Dicer-dependent microRNA pathway safeguards regulatory T cell function

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1993-2004

  Liston, Adrian ^a,b   Lu, Li Fan ^a   O'Carroll, Donal ^c,d   Tarakhovsky, Alexander ^c   Rudensky, Alexander Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICER; MICRORNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL FUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICRORNAS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 51049110261     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20081062     Document Type: Article

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