Transcriptome analysis of murine thymic epithelial cells reveals age-associated changes in microRNA expression

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 835-842

  Guo, Zhibin ^a   Chi, Feng ^a   Song, Yan ^a   Wang, Changshan ^a   Yu, Ruoxing ^a   Wei, Tianli ^a   Gui, Jingang ^b   Zhu, Xike ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Involution; MicroRNA; Thymic stroma

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 148B; MICRORNA 150; MICRORNA 154 3P; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 181A; MICRORNA 181B; MICRORNA 181C; MICRORNA 192; MICRORNA 194; MICRORNA 19A; MICRORNA 19B; MICRORNA 24; MICRORNA 322; MICRORNA 382 3P; MICRORNA 431; MICRORNA 465A 3P; MICRORNA 93; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; THYMOCYTE; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICRORNAS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84883338218     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2013.1471     Document Type: Article

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