Long noncoding RNAs expressed in human hepatic stellate cells form networks with extracellular matrix proteins

Genome Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zhou, Chan ^a   York, Samuel R ^a   Chen, Jennifer Y ^a   Pondick, Joshua V ^a   Motola, Daniel L ^a   Chung, Raymond T ^a   Mullen, Alan C ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STELLATE CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HEPATIC STELLATE CELL; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MYOFIBROBLASTS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA, LONG NONCODING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84961664673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-016-0285-0     Document Type: Article

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