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ReviewNon-coding RNA2025

Single-Cell Transcriptomic Approaches for Decoding Non-Coding RNA Mechanisms in Colorectal Cancer.

Mahnoor Naseer Gondal, Hafiz Muhammad Umer Farooqi

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Review in Non-coding RNA, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Mahnoor Naseer GondalDepartment of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Hafiz Muhammad Umer FarooqiLaboratory of Energy Metabolism, Division of Metabolic Disorders, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA 92868, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1735-5911

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) play crucial roles in colorectal cancer (CRC) development and progression. Recent developments in single-cell transcriptome profiling methods have revealed surprising levels of expression variability among seemingly homogeneous cells, suggesting the existence of many more cell types than previously estimated. This review synthesizes recent advances in ncRNA research in CRC, emphasizing single-cell bioinformatics approaches for their analysis. We explore computational methods and tools used for ncRNA identification, characterization, and functional prediction in CRC, with a focus on single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data. The review highlights key bioinformatics strategies, including sequence-based and structure-based approaches, machine learning applications, and multi-omics data integration. We discuss how these computational techniques can be applied to analyze differential expression, perform functional enrichment, and construct regulatory networks involving ncRNAs in CRC. Additionally, we examine the role of bioinformatics in leveraging ncRNAs as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for CRC. We also discuss recent scRNA-seq studies revealing ncRNA heterogeneity in CRC. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of single-cell bioinformatics in ncRNA CRC research and outline future directions in this rapidly evolving field, emphasizing the integration of computational approaches with experimental validation to advance our understanding of ncRNA biology in CRC.

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bioinformaticscolorectal cancernon-coding RNAsingle-cell sequencingtherapeutics

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