| LncRNAs | long non-coding RNAs |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| DE | differentially expressed |
| qPCR | the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| DEGs | differentially expressed genes |
| FPKM | fragments per kilobase of exon per million fragments mapped |
| COR | Pearson correlation coefficient |
| Orf | open reading frame |
| O | old group |
| Y | young group |