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ArticleImmunology2018

Circular RNA expression profile and potential function of hsa_circ_0045272 in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Lian-Ju Li, Zhi-Wei Zhu, Wei Zhao, Sha-Sha Tao, Bao-Zhu Li, Shu-Zhen Xu, Jie-Bing Wang, Ming-Yue Zhang, Jun Wu, Rui-Xue Leng and 3 more

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Article in Immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lian-Ju LiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Zhi-Wei ZhuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Wei ZhaoDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Sha-Sha TaoDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Bao-Zhu LiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Shu-Zhen XuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Jie-Bing WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Ming-Yue ZhangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Jun WuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Rui-Xue LengDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Yin-Guang FanDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Hai-Feng PanDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Dong-Qing YeDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6604-9614
Anhui University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) represent a class of non-coding RNAs that form covalently closed RNA circles with extensive expression and conservation in mammals. Circular RNAs regulate gene expression through acting as competitive endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) and modulating gene transcription. Accumulating evidence supports the implication of circRNAs in a variety of human diseases, but studies of circRNA role in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are lacking. The present study measured the circRNA expression profiles in T cells from patients with SLE and healthy controls with human circRNA microarray and identified 127 differentially expressed circRNAs in SLE patients. Down-regulation of hsa_circ_0045272 in SLE T cells was verified with quantitative PCR. Jurkat cells with stable hsa_circ_0045272 knockdown were generated using specific lentiviral short hairpin RNA for functional studies. Flow cytometric analysis indicated that hsa_circ_0045272 knockdown significantly up-regulated the early apoptosis of Jurkat cells. Meanwhile, ELISA showed that hsa_circ_0045272 knockdown significantly enhanced interleukin-2 production of activated Jurkat cells. Then, ceRNAs were predicted for hsa_circ_0045272 and the significant down-regulation of two mRNAs predicted as ceRNAs, NM_003466 (PAX8) and NM_015177 (DTX4), but not their corresponding proteins, was validated. Furthermore, dual luciferase reporter assay indicated binding of hsa_circ_0045272 with hsa-miR-6127. Circular RNA-mRNA co-expression networks showed the correlation of circRNAs with mRNAs and provided additional clues to circRNA functions. Our study demonstrated dysregulated circRNAs in SLE and revealed the function of hsa_circ_0045272 in negatively regulating apoptosis and interleukin-2 secretion and its potential mechanism. The implication of hsa_circ_0045272 and other abnormal circRNAs in SLE merits further investigation.

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ApoptosisCells, CulturedGene Expression ProfilingHealthy VolunteersHEK293 CellsHumansJurkat CellsLupus Erythematosus, SystemicRNARNA, CircularRNARNA, Circularcircular RNAcompetitive endogenous RNAnon-coding RNAsystemic lupus erythematosus

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PMID29700819
PMCPMC6099170
OpenAlexW2801590497

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