skeletal muscle biopsies; spinal cord; frontal cortex
iPSC-derived motor neurons
genetically engineered animal model
not specified
RNA-seq; RNase R Treatment; RT-qPCR; divergent primers PCR; Clinical Sample Validation; In Vivo Animal Model; Bioinformatics Analysis
potential translational application of circRNAs as biomarkers of ALS disease onset and progression
hsa_circ_0000119 is significantly elevated in ALS skeletal muscle by RT-qPCR and shows opposite-direction changes (decreased) in ALS spinal cord in both human and SOD1G93A mouse, suggesting it may be a disease-associated biomarker with tissue-dependent gradients; specific molecular function/mechanism was not determined.
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Transcriptomic analysis of human ALS skeletal muscle reveals a disease-specific pattern of dysregulated circRNAs.
combined biological and clinical study