Qingmin Zeng, Chang-Hai Liu, Javier Ampuero, Dongbo Wu, Wei Jiang, Lingyun Zhou, Hong Li, Lang Bai, Manuel Romero-Gómez, Hong Tang
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which affects approximately 25% of the global population, is an urgent health issue leading to various metabolic comorbidities. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), covalently closed RNA molecules, are characterized by ubiquity, diversity, stability, and conservatism. Indeed, they participate in various biological processes via distinct mechanisms that could modify the natural history of NAFLD. In this review, we briefly introduce the biogenesis, characteristics, and biological functions of circRNAs...
January 2024: RNA Biology