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LncRNAs: macromolecules with big roles in neurobiology and neurological diseases

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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are recently defined as thousands of RNA molecules longer than 200 nucleotides and lacking an appreciable open reading frame in mammals. Although lncRNAs lack protein-coding function, they play critical roles in the regulation of almost all the protein-coding genes in a cell at various stages including chromatin modification, transcription and post-transcriptional processing. It is thus not surprising that lncRNAs may be the crucial regulators in the normal development, physiology and pathology. LncRNAs in neuroscience is a novel research field. Interestingly, recent studies have demonstrated that many lncRNAs are highly expressed in brain and their dysregulations occur in neurological disorders. In this review, we describe the current understanding of lncRNAs in neurobiology and neurological diseases including cerebral injury. LncRNAs could be novel biomarkers and could be potential new targets for new drugs for many neurological diseases in the future, although the related studies are still at in the early stages.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81301055 and No.81271478), partly by Educational Scientific Research Projects of Sichuan Province (No.13ZB0273). We would like to thank Pro. Chunxiang Zhang for his excellent assistance.

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Chen, Y., Zhou, J. LncRNAs: macromolecules with big roles in neurobiology and neurological diseases. Metab Brain Dis 32, 281–291 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-017-9965-8

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