Apoptosis and long non-coding RNAs: Focus on their roles in Heart diseases

Abeer Al-Masri1

  • 1Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

PubMed

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Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a key role in heart cell death (apoptosis). Understanding lncRNA regulation of apoptosis offers new therapeutic targets for cardiovascular diseases.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Biology
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Genetics

Background:

  • Heart disease is a leading global cause of death, necessitating novel therapeutic targets.
  • Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is integral to cardiac pathologies like myocardial infarction and heart failure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review recent discoveries on the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in regulating apoptosis within cardiovascular diseases.
  • To highlight lncRNAs as potential therapeutic targets for preventing or managing heart conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of current research on lncRNAs and apoptosis in cardiovascular disease.
  • Analysis of mechanisms by which lncRNAs influence cardiomyocyte cell death pathways.

Main Results:

  • lncRNAs are implicated in cardiomyocyte apoptosis through diverse mechanisms, including transcriptional regulation and signaling pathway modulation.
  • Dysregulation of lncRNA-mediated apoptosis contributes to various cardiac conditions, such as reperfusion injury and heart failure.

Conclusions:

  • lncRNAs are critical regulators of apoptosis in the heart.
  • Targeting lncRNA-mediated apoptosis presents a promising strategy for developing new treatments for heart disease.

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