Novel insights into the regulatory architecture of CD4+ T cells in rheumatoid arthritis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Aterido, Adrià ^a   Palacio, Carlos ^b   Marsal, Sara ^a   Ávila, Gabriela ^a   Julià, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRC5 GENE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAM66C GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIAA0101 GENE; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 84903548291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100690     Document Type: Article

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