Mining, validating, and quantifying circular RNA transcriptome from total RNA as a biomarker or target.

ABSTRACT: Circular RNAs (circRNAs) participate in complex diseases and have emerged as a novel biomarker and therapeutic target. It is challenging to identify circRNAs from total RNA-seq data and to validate and quantify their levels by qRT-PCR. We sought to characterize the circRNA transcriptome from RNA-seq with total RNA from septic peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), assess/compare commonly used aligners, and optimize validation methods, considering sepsis is the leading cause of death in intensive care units (ICU) and there is no effective treatment. PBMCs were isolated from sepsis patients before and after intensive care, and RNA sequencing was conducted with total RNA. RNA-seq data for circRNAs were analyzed using four pipelines. A circRNA transcriptome has been generated, and four al

SUBMITTER: Wang TZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12218994 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature