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. 2021 Feb 9;22(4):1741. doi: 10.3390/ijms22041741

Table 3.

LncRNAs role in immunity related disease.

LncRNA Model Pathology Main Results References
ANRIL Aortic soy muscle cells/cardiovascular in vitro models Coronary artery disease
Type 2 diabetes
Intercranial aneurisms
Associated with susceptibility to cardiovascular disorder [114]
BANCR Different melanoma cell lines
mice xenografts
Melanoma Associated with proliferation, malignancy and prognosis of melanoma via MAPK pathway [115,116]
FAS-AS1 Lymphoma cell lines Autoimmune diseases
Lymphoma
Found downregulated in lymphoma cells is involved in sFAS regulation and alternative splicing [117]
HOXD-AS1 Neuroblastoma cell lines Neuroblastoma Marker of neuroblastoma progression and malignancy [118]
HOTAIR Synoviocytes Synovial inflammation
Osteoarthritis
Downregulation reduces inflammation and osteoarthritis via Wnt/β-catenin pathway [119]
Lnc13 Human intestinal sections and cells,
macrophages
Celiac disease (CeD) Associated with a wide panel of genes involved in inflammation in CeD [120,121]
Linc-Maf-4 Patient macrophages Multiple sclerosis Associated with the pathogenesis and the severity of multiple sclerosis [122]
LncRNA-CMPK2 Human cell lines HCV infection Correlated with HCV infection via [123]
lncRNADQ786243 Chron’s disease patients Chron’s disease Correlated with Chron’s disease development via FOXP3 [16]
LncRNA-p21 Rheumatoid arthritis patients’ T cells Rheumatoid arthritis Upregulated in response to Metotrexate to control the pathology [124]
lncRNA RMPR Cartilage-hair hypoplasia patients Cartilage-hair hypoplasia Mutations associated with autoimmune pathologies in joints and kidneys and hematological abnormalities [98,106,107,125]
lncRNA SAS-ZFAT Autoimmune thyroid disease patients Autoimmune thyroid disease(AITD) Increases susceptibility to AITD [126]
MALAT1 HREC cells Diabetic retinopathy Correlated to significant increases of his levels and associated inflammatory transcripts [127]
MORRBID Hypereosinophilic syndrome patients and myeloid cells Hypereosinophilic syndrome Potential therapeutic target for inflammatory disorders characterized by short-lived aberrant myeloid cell duration. [82]
NRIR Systemic sclerosis Systemic sclerosis Upregulated together with INF response in SSc patients [82]
OLA1P2 Colorectal cancer patients Colorectal patients Correlated with the progression of the tumor and to poor prognosis [128]