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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2018

A Transcriptome-Level Study Identifies Changing Expression Profiles for Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum of the Spine.

Yawei Han, Yuheng Hong, Liandong Li, Tengshuai Li, Zhen Zhang, Jingzhao Wang, Han Xia, Yutao Tang, Zhemin Shi, Xiaohui Han and 6 more

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Transcriptomic alterations in hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum: interactions of Rho GTPases, RTK, PIK3, and FGF.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023
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  10. Non-coding RNAs in ossification of spinal ligament.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2021
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  11. [Kcnq1ot1 promotes osteogenic differentiation and suppresses osteoclast differentiation].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yawei HanDepartment of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Yuheng HongSchool of Medical Imaging, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Liandong LiDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tengshuai LiDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Zhen ZhangDepartment of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Jingzhao WangDepartment of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Han XiaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Yutao TangDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Zhemin ShiDepartment of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Xiaohui HanDepartment of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Ting ChenDepartment of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Qi LiuDepartment of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Mengxia ZhangDepartment of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Kun ZhangDepartment of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Wei HongDepartment of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. Electronic address: hongwei@tmu.edu.cn.
Yuan XueDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. Electronic address: xueyuan@medmail.com.cn.
Tianjin Medical University · CNTianjin Medical University General Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) is a common spinal disorder that causes myelopathy and radiculopathy. Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are involved in numerous pathological processes; however, very few ncRNAs have been identified to be correlated with OLF. Here we compared the expression of lncRNA, mRNA, circRNA, and microRNA in OLF tissues from OLF patients and healthy volunteers through mRNA, lncRNA, and circRNA microarrays and microRNA sequencing. A total of 2,054 mRNAs, 2,567 lncRNAs, 627 circRNAs, and 28 microRNAs (miRNAs) were altered during the process of OLF. qPCR confirmed the differential expression of selected mRNAs and ncRNAs. An lncRNA-mRNA co-expression network, miRNA-mRNA target prediction network, and competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network of circRNA-miRNA-mRNA were constructed based on a correlation analysis of the differentially expressed RNA transcripts. Subsequently, gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses for the differentially expressed mRNAs and the predicted miRNAs target genes were performed. In addition, a deregulated miRNA-19b-3p-based miRNA-circRNA-lncRNA-mRNA network was confirmed, by gain-of-function and loss-of-function experiments, to function in the process of ossification. Taken together, this study provides a systematic perspective on the potential function of ncRNAs in the pathogenesis of OLF.

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circRNAligamentum flavumlncRNAmicroRNAnon-coding RNAossificationtranscriptome

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