A ruminant lncRNA atlas uncovers association with epithelial development and barrier integrity

Ge Han; Junru Tian; Fenglei Zhang; Botong Zhou; Yi Wan; Huishan Yue; Miaomiao Chen; Lei Chen; Wen Wang; Zan Huang

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2026.08.002

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A ruminant lncRNA atlas uncovers association with epithelial development and barrier integrity

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2026.08.002

a. New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China;
b. Ruminant Nutrition and Feed Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
c. Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, National Center for International Research on Animal Gut Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
d. Shaanxi Institute of Microbiology, Xi'an 710043, China;
e. College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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This work was supported by grants of National Natural Science Foundation of China (32030016 and 32220103005 to W.W., 32500527 to G.H.), the New Cornerstone Investigator Program to W.W., the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (YDZX2025002 to Z.H.), the National Key R&

D Program of China (2023YFD1301801 to Z.H., 2022YFF1000100 to L.C.), the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi (2025JC-YBQN-262), and the Young Talent Fund of Xi'an Association for Science and Technology (0959202513093 to G.H.).

Received Date: 2026-02-15
Accepted Date: 2026-08-03
Rev Recd Date: 2026-08-02

Available Online: 2026-08-11

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