Regulation of cardiac cell fate by microRNAs: Implications for heart regeneration

Cells

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 996-1026

  Gama Carvalho, Margarida ^a   Andrade, Jorge ^a   Brás Rosário, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiac regeneration; Cell differentiation; Gene regulation; MicroRNAs

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1; MICRORNA 133; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MIRNA GENE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 85056746722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cells3040996     Document Type: Review

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