MicroRNAs in normal and psoriatic skin

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 113-122

  Xia, Jing ^a,b   Zhang, Weixiong ^a,b,c  

^a JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous siRNA; microRNA; Psoriasis; Skin development

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS SIRNA; MICRORNA; PSORIASIS; SKIN DEVELOPMENT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN;

EID: 84894067314     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00157.2013     Document Type: Review

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