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CircPac: A web-based analysis toolset for exploring circular RNA data
Amir Hossein Foroutan1, Sadra Salehi-Mazandarani2, Maryam Lotfi-Shahreza1,3
1Department of Computer Engineering, Shahreza Campus, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Data in Brief
|June 30, 2025
Summary
A new web tool, CircPac, aids researchers in analyzing circular RNA (circRNA) data. It integrates multiple databases to visualize circRNA information, miRNA targets, and disease-associated expression changes.
Area of Science:
- Molecular Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Genomics
Background:
- Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are key regulatory molecules with unique properties like tissue-specific expression and stability.
- Existing analytical tools lack comprehensive features for circRNA data analysis.
- There is a need for integrated platforms to explore circRNA functions and disease associations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and present CircPac, a user-friendly, web-based toolset for comprehensive circRNA data analysis.
- To integrate data from major circRNA databases (circBase, circBank, circRNADisease).
- To enable visualization of circRNA information, miRNA interactions, and disease-specific expression patterns.
Main Methods:
- Development of a web-based toolset using Python, pandas, seaborn, and Django.
- Integration of multiple circRNA databases.
- Implementation of functions for circRNA ID unification, information retrieval, miRNA target identification, and expression analysis.
Main Results:
- CircPac provides a unified platform for accessing and analyzing circRNA data.
- The toolset facilitates the identification of circRNA-miRNA interactions.
- CircPac enables the visualization of circRNA expression changes in various diseases, generating publication-ready figures.
Conclusions:
- CircPac offers a valuable resource for biologists to efficiently analyze and visualize circRNA data.
- The toolset streamlines complex bioinformatic analyses related to circRNAs.
- CircPac supports research into the roles of circRNAs in biological processes and diseases.
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