MicroRNAs as therapeutic targets in cardiomyopathies: Myth or reality?

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 439-448

  Nair, Nandini ^a   Gongora, Enrique ^b  

^a Heart Institute of Spokane   (United States)

^b Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; microRNA; molecular signatures; therapeutic targets

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE;

EID: 84919331003     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2014-0026     Document Type: Review

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