MicroRNA-4717 differentially interacts with its polymorphic target in the PD1 3' untranslated region: A mechanism for regulating PD-1 expression and function in HBV-associated liver diseases

Oncotarget

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 18933-18944

  Zhang, Guoyu ^a   Li, Na ^a   Li, Zhu ^a   Zhu, Qianqian ^a   Li, Fang ^a   Yang, Cuiling ^a   Han, Qunying ^a   Lv, Yi ^a   Zhou, Zhihua ^a   Liu, Zhengwen ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3' untranslated region; Hepatitis B virus infection; MicroRNA; Programmed cell death 1; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 4717; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; MIRN4717 MICRORNA, HUMAN; PDCD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PD1 GENE; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEP-G2 CELL LINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRORNAS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84938894232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3662     Document Type: Article

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