MicroRNA-181a-5p enhances cell proliferation in medullary thymic epithelial cells via regulating TGF-β signaling

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 840-849

  Guo, Dongguang ^a   Ye, Yaqiong ^a   Qi, Junjie ^a   Zhang, Lihua ^a   Xu, Lifeng ^a   Tan, Xiaotong ^a   Yu, Xiaofang ^a   Liu, Qihong ^a   Liu, Jilong ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Ma, Yongjiang ^a   Li, Yugu ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cell proliferation; miR 181a 5p; mouse thymic epithelial cell; TGF signaling; Tgfbr1

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MIRN181 MICRORNA, MOUSE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TGF-BETA TYPE I RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD3 PROTEIN; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84991666914     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmw068     Document Type: Article

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