Emerging roles of non-coding RNAs in scoliosis.

Zheng Li, Xingye Li, Jianxiong Shen, Lin Zhang, Matthew T V Chan, William K K Wu

Cell proliferation 2020 Feb

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Scoliosis, a complex three-dimensional deformity of the spine with the Cobb angle (a measure of the spinal lateral curvature) >10 degree, encompasses a spectrum of pathologies, including congenital, idiopathic, syndromic and neuromuscular aetiologies. The pathogenesis is multifactorial involving both environmental and genetic factors but the exact cellular and molecular mechanisms of disease development remain largely unknown. Emerging evidence showed that non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), namely microRNAs, long ncRNAs and circular RNAs, are deregulated in many orthopaedic diseases, including scoliosis. Importantly, these deregulated ncRNAs functionally participate in the initiation and progression of scoliosis. Here, we review recent progress in ncRNA research on scoliosis. © 2019 The Authors. Cell Proliferation Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Zheng Li, Xingye Li, Jianxiong Shen, Lin Zhang, Matthew T V Chan, William K K Wu. Emerging roles of non-coding RNAs in scoliosis. Cell proliferation. 2020 Feb;53(2):e12736