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Yurong Huang1, Qiuyun Xue1, Chenglong Cheng1
1Department of Pharmacology, School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.
Background:
Autoimmune diseases are diseases caused by tissue damage caused by the body's immune response to autoantibodies. Circular RNAs (CircRNAs) are a kind of special endogenous non-coding RNA that play a biological role by regulating gene transcription.
Methods:
In this work, we searched the PubMed, Web of Science (SCIE), National Science and Technology Library (NSTL), and ScienceDirect Online (SDOL) databases to summarize the impact of circRNAs on autoimmune diseases, especially the results of circRNAs in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Results:
The study on the function of circRNAs and autoimmune diseases further deepened our understanding of the development and pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. CircRNAs may act as miRNA sponges to regulate biological processes and affect the occurrence and development of autoimmune diseases. CircRNAs are closely related to the pathogenesis of RA and SLE and may become potential biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of RA and SLE.
Conclusion:
CircRNAs play an important role in the pathogenesis of RA, SLE and other autoimmune diseases, and are expected to provide new biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases. However, the function and mechanism of circRNAs in autoimmune diseases need more comprehensive research.
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