miR-124 regulates fetal pulmonary epithelial cell maturation

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 4, 2015, Pages L400-L413

  Wang, Yang ^a   Huang, Chaoqun ^a   Chintagari, Narendranath Reddy ^a   Xi, Dong ^a   Weng, Tingting ^a   Liu, Lin ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar type II cells; Fetal lung development; miR 124; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETA CATENIN; CELL MARKER; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLYCOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; MICRORNA 124; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; NUCLEAR FACTOR IB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICRORNA; MIRN124 MICRORNA, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOMARKERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICRORNAS; NFI TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PNEUMOCYTES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RNA INTERFERENCE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84939455845     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00356.2014     Document Type: Article

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