Involvement of MicroRNA in T-Cell differentiation and malignancy

International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-49

  Saki, Najmaldin ^a   Abroun, Saeid ^a   Soleimani, Masoud ^a   Hajizamani, Saeideh ^b   Shahjahani, Mohammad ^a   Kast, Richard E ^c   Mortazavi, Yousef ^d  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IIAIGC Headquarters   (United States)

^d ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Lymphoma; MicroRNA; Oncogene; Tumor suppressor

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 122; MICRORNA 125; MICRORNA 126; MICRORNA 142 3P; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 147; MICRORNA 150; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 16; MICRORNA 17 92; MICRORNA 181A; MICRORNA 181C; MICRORNA 182; MICRORNA 19; MICRORNA 193B; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 214; MICRORNA 221; MICRORNA 222; MICRORNA 29A; MICRORNA 31; MICRORNA 326; MICRORNA 451; MICRORNA 486; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 84921745771     PISSN: 17351243     EISSN: 20082207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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