MicroRNA-23a/b and microRNA-27a/b suppress Apaf-1 protein and alleviate hypoxia-induced neuronal apoptosis

Cell Death and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Q ^a   Xu, J ^a   Li, L ^a   Li, H ^a   Mao, S ^a   Zhang, F ^a   Zen, K ^a   Zhang, C Y ^a   Zhang, Q ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brain development; Fetal distress; MicroRNA; Neuron

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 23A; MICRORNA 23B; MICRORNA 24; MICRORNA 27A; MICRORNA 27B; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CELL HYPOXIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICRORNAS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84897410269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20414889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.92     Document Type: Article

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