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MicroRNAs, transforming growth factor beta-1, and tissue fibrosis.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Jan 2013
Bowen Timothy, Jenkins Robert H, Fraser Donald J
Abstract excerpt
MicroRNAs are short noncoding RNA regulators that repress synthesis of their targets post-transcriptionally. On average, each microRNA is estimated to regulate several hundred protein-coding genes, and about 60% of proteins are thought to be regulated by microRNAs in total. A subset of these genes, including the key profibrotic cytokine transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1), exhibits particularly strong...
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