MicroRNAs in age-related diseases

EMBO Molecular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 180-190

  Dimmeler, Stefanie ^a,b   Nicotera, Pierluigi ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac; MicroRNA; Neurodegeneration; Senescence; Vascular

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 107; MICRORNA 122; MICRORNA 146; MICRORNA 17; MICRORNA 18; MICRORNA 181; MICRORNA 181B; MICRORNA 19; MICRORNA 20; MICRORNA 216; MICRORNA 217; MICRORNA 22; MICRORNA 223; MICRORNA 238; MICRORNA 239; MICRORNA 24; MICRORNA 246; MICRORNA 29; MICRORNA 29A; MICRORNA 29B; MICRORNA 29C; MICRORNA 31B; MICRORNA 33B; MICRORNA 34; MICRORNA 34A; MICRORNA 71; MICRORNA 92A; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOWN REGULATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; UPREGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84873298811     PISSN: 17574676     EISSN: 17574684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201201986     Document Type: Review

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