The long noncoding RNA expression profile of human intervertebral disc degeneration identified by microarray analysis

ABSTRACT: In addition to the well-known short noncoding RNAs as miRNAs, increasing evidence suggests that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) act as key regulators in a wide aspect of biologic processes. Dysregulated expression of lncRNAs has been demonstrated being implicated in a variety of human diseases. However, there is relative paucity of information regarding the role of lncRNAs in intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) hitherto. We have addressed the expression profiles of miRNAs in IDD previously. To determine whether lncRNAs is differentially expressed in IDD, we employed a lncRNA-mRNA microarray analysis of human nucleus pulposus (five degenerative as IDD and five normal specimens as control). With abundant probes accounting for 33,045 lncRNAs and 30,215 coding transcripts in our microarray, m

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Hai-Qiang Wang 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-56081 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress