TABLE 3.

CircNAs associated with neuropathic pain.

Models	circRNAs	Expression	Tissue	Target gene	References
DNP	circ HIPK3	↑	DRG	miR-124	Wang L. et al., 2018
SNI	circ AnKsla	↑	Spinal cord	VEGFB	Zhang S.B. et al., 2019
CCI	ciRS-7	↑	L4-L5 Spinal cord	miR-135a-5p	Cai et al., 2020
CCI	circ-0005075	↑	L4-L6 dorsal spinal cord	miR-151a-3p/NOTCH2	Zhang Y. et al., 2021
CCI	circ ZNF609	↑	L4-L6 dorsal spinal cord	miR-22-3p/ENO1	Li et al., 2020
CCI	circ ZRANB1	↓	L4-L6 dorsal spinal cord	Wnt5a/β-catenin, miR-24-3p/LPAR3	Wei et al., 2020

NP, Neuropathic pain; circRNAs, circular RNAs; DRG, dorsal root ganglion; CCI, chronic constriction injury; DNP, diabetic neuropathic pain; L4, lumbar 4; L5, lumbar 5; L6, lumbar 6; VEGFB, vascular endothelial growth factor B; ENO1, enolase 1; LPAR3, lysophosphatidic acid receptor 3.