find a new...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Epigenetic Genes, Biomarkers and Immunotherapy in Cancers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,187 Views
14 Pages

CircRNA Profiling of Skeletal Muscle in Two Pig Breeds Reveals CircIGF1R Regulates Myoblast Differentiation via miR-16

  • Meng Li,
  • Na Zhang,
  • Jiao Li,
  • Mengting Ji and ,
  • Tianzhi Zhao,
  • Jiaqi An,
  • Chunbo Cai,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Pengfei Gao and
  • Bugao Li
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

14 February 2023

Muscle development is closely related to meat quality and production. CircRNAs, with a closed-ring structure, have been identified as a key regulator of muscle development. However, the roles and mechanisms of circRNAs in myogenesis are largely unkno...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,358 Views
17 Pages

Identification and Functional Investigation of Grapevine Circular RNA Vv-circRCD1 in Response to Salt Stress

  • Jingjing Liu,
  • Yuanyuan Xu,
  • Yue Song,
  • Junpeng Li and ,
  • Dongying Fan,
  • Zhen Zhang,
  • Lipeng Zhang,
  • Yuanxu Teng,
  • Huaifeng Liu and
  • Chao Ma
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are covalently closed RNA molecules that regulate various biological processes in plants. However, the functions of most identified circRNAs remain unclear. Here, we report a nucleoplasmic-localized circRNA, Vv-circRCD1, deri...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reproductive Growth in Perennial Fruit Trees: Importance and Impact of Climate Change)
  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
4,253 Views
13 Pages

Involvement of circRNAs in the Development of Heart Failure

  • Grażyna Sygitowicz and
  • Dariusz Sitkiewicz

16 November 2022

In recent years, interest in non-coding RNAs as important physiological regulators has grown significantly. Their participation in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases is extremely important. Circular RNA (circRNA) has been shown to be impo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metabolic Regulation in the Development of Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,310 Views
13 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of circRNAs in Pathogenic Basidiomycetous Yeast Cryptococcus neoformans Suggests Conserved circRNA Host Genes over Kingdoms

  • Liang Huo,
  • Ping Zhang,
  • Chenxi Li,
  • Kashif Rahim and ,
  • Xiaoran Hao,
  • Biyun Xiang and
  • Xudong Zhu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

26 February 2018

Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a novel class of ubiquitous and intriguing noncoding RNA, have been found in a number of eukaryotes but not yet basidiomycetes. In this study, we identified 73 circRNAs from 39.28 million filtered RNA reads from the basidiom...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fungal Pathogenesis in Humans: The Growing Threat)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
4,436 Views
24 Pages

circRNA-miRNA-mRNA Deregulated Network in Ischemic Heart Failure Patients

  • Alisia Madè,
  • Alessia Bibi,
  • Jose Manuel Garcia-Manteiga,
  • Anna Sofia Tascini and ,
  • Santiago Nicolas Piella,
  • Roman Tikhomirov,
  • Christine Voellenkle,
  • Carlo Gaetano,
  • Przemyslaw Leszek and
  • Simona Greco
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

5 November 2023

Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), which include circular RNAs (circRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs), regulate the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Notably, circRNAs can interact with miRNAs, influencing their specific mRNA targets’ levels and s...

(This article belongs to the Section Cell Nuclei: Function, Transport and Receptors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
178 Citations
9,894 Views
13 Pages

Characterization of hsa_circ_0004277 as a New Biomarker for Acute Myeloid Leukemia via Circular RNA Profile and Bioinformatics Analysis

  • Wei Li,
  • Chaoqin Zhong,
  • Jun Jiao,
  • Peng Li and ,
  • Baoxia Cui,
  • Chunyan Ji and
  • Daoxin Ma
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) represent a widespread class of non-coding RNAs, which drew little attention in the past. Recently, limited data showed their promising future to act as biomarkers in human cancer, but the characteristics and functions remain...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,241 Views
16 Pages

31 March 2025

Circular RNA is a type of noncoding RNA with a special covalent bond structure. As an endogenous RNA in animals and plants, it is formed through RNA splicing. The 5′ and 3′ ends of the exons form circular RNA at the back-splicing sites. C...

(This article belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,053 Views
12 Pages

Circular RNA circYPEL2: A Novel Biomarker in Cervical Cancer

  • Xinyang Zhang,
  • Siqi Yang,
  • Wenbo Chen,
  • Xin Dong and ,
  • Rongyu Zhang,
  • Haidong Ye,
  • Xiangfei Mei,
  • Huan Liu,
  • Yu Fang and
  • Chunjiang He
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

23 December 2021

Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most threatening diseases in women. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been reported to be cancer hallmarks, but typical circRNAs in CC were rarely indicated. Through high-throughput sequencing in CC and normal cervix ti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of RNA Processing and Metabolism in Tumors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,212 Views
11 Pages

circ2GO: A Database Linking Circular RNAs to Gene Function

  • Yanhong Lyu,
  • Maiwen Caudron-Herger and
  • Sven Diederichs

14 October 2020

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play critical roles in a broad spectrum of physiological and pathological processes, including cancer. Here, we provide a comprehensive database—circ2GO—systematically linking circRNAs to the functions and process...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Circular RNAs in Cancer)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,685 Views
15 Pages

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are covalently closed RNA molecules generated through a non-canonical splicing event known as back-splicing. This particular class of non-coding RNAs has attracted growing interest due to its evolutionary conservation across...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,202 Views
19 Pages

20 December 2019

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a relatively new class of RNA transcript with high abundance in the mammalian brain. Here, we show that circRNAs expression in differentiated neuroblastoma cells were significantly altered after depolarization with 107 up...

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