An evolutionarily conserved mutual interdependence between Aire and microRNAs in promiscuous gene expression

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1769-1778

  Ucar, Olga ^a   Tykocinski, Lars Oliver ^a,d   Dooley, James ^b,c   Liston, Adrian ^b,c   Kyewski, Bruno ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aire; Gene expression; MicroRNA (miRNA); Thymic epithelium

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; B7 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 202; MICRORNA 29A; MICRORNA 499; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE POOL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMISCUOUS GENE EXPRESSION; THYMUS; UPREGULATION;

AIRE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICRORNA (MIRNA); THYMIC EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF TOLERANCE; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84880009815     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201343343     Document Type: Article

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