Over the past two decades, researchers have discovered a special form of alternative splicing that produces a circular form of RNA. Although these circular RNAs (circRNAs) have garnered considerable...
Read More »New research identifies circulating RNA preeclampsia biomarkers
Researchers at Illumina and several universities have shown that sequencing circulating RNA (C-RNA) can detect molecular signals of preeclampsia in the blood. Published in Science Translational Medicine...
Read More »circRNAprofiler – an R-based computational framework for the downstream analysis of circular RNAs
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a newly appreciated class of non-coding RNA molecules. Numerous tools have been developed for the detection of circRNAs, however computational tools to perform downstream...
Read More »Closing the circle – current state and perspectives of circular RNA databases
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are covalently closed RNA molecules that have been linked to various diseases, including cancer. However, a precise function and working mechanism are lacking for the larger majority. Following many different experimental and...
Read More »CIRCpedia v2: an updated database for comprehensive circular RNA annotation and expression comparison
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) from back-splicing of exon(s) have been recently identified to be broadly expressed in eukaryotes, in tissue- and species- specific manners. Although functions of most circRNAs...
Read More »Discovering circRNA-microRNA interactions from CLIP-Seq and RNA-Seq data
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) represent an abundant group of noncoding RNAs in eukaryotes and are emerging as important regulatory molecules in physiological and pathological processes. However, the precise mechanisms and functions of most of circRNAs remain largely unknown. In this chapter, ...
Read More »CSCD – a database for cancer-specific circular RNAs
Circular RNA (circRNA) is a large group of RNA family extensively existed in cells and tissues. High-throughput sequencing provides a way to view circRNAs across different samples, especially in various diseases. However, there is still no comprehensive database for exploring ...
Read More »A comprehensive overview and evaluation of circular RNA detection tools
Circular RNA (circRNA) is mainly generated by the splice donor of a downstream exon joining to an upstream splice acceptor, a phenomenon known as backsplicing. It has been reported that circRNA can function as microRNA (miRNA) sponges, transcriptional regulators, or ...
Read More »RPAD – High-purity isolation of circular RNA
High-throughput RNA sequencing methods coupled with specialized bioinformatic analyses have recently uncovered tens of thousands of unique circular (circ)RNAs, but their complete sequences, genes of origin and functions are largely unknown. Given that circRNAs lack free ends and are thus ...
Read More »Acfs – circRNA identification and quantification from RNA-Seq data
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a group of single-stranded RNAs in closed circular form. They are splicing-generated, widely expressed in various tissues and have functional implications in development and diseases. To facilitate genome-wide characterization of circRNAs using RNA-Seq data, researchers from ...
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