Canonical microRNAs in thymic epithelial cells promote central tolerance

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1313-1319

  Khan, Imran S ^a   Taniguchi, Ruth T ^a   Fasano, Kayla J ^a   Anderson, Mark S ^a   Jeker, Lukas T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aire; Central tolerance; DGCR8; MicroRNAs; Thymic epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; MICRORNA; SULFUR 35; TETRAMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MEDULLARY THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE;

AIRE; CENTRAL TOLERANCE; DGCR8; MICRORNAS; THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELLS;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICRORNAS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84899547547     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201344079     Document Type: Article

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