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Role of noncoding RNAs in regulation of cardiac cell death and cardiovascular diseases

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Loss of functional cardiomyocytes is a major underlying mechanism for myocardial remodeling and heart diseases, due to the limited regenerative capacity of adult myocardium. Apoptosis, programmed necrosis, and autophagy contribute to loss of cardiac myocytes that control the balance of cardiac cell death and cell survival through multiple intricate signaling pathways. In recent years, non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have received much attention to uncover their roles in cell death of cardiovascular diseases, such as myocardial infarction, cardiac hypertrophy, and heart failure. In addition, based on the view that mitochondrial morphology is linked to three types of cell death, ncRNAs are able to regulate mitochondrial fission/fusion of cardiomyocytes by targeting genes involved in cell death pathways. This review focuses on recent progress regarding the complex relationship between apoptosis/necrosis/autophagy and ncRNAs in the context of myocardial cell death in response to stress. This review also provides insight into the treatment for heart diseases that will guide novel therapies in the future.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos: 31430041, 81470522, 81522005), Applied Basic Research Programs of Qingdao, China (Grant no: 17-1-1-46-jch), and Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China (Grant no: ZR2016CQ31).

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Dong, Y., Liu, C., Zhao, Y. et al. Role of noncoding RNAs in regulation of cardiac cell death and cardiovascular diseases. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 75, 291–300 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-017-2640-8

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