Circ_0004354 might compete with circ_0040039 to induce NPCs death and inflammatory response by targeting miR-345-3p-FAF1/TP73 axis in intervertebral disc degeneration

Table 1

Basic information of the microarray dataset from GEO.

Data source.	Platform	Sample size(D/N)	Region	First author	Year	RNA type	Screening criteria
GSE67566	GPL19978	5/5	China	Lan pH	2016	circRNA	FC>5, FDR<0.01
GSE63492	GPL19449	5/5	China	Lan PH	2016	miRNA
GSE116726	GPL20712	3/3	China	Ji ML	2018	miRNA	FC>2, FDR<0.05
GSE56081	GPL15314	3/3	China	Wan Zy	2014	mRNA	FC>2, FDR<0.05

Abbreviations: GEO Gene Expression Omnibus; D degeneration, N normal; circRNA, circular RNA; miRNA, microRNA; mRNA, messenger RNA; FC, fold change; FDR, false discovery rate.