Long Non-coding RNAs: Potential Therapeutic Targets for Epilepsy

Overview

Journal Front Neurosci

Date 2022 Oct 24

PMID 36278003

Authors

Sen Liu

Min Fan

Meng-Die Ma

Jin-Fang Ge

Fei-Hu Chen

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Abstract

Epilepsy is a common and disastrous neurological disorder characterized by abnormal firing of neurons in the brain, affecting about 70 million people worldwide. Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) are a class of RNAs longer than 200 nucleotides without the capacity of protein coding, but they participate in a wide variety of pathophysiological processes. Alternated abundance and diversity of LncRNAs have been found in epilepsy patients and animal or cell models, suggesting a potential role of LncRNAs in epileptogenesis. This review will introduce the structure and function of LncRNAs, summarize the role of LncRNAs in the pathogenesis of epilepsy, especially its linkage with neuroinflammation, apoptosis, and transmitter balance, which will throw light on the molecular mechanism of epileptogenesis, and accelerate the clinical implementation of LncRNAs as a potential therapeutic target for treatment of epilepsy.

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