Identification of microRNAs That Regulate TLR2-Mediated Trophoblast Apoptosis and Inhibition of IL-6 mRNA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Garg, Manish ^a   Potter, Julie A ^a   Abrahams, Vikki M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 149; MICRORNA 155 5P; MICRORNA 23A; MICRORNA 23B; MICRORNA 329; MICRORNA 347; MICRORNA LET 7C; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MICRORNAS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84885445127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077249     Document Type: Article

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