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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). Circular RNAs (circRNAs) act as key regulators of DR development by regulating inflammation and angiogenesis. This study aimed to elucidate the function and mechanism of hsa_circ_0000047 in DR. High glucose (HG) was used to induce human retinal microvascular endothelial cells (hRMECs) to construct a DR model in vitro. Qualitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) or western blotting were used to detected the levels of hsa_circ_0000047, miR-6720-5p, and CYB5R2 in DR and HG-indeced hRMECs. Cell functional experiments were performed to detect the change of viability, inflammation, migration, invasion, and angiogenesis of HG-induced hRMECs. Besides, the correlation between miR-6720-5p and hsa_circ_0000047/CYB5R2 was confirmed by luciferase assay and Pearson correlation analysis. hsa_circ_0000047 and CYB5R2 were downregulated in DR, whereas miR-6720-5p was upregulated in DR. Cell functional experiments showed that hsa_circ_0000047 overexpression restrained viability, inflammation, migration, invasion, and angiogenesis of HG-induced hRMECs. Regarding mechanism, hsa_circ_0000047 could sponge miR-6720-5p to regulate CYB5R2 expression in hRMECs. Additionally, CYB5R2 knockdown reversed the effects of hsa_circ_0000047 overexpression on HG-induced hRMECs. Our study revealed that hsa_circ_0000047 alleviated inflammation and angiogenesis in HG-induced hRMECs by targeting the miR-6720-5p/CYB5R2 axis, which may be a novel biomarker for DR therapy.
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