• Zheng Zhang, Lingfei Li, Huanqing Shi, Biao Chen, Xiaoqin Li, Yuyao Zhang, Fei Liu, Wan Wei, Yongji Zhou, Keqin Liu, Wenqing Xia, Xin Gu, Jinyu Huang, Sheng Tu, Congguo Yin, Anwen Shao, and Lin Jiang.
• The Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
• Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 Aug 14; 59 (8).

AbstractAtherosclerosis (AS) is a disease dangerous to human health and the main pathological cause of ischemic cardiovascular diseases. Although its pathogenesis is not fully understood, numerous basic and clinical studies have shown that AS is a chronic inflammatory disease existing in all stages of atherogenesis. It may be a common link or pathway in the pathogenesis of multiple atherogenic factors. Inflammation is associated with AS complications, such as plaque rupture and ischemic cerebral infarction. In addition to inflammation, apoptosis plays an important role in AS. Apoptosis is a type of programmed cell death, and different apoptotic cells have different or even opposite roles in the process of AS. Unlike linear RNA, circular RNA (circRNA) a covalently closed circular non-coding RNA, is stable and can sponge miRNA, which can affect the stages of AS by regulating downstream pathways. Ultimately, circRNAs play very important roles in AS by regulating inflammation, apoptosis, and some other mechanisms. The study of circular RNAs can provide new ideas for the prediction, prevention, and treatment of AS.

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