MicroRNAs of the miR-17∼92 family are critical regulators of T FH differentiation

Nature Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 849-857

  Kang, Seung Goo ^a   Liu, Wen Hsien ^a   Lu, Peiwen ^b   Jin, Hyun Yong ^a   Lim, Hyung W ^c   Shepherd, Jovan ^a   Fremgen, Daniel ^a   Verdin, Eric ^c   Oldstone, Michael B A ^a   Qi, Hai ^a   Teijaro, John R ^a   Xiao, Changchun ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 17; MICRORNA 92; PHLPP2 PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDUCIBLE T-CELL CO-STIMULATOR PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICRORNAS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84880767787     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2648     Document Type: Article

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