Sequences derived from self-RNA containing certain natural modifications act as suppressors of RNA-mediated inflammatory immune responses

International Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 607-619

  Tluk, Sibylle ^a   Jurk, Marion ^a   Forsbach, Alexandra ^a   Weeratna, Risini ^a   Samulowitz, Ulrike ^a   Krieg, Arthur M ^a   Bauer, Stefan ^b   Vollmer, Jörg ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methylation; Oligoribonucleotide; RNA; siRNA; TLR7; TLR8

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 8;

EID: 65549109425     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxp030     Document Type: Article

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