ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2018
Differential Expression of Coding and Long Noncoding RNAs in Keratoconus-Affected Corneas.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.
- Meta-Analysis of Keratoconus Transcriptomic Data Revealed Altered RNA Editing Levels Impacting Keratin Genomic Clusters.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023Pooled it
- A multi-ethnic genome-wide association study implicates collagen matrix integrity and cell differentiation pathways in keratoconus.Communications biology · 2021Pooled it
- Systematically Displaying the Pathogenesis of KeratoconusFrontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Genome-wide association meta-analysis of corneal curvature identifies novel loci and shared genetic influences across axial length and refractive error.Communications biology · 2020Pooled it
- A Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Locus Near Transcription FactorOphthalmology science · 2026Article
- Exosome-based therapies for corneal disorders: current status and future perspectives.MedScience · 2026Review
- The Genetic and Epigenetic Architecture of Keratoconus: Emerging Pathways and Clinical Implications.Genes · 2026Review
- Age-related lncRNA alterations of SDHAP2_miR-17-5p/miR-20b-5p_RAB11FIP1 ceRNA network in donor-derived human limbal epithelial cells.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- Inter-Eye Molecular Discrepancies in the Corneal Epithelium Point to TFRC in the Keratoconus Severity Signature and Mechanism of Cone Formation.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- Investigating prolactin-induced protein and its role in modulating the metabolic state of the keratoconus microenvironment.Experimental eye research · 2025Review
- The tumor microbiome in cancer progression: mechanisms and therapeutic potential.Molecular cancer · 2025Review
- Machine Learning-Driven Transcriptome Analysis of Keratoconus for Predictive Biomarker Identification.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Expression of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in corneal stromal fibroblasts and keratocytes from healthy and keratoconus corneas.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025Article
- Proteomics Reveals Mechanisms of Delayed Keratoconus Progression: A Study of Corneas Following Two Light-Activated Crosslinking Treatments.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- Shared molecular profiles of post-laser vision correction ectasia and keratoconus with key differences inFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025Article
- Screening and Identification of Basement Membrane-Related Gene Signatures for Diagnosis in Keratoconus Through WGCNA and Machine Learning.Journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Identification of hub genes and molecular pathways in keratoconus by integrating bioinformatics and literature mining at the RNA level.International ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Aquaporins in the Cornea.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Expression of Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases (TIMP-1, TIMP-2, TIMP-3, TIMP-4) in Blood Serum of Patients with Keratoconus.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Differentially expressed microRNAs targeting genes in key pathways in keratoconus.Frontiers in genetics · 2024Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Keratoconus (KC) is the most common corneal ectasia. We aimed to determine the differential expression of coding and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in human corneas affected with KC. Methods: From the corneas of 10 KC patients and 8 non-KC healthy controls, 200 ng total RNA was used to prepare sequencing libraries with the SMARTer Stranded RNA-Seq kit after ribosomal RNA depletion, followed by paired-end 50-bp sequencing with Illumina Sequencer. Differential analysis was done using TopHat/Cufflinks with a gene file from Ensembl and a lncRNA file from NONCODE. Pathway analysis was performed using WebGestalt. Using the expression level of differentially expressed coding and noncoding RNAs in each sample, we correlated their expression levels in KC and controls separately and identified significantly different correlations in KC against controls followed by visualization using Cytoscape. Results: Using |fold change| ≥ 2 and a false discovery rate ≤ 0.05, we identified 436 coding RNAs and 584 lncRNAs with differential expression in the KC-affected corneas. Pathway analysis indicated the enrichment of genes involved in extracellular matrix, protein binding, glycosaminoglycan binding, and cell migration. Our correlation analysis identified 296 pairs of significant KC-specific correlations containing 117 coding genes enriched in functions related to cell migration/motility, extracellular space, cytokine response, and cell adhesion. Our study highlighted the potential roles of several genes (CTGF, SFRP1, AQP5, lnc-WNT4-2:1, and lnc-ALDH3A2-2:1) and pathways (TGF-β, WNT signaling, and PI3K/AKT pathways) in KC pathogenesis. Conclusions: Our RNA-Seq-based differential expression and correlation analyses have identified many potential KC contributing coding and noncoding RNAs.
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