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In particular, swine hepatitis E virus (SHEV) genotype IV is one of the main genotypes that infect humans. Open reading frame 3 (ORF3) is an important virulence protein of SHEV, which is involved in virus assembly, release, and regulation of host cell signaling pathways. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), as a type of competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA), have a closed-loop structure and are special non-coding RNA molecules. They participates in the regulation of multiple biological processes by adsorbing microRNAs (miRNAs). Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is a component of the coenzyme of flavoenzymes in the body. When there is a deficiency of riboflavin, it will affect the biological oxidation process of the host, leading to metabolic disorders. In addition, riboflavin can also affect the synthesis, transportation and decomposition of lipids in the body. It mainly maintains the normal transportation process of fat in the liver. Therefore, the deficiency of riboflavin will lead to the disorder of lipid metabolism in the body. Thus, viral hepatitis is closely related to riboflavin metabolism. However, there are very few reports on SHEV ORF3 affecting the riboflavin metabolism of target cells and thereby influencing viral infection. Therefore, this study investigates this highly significant scientific issue. (2) Methods: In the previous research of our group, adenovirus was used to mediate the overexpression of SHEV ORF3 genotype IV in HepG2 cells. Total RNA was extracted for high-throughput sequencing of circRNAs and transcriptome. KEGG functional enrichment analysis was performed on the data to identify the differentially expressed circRNAs and miRNAs after SHEV infection, and the relevant circRNA-miRNA network in the riboflavin metabolism pathway in HepG2 cells was found. (3) Results: We identified 4 circRNAs in the riboflavin metabolism pathway of HepG2 cells expressing the ORF3 protein of SHEV genotype IV and successfully found 26 relevant circRNA-miRNA networks. (4) Conclusion: We successfully screened and identified circRNAs related to riboflavin metabolism, further identifying the circRNA-miRNA network and its functional targets. For the first time, we investigated the key mechanism by which ORF3 protein influences riboflavin metabolic pathways in target cells through circRNAs, preliminarily revealing that ariboflavinosis can lead to lipid metabolic disorder in the organism. 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