Circular RNAs in heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 701-709

  Devaux, Yvan ^a   Creemers, Esther E ^b   Boon, Reinier A ^c,d   Werfel, Stanislas ^e   Thum, Thomas ^f,g   Engelhardt, Stefan ^e,h   Dimmeler, Stefanie ^c   Squire, Iain ⁱ  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^g NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Circular RNAs; Heart failure; Non coding RNAs; Therapeutic targets; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CIRCULAR RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RNA, CIRCULAR;

BIOGENESIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BLOOD; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BIOMARKERS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; RNA;

EID: 85016305013     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.801     Document Type: Review

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