Construction of the underlying circRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory network and a new diagnostic model in ulcerative colitis by bioinformatics analysis
Yu-Yi Yuan, Hui Wu, Qian-Yun Chen, Heng Fan, Bo Shuai, Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
Co-first authors: Yu-Yi Yuan, Hui Wu and Qian-Yun Chen.
Co-corresponding authors: Heng Fan and Bo Shuai.
Author contributions: Yuan YY, Fan H and Shuai B designed the research study; Yuan YY, Wu H and Chen QY performed the research; Fan H and Shuai B contributed new reagents and analytic tools; Yuan YY, Wu H and Chen QY analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; all authors have read and approve the final manuscript.
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81774093, No. 81904009, No. 81974546 and No. 82174182; and Key R&D Project of Hubei Province, No. 2020BCB001.
Institutional review board statement: This study dealt with published data only, no ethical approval.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.
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https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Heng Fan, PhD, MD, Chief Physician, Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jie Fang Avenue, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China. fanheng009@aliyun.com
Received: October 19, 2023
Peer-review started: October 19, 2023
First decision: January 25, 2024
Revised: February 2, 2024
Accepted: March 4, 2024
Article in press: March 4, 2024
Published online: March 26, 2024