microRNAs function in CD8+T cell biology

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 487-497

  Liang, Yan ^a   Pan, Hai Feng ^a   Ye, Dong Qing ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activation; Development; Differentiation

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

CARCINOGENESIS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; THYMOCYTES;

EID: 84928774817     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1RU0814-369R     Document Type: Review

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