Autoimmune regulator (Aire) controls the expression of microRNAs in medullary thymic epithelial cells

Immunobiology

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 554-560

  Macedo, Claudia ^a   Evangelista, Adriane F ^a   Marques, Márcia M ^a,b   Octacílio Silva, Shirlei ^a,c   Donadi, Eduardo A ^a   Sakamoto Hojo, Elza T ^a   Passos, Geraldo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BARRETOS CANCER HOSPITAL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoimmune regulator (Aire); Control of miRNA transcription; Medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs); MicroRNAs (miRNA); Transcription factor miRNA

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; G BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 376; MICRORNA 376A; MICRORNA 376B; MICRORNA 376BC; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; THYMUS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LOCI; MICE; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84875279378     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: 18783279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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