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ReviewExploration (Beijing, China)2025

Exploring the Potential and Advancements of Circular RNA Therapeutics.

Lei Wang, Lianqing Wang, Chunbo Dong, Jialong Liu, Guoxin Cui, Shan Gao, Zhida Liu

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Review in Exploration (Beijing, China), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lei WangShanxi Academy of Advanced Research and Innovation Taiyuan China.
Lianqing WangCenter of Translational Medicine Zibo Central Hospital Zibo China.
Chunbo DongShanxi Academy of Advanced Research and Innovation Taiyuan China.
Jialong LiuMOE Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention Shanxi Medical University Taiyuan China.
Guoxin CuiRed Sea Research Center Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.
Shan GaoShanxi Academy of Advanced Research and Innovation Taiyuan China.
Zhida LiuShanxi Academy of Advanced Research and Innovation Taiyuan China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3980-8440

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology is revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry owing to its superior safety profile, manufacturing capabilities, and potential applications in previously undruggable therapeutic targets. In addition to linear mRNA, such as conventional mRNA, self-amplifying mRNA, and trans-amplifying mRNA, circular mRNA has emerged as a promising candidate. Circular RNA (circRNA) is a class of single-stranded RNA with a covalently closed loop structure that offers enhanced stability compared to linear RNA by resisting degradation from RNases. Recent studies have revolutionized our understanding of their biological functions, surpassing the notion that they are merely byproducts of aberrant splicing events. Given the remarkable success achieved in cancer and SARS-CoV-2/monkeypox virus (MPXV) vaccines, circRNA is being intensively investigated for gene and cell therapies. In this review, we provide an overview of circRNA biogenesis mechanisms in vivo, along with synthesis strategies in vitro, while discussing translation regulation mechanisms and quality control processes involved in circRNA production. Furthermore, we explore the potential application scenarios for circRNAs.

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back‐splicingcircRNAIRESmRNAribozymetherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID40873637
PMCPMC12380075

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