Long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of the immune response

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 408-419

  Heward, James A ^a   Lindsay, Mark A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive immune response; Antisense; Innate immune response; LincRNA, inflammation; Long noncoding RNA

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; AUTACOID;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENHANCER REGION; FIBROBLAST; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RNA, LONG NONCODING; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84922532533     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: 14714981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2014.07.005     Document Type: Review

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