Theranostics 2018-02-02

LncRNA PFL contributes to cardiac fibrosis by acting as a competing endogenous RNA of let-7d

Haihai Liang, Zhenwei Pan, Xiaoguang Zhao, Li Liu, Jian Sun, Xiaomin Su, Chaoqian Xu, Yuhong Zhou, Dandan Zhao, Bozhi Xu, Xuelian Li, Baofeng Yang, Yanjie Lu, Hongli Shan

Index: 10.7150/thno.20846

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Abstract

Rationale: Cardiac fibrosis is associated with various cardiovascular diseases and can eventually lead to heart failure. Dysregulation of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) has recently been recognized as one of the key mechanisms involved in cardiac diseases. However, the potential roles and underlying mechanisms of lncRNAs in cardiac fibrosis have not been explicitly delineated.