The piRNAs bounding to Piwil2 in the CA1 region of the transient Global Cerebral Ischemia rats hippocampus

Conclusions: In our study, we identified a cohort of piRNAs in CA1 of rats. We demonstrated directly contrast changes of piRNAs interacted with Piwil2 in CA1 after tGCI, as compared to those in HPC rats. The results of the prediction showed that DNMT3A may be a potential common target of the 7 differentially expressed piRNAs interacted with Piwil2. Therefore, we focused on the expression of DNMT3A in CA1 after tGCI with or without HPC.