MicroRNA regulation of T-cell development

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-64

  Dooley, James ^a,b   Linterman, Michelle A ^c   Liston, Adrian ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Dendritic cells; Gene regulation; T cells; Th1 Th2 Th17 cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DICER; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 128; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 27B; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY CELL; APOPTOSIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HELPER CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MICRORNA 17; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICRORNAS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84875769973     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12049     Document Type: Review

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