Small interfering RNAs mediate sequence-independent gene suppression and induce immune activation by signaling through toll-like receptor 3

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6545-6549

  Karikó, Katalin ^a   Bhuyan, Prakash ^a   Capodici, John ^a   Weissman, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KERATINOCYTE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 2442705429     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.11.6545     Document Type: Article

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