MicroRNA in immunity and autoimmunity

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1039-1050

  Zhu, Shu ^a,b   Pan, Wen ^a,b   Qian, Youcun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Autoimmunity; Immunity; Inflammation; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOGENESIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MICRORNAS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84884285138     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-013-1043-z     Document Type: Review

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