Long Noncoding RNAs in Metabolic Syndrome Related Disorders

Figure 2

Types of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs). Noncoding RNAs are classified into housekeeping and regulatory noncoding RNAs. Housekeeping ncRNAs include ribosomal (rRNA), transfer (tRNA), small nuclear (snRNA), and small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs). Regulatory noncoding RNAs are divided into short ncRNAs (<200 nucleotides) or long ncRNAs (>200 nucleotides) including microRNAs (miRNAs), small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), Piwi-associated RNAs (piRNAs), antisense RNAs (asRNAs), and enhancer RNAs (eRNAs).