title: MicroRNAs and immunity: tiny players in a big field.
abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are found in most metazoan organisms as well as in viruses and are implicated in an increasingly wide variety of biological processes in animals. Here, Taganov et al. discuss the role of miRNAs in the innate immune response to microbial infection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Konstantin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Taganov
authors.forename: Mark P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Boldin
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baltimore
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020868:Gene Silencing / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D007239:Infections / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000276:immunology*; D018448:Models, Immunological; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs