Intercellular transport of MicroRNAs

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-192

  Boon, Reinier A ^a   Vickers, Kasey C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

exosomes; extracellular RNA; high density lipoprotein; intercellular communication; microparticles; microRNA

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 126; MICRORNA 143; MICRORNA 145; MICRORNA 146B; MICRORNA 150; MICRORNA 16; MICRORNA 222; MICRORNA 223; MICRORNA 27A; RECOMBINANT APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXOSOME; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE TARGETING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; MEMBRANE MICROPARTICLE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL-DERIVED MICROPARTICLES; EXOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MICRORNAS; PHENOTYPE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84872932538     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.300139     Document Type: Article

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