Mini Review: Circular RNAs as potential clinical biomarkers for disorders in the central nervous system

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue APR, 2016, Pages

  Lu, Dan ^a   Xu, An Ding ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Central nervous system; Circular RNAs; Exosome; Non coding RNAs

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; ARF PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CIRCULAR RNA; CIRS 7; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INK4 PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 7; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXOSOME; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE MICROPARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTONEUROSOME; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84964850496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2016.00053     Document Type: Short Survey

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