MicroRNA profiling in the mouse hypothalamus reveals oxytocin-regulating microRNA.
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SUBMITTER: Choi JW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3716862 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
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MicroRNA profiling in the mouse hypothalamus reveals oxytocin-regulating microRNA.
Choi Ji-Woong JW Kang Sung-Min SM Lee Youngkyun Y Hong Su-Hyung SH Sanek Nicholas A NA Young W Scott WS Lee Heon-Jin HJ
Journal of neurochemistry 20130611 3
Oxytocin (Oxt), produced in the hypothalamic paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei for transport to and release from the posterior pituitary, was originally discovered through its role in lactation and parturition. Oxt also plays important roles in the central nervous system by influencing various behaviors. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), endogenous regulators of many genes, are a class of small non-coding RNAs that mediate post-transcriptional gene silencing. We performed miRNA expression profiling of the ...[more]
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