IMR Press / FBL / Volume 28 / Issue 6 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2806109
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The Role of Long Noncoding RNAs in Endometriosis Progression
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1 Department of Gynecology, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, 100026 Beijing, China
2 Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, 100038 Beijing, China
*Correspondence: liuzhaohui@ccmu.edu.cn (Zhaohui Liu); ludan6268@ccmu.edu.cn (Dan Lu)
These authors contributed equally.
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2023, 28(6), 109; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2806109
Submitted: 14 October 2022 | Revised: 8 January 2023 | Accepted: 29 January 2023 | Published: 8 June 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Endometriosis (EMs) is a common gynecological disease with an increasing incidence in recent years. Because of the lack of specific molecular biological indicators in clinical practice, diagnosis is often delayed and the quality of life of patients is seriously reduced. Therefore, the discovery of effective molecular biomarkers is crucial for the early diagnosis and treatment of EMs patients. With the development of high-throughput sequencing technology, the mechanism of lncRNAs in EMs has been increasingly confirmed experimentally. This article summarizes the biological characteristics and functions of EMs-related lncRNAs, and introduces the mechanisms of EMs-related lncRNAs in the context of ceRNAs, in exosomes, under hypoxic conditions, and related antisense RNAs. The mechanism of the most popular imprinted gene H19 and metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 in EMs is then introduced. Finally, we explore the challenges of molecular biomarker EMs-related lncRNAs in the diagnosis and treatment of EMs, anticipating their potential value in clinical applications.

Keywords
endometriosis
long noncoding RNA
gene regulatory network
competing endogenous RNA
Funding
2018000021469G282/Beijing Municipal Excellent Talents Foundation
FCYY201522/Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University Program
FCYY202010/Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University Program
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