Circular and Circulating DNA in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Pathogenesis to Potential Molecular Therapies

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  • Federica Di Vincenzo
  • Ylenia Yadid
  • Valentina Petito
  • Valeria Emoli
  • Letizia Masi
  • Daniela Gerovska
  • Marcos Jesus Araúzo-Bravo
  • Antonio Gasbarrini
  • Regenberg, Birgitte
  • Franco Scaldaferri

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn’s Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) are chronic multifactorial disorders which affect the gastrointestinal tract with variable extent. Despite extensive research, their etiology and exact pathogenesis are still unknown. Cell-free DNAs (cfDNAs) are defined as any DNA fragments which are free from the origin cell and able to circulate into the bloodstream with or without microvescicles. CfDNAs are now being increasingly studied in different human diseases, like cancer or inflammatory diseases. However, to date it is unclear how IBD etiology is linked to cfDNAs in plasma. Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) are non-plasmidic, nuclear, circular and closed DNA molecules found in all eukaryotes tested. CfDNAs appear to play an important role in autoimmune diseases, inflammatory processes, and cancer; recently, interest has also grown in IBD, and their role in the pathogenesis of IBD has been suggested. We now suggest that eccDNAs also play a role in IBD. In this review, we have comprehensively collected available knowledge in literature regarding cfDNA, eccDNA, and structures involving them such as neutrophil extracellular traps and exosomes, and their role in IBD. Finally, we focused on old and novel potential molecular therapies and drug delivery systems, such as nanoparticles, for IBD treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1953
JournalCells
Volume12
Issue number15
Number of pages29
ISSN2073-4409
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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  • bioinformatics, cell-free DNA, cell-free nucleic acids, cGAS-STING, circular DNA, inflammatory bowel disease, microvescicles, molecular therapies, oligonucleotides, TLR9

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