A perturbed MicroRNA expression pattern characterizes embryonic neural stem cells derived from a severe mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 18312-18327

  Luchetti, Andrea ^a   Ciafrè, Silvia Anna ^a   Murdocca, Michela ^a   Malgieri, Arianna ^a   Masotti, Andrea ^b   Sanchez, Massimo ^c   Farace, Maria Giulia ^a   Novelli, Giuseppe ^a   Sangiuolo, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

microRNAs (miRNAs); Motor neurons (MNs); Neural stem cells (NSCs); Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); Survival motor neuron (SMN)

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 100; MICRORNA 335; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SMN1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; MTS ASSAY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICRORNAS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MUTATION; NEURAL STEM CELLS; SPINAL CORD; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84938852273     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms160818312     Document Type: Article

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