MicroRNAs are universal regulators of differentiation, activation, and polarization of microglia and macrophages in normal and diseased CNS

GLIA

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-103

  Ponomarev, Eugene D ^a   Veremeyko, Tatiana ^a   Weiner, Howard L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Differentiation; Macrophages; Microglia; MicroRNAs; Myeloid cells; Neuroinflammation

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 124; MICRORNA 155;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICROGLIA; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84869171691     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.22363     Document Type: Article

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