MicroRNAs in atherosclerosis

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 631-640

  Chen, Ku Chung ^a   Hank Juo, Suh Hang ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1; MICRORNA 10A; MICRORNA 125B; MICRORNA 126; MICRORNA 143; MICRORNA 145; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 147; MICRORNA 150; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 200; MICRORNA 208; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 210; MICRORNA 217; MICRORNA 221; MICRORNA 222; MICRORNA 24; MICRORNA 26A; MICRORNA 29; MICRORNA 34A; MICRORNA 365; MICRORNA 663; MICRORNA LET 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOAM CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICRORNAS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RISK FACTORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 84870878801     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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