MicroRNAs, heart failure, and aging: potential interactions with skeletal muscle

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 209-218

  Murach, Kevin A ^a   McCarthy, John J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Exosomes; Heart failure; MicroRNA; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1; MICRORNA 122A; MICRORNA 124A; MICRORNA 133A; MICRORNA 133B; MICRORNA 199; MICRORNA 206; MICRORNA 208; MICRORNA 208A; MICRORNA 208B; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 214; MICRORNA 24; MICRORNA 29B; MICRORNA 486; MICRORNA 499; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AGING; BIOGENESIS; CARDIAC MUSCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; EXOSOME; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; EXOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84978152166     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-016-9572-5     Document Type: Review

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