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ReviewMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2020

The Circular RNA-miRNA Axis: A Special RNA Signature Regulatory Transcriptome as a Potential Biomarker for OSCC.

Ramanathan Saikishore, Palanivel Velmurugan, Dhandapani Ranjithkumar, Ragunathan Latha, Thangavelu Sathiamoorthi, Ashokbabu Arun, Arumugam Veera Ravi, Subpiramaniyam Sivakumar

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Review in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Circular RNAs in Heart Diseases.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  13. Circular RNAs: a small piece in the heart failure puzzle.Functional & integrative genomics · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ramanathan SaikishoreDepartment of Microbiology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Palanivel VelmuruganDepartment of Biotechnology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dhandapani RanjithkumarDepartment of Microbiology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ragunathan LathaDepartment of Microbiology, Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, Puducherry 607402, India.
Thangavelu SathiamoorthiDepartment of Microbiology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ashokbabu ArunDepartment of Microbiology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Arumugam Veera RaviDepartment of Biotechnology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Subpiramaniyam SivakumarDepartment of Bioenvironmental Energy, College of Natural Resource and Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang 50463, South Korea.
Alagappa University · INAarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital · INPusan National University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a highly recurrent form of cancer arising from the oral epithelium, which is the result of mutational change due to etiological factors such as tobacco, smoking, chewing of areca nuts, and alcohol consumption. OSCC occurrence has been observed to be prevalent in different regions of Pacific countries and in most Asian countries. Despite the accessibility of the oral cavity, OSCC is diagnosed at an extremely late stage of pathogenic tumor node metastasis pTNM (III-IV), resulting in a poor prognosis for the individual. Therefore, it is important to make definitive, early, and efficient diagnoses. Owing to the development of omic-natured studies, the presence of proteins, transcribed elements, metabolic products, and even microflora detected in saliva helps us to select biomarkers, which is an especially exciting potential because of the availability and the non-invasive nature of sample collection. Since the discovery of circular RNA (circRNA) by Sanger sequencing, it has been reported to play a pivotal role in several human diseases, including cancer. circRNA functions as a microRNA (miRNA) sponge in the regulation of mRNA expression, forming the circRNA-miRNA regulatory axis. In the case of OSCC, overexpression of different circRNAs exhibits both tumor-progressive and tumor-suppressive effects.

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biomarkercircRNA-miRNA axisOSCCpTNMsaliva

Identifiers

PMID33230440
PMCPMC7530261
OpenAlexW3083207729

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