Zhang Shuang, Ding Yubin, Gao Rufei. Research progress of circular RNA in the area of reproduction and perinatal stage. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 42(8):976-980(2017)
Zhang Shuang, Ding Yubin, Gao Rufei. Research progress of circular RNA in the area of reproduction and perinatal stage. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 42(8):976-980(2017) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.001331.
Research progress of circular RNA in the area of reproduction and perinatal stage
Circular RNAs(circ RNAs) are recently discovered as new endogenous non-coding RNAs
and have become a hotspot in the area of RNA research. Circ RNAs
a structure of closed loop
are stable
conserved between species
and often exhibit tissue
developmental stage and disease specific expression. Circ RNAs have many biological functions. In addition to acting as mi RNA sponges
many other functions are being revealed
including regulator of gene transcription
and splicing and protein translation. Some researches have showed that circ RNAs are involved with a series of pathological and physiological processes associated with diseases and devel-opment. In this review
we focus on their biological functions and the present research status of circ RNAs in the area of reproduction and perinatal stage.