corneal tissues; peripheral blood
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not specified
RT-qPCR; RNA-seq; Clinical Sample Validation; ROC Analysis
Significantly down-regulated in peripheral blood of KC patients; can help distinguish KC patients from normal controls as a circulating diagnostic biomarker.
circ_0006156 was significantly down-regulated in both KC corneal tissue and peripheral blood. The study supports its potential as a circulating biomarker for KC diagnosis, but did not experimentally define a molecular mechanism.
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Circular RNA expression profile identifies potential circulating biomarkers for keratoconus.
combined biological and clinical study