Title:Circular RNA and Diabetes: Epigenetic Regulator with Diagnostic Role
Volume: 20
Issue: 7
Author(s): Kazem Abbaszadeh-Goudarzi, Shabnam Radbakhsh, Mohammad Hossein Pourhanifeh, Hashem Khanbabaei, Amirhosein Davoodvandi, Hadis Fathizadeh, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Mohammad Karim Shahrzad*Hamed Mirzaei*
Affiliation:
- Department of Internal Medicine and endocrinology, Shohadae Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,Iran
- Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Institute for Basic Sciences, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan,Iran
Keywords:
Circular RNA, diabetes, biomarker, circRNA_0054633, circHIPK3, circANKRD36.
Abstract: Circular RNAs, a group of endogenous non-coding RNAs, are characterized
by covalently closed cyclic structures with no poly-adenylated tails. It has been recently
recommended that cirRNAs have an essential role in regulating genes expression by
functioning as a translational regulator, RNA binding protein sponge and microRNA
sponge. Due to their close relation to the progression of various diseases such as
diabetes, circRNAs have become a research hotspot. A number of circRNAs (i.e.,
circRNA_0054633, circHIPK3, circANKRD36, and circRNA11783-2) have been shown
to be associated with initiation and progression of diabetes. Based on reports, in a
tissue, some circRNAs are expressed in a developmental stage-specific manner. In this
study, we reviewed research on circular RNAs involved in the pathogenesis and
diagnosis of diabetes and their prognostic roles.