ncRI

ncRI catalogs validated non-coding RNAs implicated in inflammatory responses across human, mouse, and rat to support mechanistic and comparative studies.


Key Features:

  • Extensive Data Collection: The database contains 11,166 entries documenting ncRNAs including 1,976 microRNAs (miRNAs), 1,377 long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), and 107 other ncRNAs from human, mouse, and rat.
  • Detailed Annotations: Each entry provides the ncRNA name, associated inflammatory diseases, mechanistic insights, experimental validation techniques (microarray, RNA-seq, qRT-PCR), experimental sample types (cell lines and/or tissues), and expression patterns indicating up-regulation or down-regulation in inflammatory conditions.
  • Reference Integration: Entries include PubMed IDs, publication years, and paper titles linking to original research.

Scientific Applications:

  • Research on Immunotherapy: Enables study of ncRNA-mediated regulation of immune responses relevant to immunotherapy research.
  • Mechanistic Studies: Supports identification of ncRNAs as mechanistic contributors, biomarkers, or therapeutic targets in inflammatory diseases.
  • Cross-Species Analysis: Facilitates comparative and translational studies using human, mouse, and rat data.

Methodology:

No computational methods were specified in the provided description.

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Tool Type:
web application
Added:
1/18/2021
Last Updated:
3/8/2021

Operations

Publications

Wang S, Zhou S, Liu H, Meng Q, Ma X, Liu H, Wang L, Jiang W. ncRI: a manually curated database for experimentally validated non-coding RNAs in inflammation. BMC Genomics. 2020;21(1). doi:10.1186/s12864-020-06794-6. PMID:32487016. PMCID:PMC7268337.

PMID: 32487016
PMCID: PMC7268337
Funding: - National Natural Science Foundation of China: 61571169, 61801150 - Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University: NE2018101 - Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities: 2017JCZX52