Delivery and targeting of miRNAs for treating liver fibrosis

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 341-361

  Kumar, Virender ^a   Mahato, Ram I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Extracellular matrix; Liver fibrosis; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME; LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 101; MICRORNA 107; MICRORNA 122; MICRORNA 126; MICRORNA 16; MICRORNA 200A; MICRORNA 200C; MICRORNA 214; MICRORNA 222; MICRORNA 29B; MICRORNA 34A; NANOCARRIER; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

APOPTOSIS; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROGENESIS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSLATION; ANIMAL; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICRORNAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921472505     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-014-1497-x     Document Type: Review

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