The role of microRNAs in human neural stem cells, neuronal differentiation and subtype specification

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-64

  Stappert, Laura ^a   Roese Koerner, Beate ^a   Brüstle, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell fate specification; Human neural stemcells; MicroRNAs; Neural development; Neuronal subtypes

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 124; MICRORNA 125; MICRORNA 125B; MICRORNA 129; MICRORNA 132; MICRORNA 133B; MICRORNA 134; MICRORNA 135A; MICRORNA 137; MICRORNA 153; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 17; MICRORNA 181A; MICRORNA 184; MICRORNA 187; MICRORNA 196; MICRORNA 214; MICRORNA 222; MICRORNA 273; MICRORNA 324; MICRORNA 7A; MICRORNA 9; MICRORNA LET 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL FATE; CELL RENEWAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS;

EID: 84922724583     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-1981-y     Document Type: Review

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