Disruption of miR-29 Leads to Aberrant Differentiation of Smooth Muscle Cells Selectively Associated with Distal Lung Vasculature

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Cushing, Leah ^a   Costinean, Stefan ^b   Xu, Wei ^c   Jiang, Zhihua ^a   Madden, Lindsey ^a   Kuang, Pingping ^a   Huang, Jingshu ^c   Weisman, Alexandra ^d   Hata, Akiko ^d,e   Croce, Carlo M ^f   Lü, Jining ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c College of Physicians & Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROGIN 1; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MICRORNA 29; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; FBXO32 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MICRORNA; MIRN29 MICRORNA, MOUSE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUNG; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LUNG; MICE; MICRORNAS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY; SKP CULLIN F-BOX PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 84930802235     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005238     Document Type: Article

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