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ArticleGenome research2020

Genome-wide, integrative analysis of circular RNA dysregulation and the corresponding circular RNA-microRNA-mRNA regulatory axes in autism.

Yen-Ju Chen, Chia-Ying Chen, Te-Lun Mai, Chih-Fan Chuang, Yu-Chen Chen, Sachin Kumar Gupta, Laising Yen, Yi-Da Wang, Trees-Juen Chuang

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Article in Genome research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yen-Ju Chen *Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Chia-Ying Chen *Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Te-Lun Mai *Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Chih-Fan ChuangGenomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Yu-Chen ChenGenomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Sachin Kumar GuptaDepartment of Pathology and Immunology.
Laising YenDepartment of Pathology and Immunology.
Yi-Da WangGenomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Trees-Juen ChuangGenomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica · TWNational Taiwan University · TWBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a class of long noncoding RNAs, are known to be enriched in mammalian neural tissues. Although a wide range of dysregulation of gene expression in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been reported, the role of circRNAs in ASD remains largely unknown. Here, we performed genome-wide circRNA expression profiling in postmortem brains from individuals with ASD and controls and identified 60 circRNAs and three coregulated modules that were perturbed in ASD. By integrating circRNA, microRNA, and mRNA dysregulation data derived from the same cortex samples, we identified 8170 ASD-associated circRNA-microRNA-mRNA interactions. Putative targets of the axes were enriched for ASD risk genes and genes encoding inhibitory postsynaptic density (PSD) proteins, but not for genes implicated in monogenetic forms of other brain disorders or genes encoding excitatory PSD proteins. This reflects the previous observation that ASD-derived organoids show overproduction of inhibitory neurons. We further confirmed that some ASD risk genes (

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Gene Expression RegulationAstrocytesAutism Spectrum DisorderBrainCell LineGenome, HumanHumansMicroRNAsNeural Stem CellsNeuronsRNA, CircularRNA, MessengerMicroRNAsRNA, CircularRNA, Messenger

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PMID32127416
PMCPMC7111521
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