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ArticleBMC systems biology2018

Circular RNA expression profiles during the differentiation of mouse neural stem cells.

Qichang Yang, Jing Wu, Jian Zhao, Tianyi Xu, Zhongming Zhao, Xiaofeng Song, Ping Han

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Article in BMC systems biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 29 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. The emerging role of circular RNAs in spinal cord injury.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2021
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  15. Expression and function of circular RNAs in the mammalian brain.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Qichang YangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, Jiangsu, China.
Jing WuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, Jiangsu, China.
Jian ZhaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, Jiangsu, China.
Tianyi XuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, Jiangsu, China.
Zhongming ZhaoCenter for Precision Health, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. Zhongming.Zhao@uth.tmc.edu.
Xiaofeng SongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, Jiangsu, China. xfsong@nuaa.edu.cn.
Ping HanThe First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210019, Jiangsu, China. hanping200701@163.com.
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics · CNNanjing Medical University · CNThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

Transforming dbGaP genetic and genomic data to FAIR-ready by artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithmsR01LM012806 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Zhongming Zhao · 2017 to 2026
$3.7M
MicroRNA and Transcription Factor Co-regulation in CancerR21CA196508 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI ZHAO, ZHONGMING · 2016 to 2017
$368k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA196508NLM NIH HHS R01 LM012806
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCircular RNAs (circRNAs) have recently been found to be expressed in human brain tissue, and many lines ofevidence indicate that circRNAs play regulatory roles in neurodevelopment. Proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) are critical parts during development of central nervous system (CNS).To date, there have been no reports ofcircRNA expression profiles during the differentiation of mouse NSCs. We hypothesizethat circRNAs mayregulate gene expression in the proliferation anddifferentiation of NSCs.

resultsIn this study, we obtained NSCs from the wild-type C57BL/6 J mouse fetal cerebral cortex. We extracted total RNA from NSCs in different differentiation stagesand then performed RNA-seq. By analyzing the RNA-Seq data, we found 37circRNAs and 4182 mRNAs differentially expressedduringthe NSC differentiation. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of thecognate linear genes of these circRNAsrevealed that some enriched GO terms were related to neural activity. Furthermore, we performed a co-expression network analysis of these differentially expressed circRNAs and mRNAs. The result suggested a stronger GO enrichmentin neural features for both the cognate linear genes of circRNAs and differentially expressed mRNAs.

conclusionWe performed the first circRNA investigation during the differentiation of mouse NSCs. Wefound that12 circRNAs might have regulatory roles duringthe NSC differentiation, indicating that circRNAs might be modulated during NSC differentiation.Our network analysis suggested the possible complex circRNA-mRNA mechanisms during differentiation, and future experimental workis need to validate these possible mechanisms.

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AnimalsCell DifferentiationGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeural Stem CellsRNARNA, CircularRNARNA, CircularCircular RNA;neural stem cellDifferentiationExpression profileGene regulation

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