Tuning the cell fate of neurons and glia by microRNAs

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 928-934

  Bian, Shan ^a   Xu, Tian le ^b   Sun, Tao ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 9; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SPECIFICITY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE CONTROL; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL EXPANSION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 84887408925     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.08.002     Document Type: Review

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