The multifactorial nature of microRNAs in vascular remodelling

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 6-22

  Welten, S M J ^a   Goossens, E A C ^a   Quax, P H A ^a   Nossent, A Y ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; MicroRNA; Vascular remodelling

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 126; MICRORNA 143; MICRORNA 145; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 23; MICRORNA 24; MICRORNA 27; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEURYSM; ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENE CLUSTER; LIPID METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; VASCULAR REMODELING; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84966322200     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvw039     Document Type: Review

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