MicroRNAs as novel regulators of angiogenesis

Circulation Research

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 442-454

  Suárez, Yajaira ^a   Sessa, William C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dicer; Endothelial cells; Gene expression; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BIM PROTEIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; DICER; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; EPHRIN A3; MICRORNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P85; RIBONUCLEASE III; STEM CELL FACTOR; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; ANGIOGENIC PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTISENSE THERAPY; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANGIOGENIC PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 61949361268     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.191270     Document Type: Review

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