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In this article, we identified the differentially expressed circRNAs (DEcircRNAs) in vitiligo patients before and after the administration of methylprednisolone. Total RNA was extracted from the peripheral blood of patients with vitiligo, and samples were hybridized into a circRNA array. A total of 375 (51 upregulated and 324 downregulated) circRNAs were differentially expressed. Box, scatter, volcano, and heatmap plots were generated to classify the samples. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analyses were performed on DEcircRNAs. These DEcircRNAs were enriched in vitiligo-related biological processes, such as ferroptosis, organic substance transport, protein metabolic process, and cellular component organization or biogenesis. Two different databases, TargetScan and miRanda, were used to predict circRNA\/miRNA interactions. Several circRNA\/miRNA interactions were involved in ferroptosis. 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