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ReviewCells2021

Circular RNA as An Epigenetic Regulator in Chronic Liver Diseases.

Xianhui Zeng, Xianglei Yuan, Qiuyu Cai, Chengwei Tang, Jinhang Gao

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Role of Circular RNAs in Liver Diseases.International journal of medical sciences · 2026
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  4. Deciphering the role ofWorld journal of hepatology · 2025
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  11. Revisiting Epigenetics Fundamentals and Its Biomedical Implications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  14. Chinese herbal medicines · 2024
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  20. Role of follistatin-like protein 1 in liver diseases.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Xianhui ZengLab of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, NO. 1, 4th Keyuan Road, Chengdu 610093, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2865-7560
Xianglei YuanDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Qiuyu CaiLab of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, NO. 1, 4th Keyuan Road, Chengdu 610093, China.
Chengwei TangLab of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, NO. 1, 4th Keyuan Road, Chengdu 610093, China.
Jinhang GaoLab of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, NO. 1, 4th Keyuan Road, Chengdu 610093, China.

Funding

National Key R&D Program of China 2017YFA0205404Natural Science Fund of China 81670551, U1702281, 81873584, 82000613 and 82000574Sichuan Science and Technology Program 2020YJ0083 and 21ZDYF1667
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circular RNA (circRNA) is a type of non-coding RNA characterized by a covalently closed continuous loop. CircRNA is generated by pre-mRNA through back-splicing and is probably cleared up by extracellular vesicles. CircRNAs play a pivotal role in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. Recently, circRNAs have been demonstrated to be involved in the regulation of liver homeostasis and diseases. However, the epigenetic role and underlying mechanisms of circRNAs in chronic liver diseases remain unclear. This review discussed the role of circRNAs in non-neoplastic chronic liver diseases, including alcoholic liver disease (ALD), metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), viral hepatitis, liver injury and regeneration, liver cirrhosis, and autoimmune liver disease. The review also highlighted that further efforts are urgently needed to develop circRNAs as novel diagnostics and therapeutics for chronic liver diseases.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticAnimalsAutoimmunityChronic DiseaseHumansLiverLiver DiseasesLiver RegenerationRNA, CircularSignal TransductionRNA, Circularalcoholic liver diseaseautoimmune liver diseasecircular RNAepigeneticshepatitisliver cirrhosisliver regenerationmetabolic-associated fatty liver diseasenonalcoholic fatty liver diseasenonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Identifiers

PMID34440714
PMCPMC8392363

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