Long non-coding RNAs as regulators of the endocrine system

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 151-160

  Knoll, Marko ^a   Lodish, Harvey F ^a   Sun, Lei ^b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; GLUCOSE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; BREAST CANCER; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ENHANCER REGION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND FUNCTION; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; METABOLISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; RNA, LONG NONCODING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84923643088     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2014.229     Document Type: Review

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