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ReviewFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2021

Long Non-coding RNAs and Circular RNAs: Insights Into Microglia and Astrocyte Mediated Neurological Diseases.

Miaomiao Chen, Xingning Lai, Xifeng Wang, Jun Ying, Lieliang Zhang, Bin Zhou, Xing Liu, Jing Zhang, Gen Wei, Fuzhou Hua

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Review in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Miaomiao ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Xingning LaiDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Xifeng WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Jun YingDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Lieliang ZhangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Bin ZhouDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Xing LiuDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Gen WeiDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Fuzhou HuaDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CNNanchang University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CNWest China Hospital of Sichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglia and astrocytes maintain tissue homeostasis in the nervous system. Both microglia and astrocytes have pro-inflammatory phenotype and anti-inflammatory phenotype. Activated microglia and activated astrocytes can contribute to several neurological diseases. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and circular RNAs (circRNAs), two groups of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), can function as competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) to impair the microRNA (miRNA) inhibition on targeted messenger RNAs (mRNAs). LncRNAs and circRNAs are involved in various neurological disorders. In this review, we summarized that lncRNAs and circRNAs participate in microglia dysfunction, astrocyte dysfunction, neuron damage, and inflammation. Thereby, lncRNAs and circRNAs can positively or negatively regulate neurological diseases, including spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), stroke, neuropathic pain, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple sclerosis (MS), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Besides, we also found a lncRNA/circRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory network in microglia and astrocyte mediated neurological diseases. Through this review, we hope to cast light on the regulatory mechanisms of lncRNAs and circRNAs in microglia and astrocyte mediated neurological diseases and provide new insights for neurological disease treatment.

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astrocytecircRNAlncRNAmicroglianeurological diseases

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PMID34675776
PMCPMC8523841
OpenAlexW3202490299

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