Dual Role of miR-21 in CD4+ T-Cells: Activation-Induced miR-21 Supports Survival of Memory T-Cells and Regulates CCR7 Expression in Naive T-Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Smigielska Czepiel, Katarzyna ^a   van den Berg, Anke ^a   Jellema, Pytrick ^a   Slezak Prochazka, Izabella ^a   Maat, Henny ^a   van den Bos, Hilda ^a   van der Lei, Roelof Jan ^a   Kluiver, Joost ^a   Brouwer, Elisabeth ^a   Boots, Anne Mieke H ^a   Kroesen, Bart Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; MICRORNA 21;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD28; ANTIGENS, CD3; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICRORNAS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CCR7; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84885035826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076217     Document Type: Article

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