AUTHOR=Liang Zi , Liu Liyan , Guo Xinyi , Wu Xia , Yu Yun-Li , Yu Ziyang , Hu Xiaolong , Zhang Xing , Wang Ji 

TITLE=The expression profiles of circular RNAs and competing endogenous RNA networks in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cell-and-developmental-biology/articles/10.3389/fcell.2022.942853

DOI=10.3389/fcell.2022.942853

ISSN=2296-634X

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Introduction:</bold> Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is a heterogeneous entity with diverse etiologies, morphologies, and clinical outcomes, but our knowledge of its epidemiology and carcinogenesis is very limited.</p><p><bold>Materials and methods:</bold> The expression patterns of circRNAs were explored in iCCA tissues and corresponding adjacent normal ones, denoted by (iCCA) and (iCCAP), respectively, using high-throughput sequencing.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> A total of 117 differential expressed (DE) circRNAs were identified. Based on the parental transcripts of circRNAs, these DE circRNAs were related to several important GO terms and were enriched in important pathways. Two circRNA-mediated ceRNA networks were constructed and many important metabolic pathways related to mRNAs were regulated by DE circRNAs <italic>via</italic> miRNAs.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> Our study revealed the DE circRNAs in the iCCA tissues compared with iCCAP ones, suggesting that circRNAs may play crucial roles in the pathogenesis of iCCA.</p>