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Experiments were conducted on porcine cardiac progenitor cells (pCPCs), bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (pMSCs) and cardiac fibroblasts (pCFs). Circularity was assessed by RNase R treatment, subsequent qPCR, gel electrophoresis and Sanger sequencing. Hypoxia experiments with\/without serum deprivation mimicked ischemia. Effects on viability with\/without hypoxia (MTT assay) and downstream miRNA targets were assessed via short interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated knockdown of circ-RCAN2 and circ-C12orf29. Following RNase R treatment, qPCR product electrophoresis demonstrated amplification of singular products for all circRNAs, with backsplice junction amplification confirmed via Sanger sequencing. Serum deprivation and hypoxia resulted in cell-specific circRNA expression patterns, with an upregulation of all candidates in pCPCs across all intervals of hypoxia, an upregulation of circ-RCAN2 and circ-C12orf29 in pMSCs with prolonged hypoxia, and no detectable dysregulation in pCFs. siRNA knockdown of circ-RCAN2 reduced pCF- and increased pMSC-viability. circ-C12orf29 knockdown increased pCPC- and reduced pMSC-viability. circ-C12orf29 knockdown also upregulated ssc-miR-21-5p and ssc-miR-181c in pCPCs, with no detectable targets for circ-RCAN2. 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