The miR-17∼92a cluster of microRNAs is required for the fitness of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Skinner, Jarrod P J ^a   Keown, Ashleigh A ^a   Chong, Mark M W ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 17 92A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOXP3+ REGULATORY T CELL; GENE DELETION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICRORNAS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84895512959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088997     Document Type: Article

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