Circular RNAs in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Functions and clinical significance
| Title: | Circular RNAs in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Functions and clinical significance |
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| Authors: | Qingmin Zeng, Chang-Hai Liu, Javier Ampuero, Dongbo Wu, Wei Jiang, Lingyun Zhou, Hong Li, Lang Bai, Manuel Romero-Gómez, Hong Tang |
| Source: | RNA Biology, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 65-79 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Genetics |
| Subject Terms: | Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, circular RNAs, function, sorting mechanism, exosomal circRNA, Genetics, QH426-470 |
| More Details: | Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which affects approximately 25% of the global population, is an urgent health issue leading to various metabolic comorbidities. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), covalently closed RNA molecules, are characterized by ubiquity, diversity, stability, and conservatism. Indeed, they participate in various biological processes via distinct mechanisms that could modify the natural history of NAFLD. In this review, we briefly introduce the biogenesis, characteristics, and biological functions of circRNAs. Furthermore, we summarize circRNAs expression profiles in NAFLD by intersecting seven sequencing data sets and describe the cellular roles of circRNAs and their potential advantages as biomarkers of NAFLD. In addition, we emphatically discuss the exosomal non-coding RNA sorting mechanisms and possible functions in recipient cells. Finally, we extensively discuss the potential application of targeting disease-related circRNAs and competing endogenous RNA networks through gain-of-function and loss-of-function approaches in targeted therapy of NAFLD. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 15476286 1555-8584 1547-6286 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1547-6286; https://doaj.org/toc/1555-8584 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15476286.2023.2290769 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/94d03b8d732e432b972793de0f08b2e7 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.94d03b8d732e432b972793de0f08b2e7 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 15476286 15558584 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/15476286.2023.2290769 |
| Published in: | RNA Biology |
| Language: | English |