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. 2023 Jun 15;14(6):656–679. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v14.i6.656

Table 1.

List of various circulating microRNAs reported in diabetes mellitus individuals

Mechanism/pathway (diabetes type)
Expression of miRNAs
Ref.
Endothelial dysfunction (T2DM) ↑miR-28-3p [87]
↓miR-24
↓miR-21
↓miR-20b
↓miR-15a
↓miR-126
↓miR-191
↓miR-197
↓miR-223
↓miR-320
↓miR-486
↓miR-150
↓miR-29b
↓miR-107
↓miR-132
↓miR-144
Glucose metabolism (T2DM) ↑miR-9 [88]
↑miR-29a
↑miR-30d
↑miR-34a
↑miR-124a
↑miR-146a
↑miR-375
Inflammation (T2DM) ↓miR-146a [89]
Glucose metabolism (T2DM) ↑miR-27a [90]
↑miR-320a
Glucose metabolism (T2DM) ↓miR-126 [91-93]
Inflammation (T2DM) ↓miR-103b [94]
Inflammation (T2DM) ↓miR-126-3p [95]
↓miR-21-5p
Inflammation (T2DM) ↓miR-126 [96]
Endothelial dysfunction (T2DM) ↓miR-126 [97]
↓miR-26a
Glucose metabolism (T2DM) ↓miR-21 [98]
Inflammation (T2DM) ↓miR-126-3p [99]
Endothelial dysfunction (T2DM) ↓miR-24 [100]
Platelet reactivity (T2DM) ↓miR-223 [101]
↓miR-26b
↓miR-126
↓miR-140
Glucose metabolism (T2DM) ↑miR-375 [102]
↑miR-9
Glucose metabolism (T2DM) ↑miR-30a-5p [103]
↑miR-150
↓miR-103
↓miR-28-3p
↓miR-29a
↓miR-9
↓miR-15a
↓miR-126
↓miR-145
↓miR-375
↓miR-223
↓miR-133
↓miR-107
Endothelial dysfunction (miR-126); hypoxia (miR-210) (T2DM) ↓miR-126 [104]
↑miR-210
Angiogenesis (T2DM) ↑miR-193b-3p [105]
↑let-7i-5p
↑miR-199a-3-5p
↑miR-26b-5p
↑miR-30b-5p
↑miR-374a-5p
↑miR-20a-3p
↑miR-26a-5p
↑miR-30c-5p
↓miR-409-3p
↓miR-95-3p
Apoptosis (T1DM) ↑miR-21 [106,107]
↓miR-23a-3p [108]
↓miR-23b-3p
↓miR-149-5p
Inflammation (T1DM) ↑miR-101a [109]
↑miR-30b
-cell dysfunction (T1DM) ↑miR-106b-5p [110,111]
↑miR-222-3p
↑miR-181a
T-cell dysfunction (T1DM) ↑miR-26a [112]
↑miR-98 [113]
↑miR-23b
↑miR-590-5p
-cell lymphopoiesis (T1DM) ↑miR-34a [114]
DNA damage checkpoint (T1DM) ↑miR-200 [115]
Apoptosis (T1DM) ↓miR-144 [116]
Autoimmune imbalance (T1DM) ↓miR-146a [117]
MODY ↑miR-103 [118]
MODY ↑miR-224
Glucose metabolism (GDM) ↑miR-222 [119]
↑miR-98 [120]
↑miR-518d [121]
↑miR-340 [122]
↑miR-130b, miR148a [123]
-cell dysfunction (GDM) ↑miR-33a-5p [124]
↑miR-330-3p [125]
↓miR-494 [126]
↓miR-96 [127]
↓miR-221 [128]

miRNAs: MicroRNAs; T1DM: Type 1 diabetes mellitus; T2DM: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; GDM: Gestational diabetes mellitus; MODY: Maturity-onset diabetes of young.