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A Comprehensive Insight and In Silico Analysis of CircRNAs in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Step toward ncRNA-Based Precision Medicine.

Rana A Youness, Hossam A Hassan, Tasneem Abaza, Ahmed A Hady, Hekmat M El Magdoub, Mohamed Ali, Johannes Vogel, Markus Thiersch, Max Gassmann, Nadia M Hamdy and 1 more

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Review in Cells, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Rana A YounessMolecular Genetics Research Team (MGRT), Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Biotechnology, German International University (GIU), Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-6268-7942
Hossam A HassanMolecular Genetics Research Team (MGRT), Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Biotechnology, German International University (GIU), Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0009-2412-0369
Tasneem AbazaMolecular Genetics Research Team (MGRT), Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Biotechnology, German International University (GIU), Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-6787-3784
Ahmed A HadyClinical Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35511, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0864-1369
Hekmat M El MagdoubBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Misr International University, Cairo 19648, Egypt.
Mohamed AliDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9675-6691
Johannes VogelZurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology and Institute of V. Physiology, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Markus ThierschZurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology and Institute of V. Physiology, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9118-8285
Max GassmannZurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology and Institute of V. Physiology, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2750-8878
Nadia M HamdyBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-2105-107X
Mostafa A AbooufZurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology and Institute of V. Physiology, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0377-5939

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are cardinal players in numerous physiological and pathological processes. CircRNAs play dual roles as tumor suppressors and oncogenes in different oncological contexts, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Their roles significantly impact the disease at all stages, including initiation, development, progression, invasion, and metastasis, in addition to the response to treatment. In this review, we discuss the biogenesis and regulatory functional roles of circRNAs, as well as circRNA-protein-mRNA ternary complex formation, elucidating the intricate pathways tuned by circRNAs to modulate gene expression and cellular processes through a comprehensive literature search, in silico search, and bioinformatics analysis. With a particular focus on the interplay between circRNAs, epigenetics, and HCC pathology, the article sets the stage for further exploration of circRNAs as novel investigational theranostic agents in the dynamic realm of HCC.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsPrecision MedicineRNA, CircularRNA, UntranslatedComputational BiologyComputer SimulationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansRNA, CircularRNA, UntranslatedbioinformaticscircRNAsepigeneticsHCCinitiationin silicometastasisncRNAprogressiontheranostics

Identifiers

PMID39120276
PMCPMC11312109

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