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Role of long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) in multiple sclerosis: a brief review
Eskandar Taghizadeh1,2, Forough Taheri3, Mohammad Mahdi Samadian2
1Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.
Abstract:
Multiple sclerosis (MS) as chronic autoimmune inflammatory neurological disease of the central nervous system (CNS) occurs due to several environmental and genetic factors, whose pathogenesis is associated with genes with regulatory role in the immune system. Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) are able to reportedly regulate responses of immune systems and expression of genes, and show the tissue specificity and complexity of biofunctions. Various studies have suggested that the aberrant LncRNA expression is an underlying factor involved in the incidence of MS and that the analysis of the expression profile of these molecules can be a specific biomarker of MS for preventing the course of the disease or responding to treatment. The purpose of this research was to review the recent studies for exploring the functions of LncRNAs in the processes leading to MS disease.
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