Human natural Treg microRNA signature: Role of microRNA-31 and microRNA-21 in FOXP3 expression

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1608-1618

  Rouas, Redouane ^a   Fayyad Kazan, Hussein ^a   El Zien, Nabil ^a   Lewalle, Philippe ^a   Rothé, Frano̧ise ^a   Simion, Alexandru ^b   Akl, Haidar ^a   Mourtada, Mohamad ^c   El Rifai, Mohamad ^a   Burny, Arsène ^a   Romero, Pedro ^d   Martiat, Philippe ^a   Badran, Bassam ^a  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human; MicroRNA; Treg

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 125A; MICRORNA 181C; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 31; MICRORNA 374; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MIRN21 MICRORNA, HUMAN; MIRN31 MICRORNA, HUMAN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENTIVIRINAE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FETUS BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FETAL BLOOD; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67649528173     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838509     Document Type: Article

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