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. 2018 May 14;3(2):75–98. doi: 10.1016/j.ncrna.2018.05.002

Table 2.

circRNA as biomarkers for cardiovascular disease.

Name Disease Regulation (in Disease) Function human GWAS/Mouse models Role in vivo Ref.
circNPPA Heart defects (multiple)
n.a. (expressed in diseased tissue)
n.a.
Right atrium, vena cava, heart tissues
n.a. (but produced from disease-linked mRNAs): [234]
circCORIN NPPA: heart failure [228] [85]
circRYR2 CORIN: heart failure [229] [84]
circMYH6 RYR2: atrial fibrillation [230] [195]
circQKI MYH6: hypertrophic cardiomyopathies [231]
circSLC8A1 QKI: CAD [193]
circTitin SLC8A1/NCX: heart failure and arrhythmia, hypertension [232]
(h.s.)
TITIN: DCM [233])
circANRIL
(h.s.)
CAD
Down
Protective
Blood T-cells, PBMCs, carotid endarterectomy tissue
n.a. (Human GWAS: Associated with CAD risk SNPs (chr9p21); Generally antiproliferative, proapoptotic; Anticorrelation with linear ANRIL isoforms)
[107]
[106]
[148,149,235]
hsa_circ_0124644 CAD
Up
n.a.
PBMCs
n.a.
[137]
hsa_circ_0082081
hsa_circ_0113854
hsa_circ_0098964
hsa_circRNA5974-1
(h.s.)
hsa_circ_0089378 CAD
Up
n.a.
Blood plasma
n.a.
[138]
hsa_circ_0083357
hsa_circ_0082824
hsa_circ_0068942
hsa_circ_0057576
hsa_circ_0054537
hsa_circ_0051172
hsa_circ_0032970
hsa_circ_0006323
(h.s.)
circHIPK3 Diabetic retinopathy (TIID)
Up
n.a.
Blood plasma, aqueous humor of eyes
n.a.
[139]
orthologs:
hsa_circ_0000284
mmu_circ_0001052
(h.s., m.m.) #
Hsa_circ_0054633 Prediabetic state (TIID)
Up
n.a.
Peripheral whole blood
n.a.
[140]
(h.s.) #
hsa-circ-0005870 Hypertension
Down
n.a.
Blood plasma
n.a.
[141]
(h.s.)#
MICRA
(h.s.) #
MI: LVD
Down
n.a.
Peripheral whole blood
n.a. (predictor for LVD)
[142]
circR-284:mir-221 ratio Stroke (acute phase) Up n.a. Blood serum n.a. (circRNA Up/microRNA Down) [144]
(h.s.)

# (marking circRNAs associated with CAD risk factors), DCM (dilated cardiomyopathy), MI (myocardial infarction), LVD (Left ventricular dysfunction), LAD (permanent ligation of the left anterior descending), PBMCs (blood mononuclear cells), ECs (vascular endothelial cells), h.s. (homo sapiens), m.m. (mus musculus).