Emerging roles of microRNAs in neural stem cells

Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 234-243

  Wang, Sheng ^a   Xu, Juan ^b   Ye, Rui ^a   Wang, Jing ^c   Chen, Zhaozhao ^a   Huang, Renhuan ^a   Peng, Qiang ^a   Xu, Yuanzhi ^c   Cai, Xiaoxiao ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Adult neural stem cell; Differentiation; Embryonic neural stem cell; MicroRNAs; Proliferation; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84904460794     PISSN: 1574888X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1574888X09666140213201846     Document Type: Article

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