MicroRNAs in respiratory disease: A clinician's overview

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1277-1285

  Brown, Derek ^a   Rahman, Mohammad ^b   Nana Sinkam, S Patrick ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Epigenetics; Gene; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOGENESIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOMARKERS; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84912129728     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201404-179FR     Document Type: Article

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