LIN28A expression reduces sickling of cultured human erythrocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  De Vasconcellos, Jaira F ^a   Fasano, Ross M ^b   Lee, Y Terry ^a   Kaushal, Megha ^a,b   Byrnes, Colleen ^a   Meier, Emily R ^a,b   Anderson, Molly ^a   Rabel, Antoinette ^a   Braylan, Raul ^a   Stroncek, David F ^a   Miller, Jeffery L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; MICRORNA; HEMOGLOBIN F; LIN28B PROTEIN, HUMAN; MIRNLET7 MICRORNA, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE CULTURE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LET 7 GENE; LIN28A GENE; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CELL SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; LENTIVIRINAE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-GLOBINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CHILD; ERYTHROBLASTS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; MICRORNAS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84906960116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106924     Document Type: Article

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