Taming of macrophage and microglial cell activation by microRNA-124

Cell Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-216

  Conrad, Ashley T ^a   Dittel, Bonnie N ^a  

^a BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; MICRORNA; MIRN124 MICRORNA, HUMAN; MONOCYTE MACROPHAGE DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; MONOCYTE-MACROPHAGE DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA;

ANTIGENS, CD11B; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICROGLIA; MICRORNAS; RECEPTOR, MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR;

EID: 79651471602     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2011.9     Document Type: Article

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