Long Noncoding RNAs and Their Regulatory Network: Potential Therapeutic Targets for Adult Moyamoya Disease.
第一作者:Faliang Gao
通讯作者:Jizong Zhao
2016-09-01
A healthy control group (n [ 10) and an MMD group (n [ 15) were evaluated. RNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples and hybridized to microarray to get lncRNA expression profiles. Then predicted lncRNA target genes were identified, and bioinformatics analysis was performed to investigate their molecular functions
Long noncoding RNA expression profiles were quite different between MMD and control groups. Multiple signaling pathways that were closely associated with immune response, vasculogenesis, and smooth muscle contraction were indicated to participate in lncRNAs regulatory mechanism; of these, MAPK signaling pathway, which has been well studied for the treatment of many other cardiovascular diseases, was the core of this regulatory network. Our findings could help further understand the pathophysiology of MMD and provide new potential therapeutic targets.
A healthy control group (n = 10) and an MMD group (n = 15) were evaluated. RNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples and hybridized to microarray to get lncRNA expression profiles. Then predicted lncRNA target genes were identified, and bioinformatics analysis was performed to investigate their molecular functions.