MicroRNAs in pulmonary arterial remodeling

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 4479-4494

  Grant, Jennifer S ^a   White, Kevin ^a   MacLean, Margaret R ^a   Baker, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; MicroRNAs; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Remodeling; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 143; MICRORNA 145; MICRORNA 17; MICRORNA 204; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 424; MICRORNA 503; MICRORNA 92; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ATRIAL REMODELING; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84889888153     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1382-5     Document Type: Review

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