Bioinformatics-based identification of microRNA-regulated and rheumatoid arthritis-associated genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Song, Yi Jiang ^a   Li, Guiling ^b   He, Jian Hua ^a   Guo, Yao ^a   Yang, Li ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 124 3P; MICRORNA 146A 5P; MICRORNA 155 5P; MICRORNA 19B 3P; MICRORNA 203A 3P; MICRORNA 214 3P; MICRORNA 22 3P; MICRORNA 221 3P; MICRORNA 222 3P; MICRORNA 223 3P; MICRORNA 23B 3P; MICRORNA 30A 5P; MICRORNA 323A 3P; MICRORNA 34A 5P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABI3BP PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE LIKE ORPHAN RECEPTOR; ROR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SMOC2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABI3BP GENE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RNA SEQUENCE; ROR2 GENE; SMOC2 GENE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE-LIKE ORPHAN RECEPTORS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84945280883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137551     Document Type: Article

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