title: The emerging role and clinical implication of human exonic circular RNA.
abstract: Circular RNA from backspliced exons (or exonic circular RNA, circRNA) is a type of covalently closed non-colinear RNA that was recently rediscovered in eukaryotes. Although circRNAs are often expressed at low levels, emerging evidence indicates that many circRNAs are linked to physiological development and various diseases. Notably, circRNAs have been shown to serve as oncogenic stimuli or tumor suppressors in cancer. circRNAs may regulate gene expression through different mechanisms. In addition, circRNAs have been shown to be useful as biomarkers of diseases due to their stability, specific expression and relation to diseases both in cells and in extracellular fluid. This review summarizes current knowledge of human circRNAs and discusses the emerging role and clinical implication of these multifarious transcripts.
authors: a Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University , Shanghai , China.|b Department of Oncology , Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University , Shanghai , China.
authors: Dongbin
authors: D
authors: Lyu
authors: a Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University , Shanghai , China.|b Department of Oncology , Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University , Shanghai , China.
authors: Shenglin
authors: S
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D063646:Carcinogenesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005091:Exons; D045604:Extracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012326:RNA Splicing; D000079962:RNA, Circular; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D035683:MicroRNAs; D000079962:RNA, Circular; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012313:RNA
keywords: biomarker; cancer; circular RNA; microRNA; non-coding RNA