Roles of lncRNAs in pancreatic beta cell identity and diabetes susceptibility

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Pullen, Timothy J ^a   Rutter, Guy A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beta cell; Cell identity; Genome wide association studies; Islets of langerhans; lncRNAs; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANRIL LONG NONCODING RNA; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MICRORNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL;

EID: 84906239043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00193     Document Type: Article

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