| Expression pattern: |
UP |
| Associated gene: |
- |
| Associated microRNA: |
- |
| Biological function: |
Associated with inflammatory cell infiltration and stromal loss in TAAD; may participate in loss of VSMCs; circulating diagnostic biomarker for TAAD. |
| Molecular mechanism: |
Predicted ceRNA regulation via circRNA-miRNA-mRNA network; specific miRNAs not reported for circNOX4 (unannotated in circBank). |
| Biological pathway or process: |
inflammation (promotes); ceRNA regulation (other); other pathway/process (other) |
| Detected method: |
Q
S
|
| Validation methods: |
RNA-seq; RT-qPCR; Clinical Sample Validation; ROC Analysis; Bioinformatics Analysis |
| Clinical significance: |
High expression in peripheral plasma serum with diagnostic capability to distinguish TAAD from healthy controls (AUC = 0.9 for circNOX4). |
| Description: |
circNOX4 is up-regulated in TAAD (aortic tissue and serum) and has diagnostic value. It is associated with inflammatory infiltration and stromal/VSMC loss in TAAD, with mechanisms explored mainly through bioinformatic ceRNA/pathology correlation analyses rather than a specified miRNA/mRNA pair for this circRNA. |
| Confidence score: |
0.5047 |