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ReviewHereditas2024

Circular RNAs: novel noncoding players in male infertility.

Emad Babakhanzadeh, Fakhr-Alsadat Hoseininasab, Ali Khodadadian, Majid Nazari, Reza Hajati, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

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Review in Hereditas, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. A novel hsa_circ_0070963/miR-223-3p/International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2026
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  9. Epididymal-Born circRNA Cargo and Its Implications in Male Fertility.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Emad BabakhanzadehDepartment of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fakhr-Alsadat HoseininasabDepartment of Medical Immunology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Ali KhodadadianDepartment of Medical Genetics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Majid NazariDepartment of Medical Genetics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Reza HajatiDepartment of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Soudeh Ghafouri-FardDepartment of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. s.ghafourifard@sbmu.ac.ir.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infertility is a global problem being associated with emotional and financial burden. Recent studies have shown contribution of a group of non-coding RNAs, namely circular RNAs (circRNAs) to the etiology of some infertility conditions. CircRNA are transcribed from exons and form a circular RNA molecule, being abundant in eukaryotes. Traditionally classified as non-coding RNA, these transcripts are endogenously produced through either non-canonical back-splicing or linear splicing, typically produced from precursor messenger ribonucleic acid (pre-mRNA). While during the canonical splicing process the 3' end of the exon is joined to the 5' end of the succeeding exon to form linear mRNA, during backsplicing, the 3' end to the 5' end of the same exon is joined to make a circular molecule. circRNAs are involved in the regulation of several aspects of spermatogenesis. They appear to influence how stem germ cells grow and divide during the sperm production process. Malfunctions in circRNA activity could contribute to male infertility issues stemming from abnormalities in spermatogenesis. In the current review, we highlight the exciting potential of circRNAs as key players in the male fertility.

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Infertility, MaleRNA, CircularSpermatogenesisAnimalsHumansMaleRNA SplicingRNA, CircularcircRNAMale infertilityNon-coding RNAsSpermatogenesis

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PMID39551760
PMCPMC11572108

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