Table 1. MicroRNAs are involved in the cancer-causing process .
Type of cancer | microRNA | Target gene | Role in cancer | Reference |
Liver cancer | miR-503 | VEGF-A and FGF2 | Inhibition of angiogenesis | 65 |
Ovarian cancer | miR-125b | HIF-1a, VEGF, HER2, HER3 | Inhibition of angiogenesis | 66 |
Bladder cancer | miR-200 family (miR-200a/200b/200c/141/429) | ZEB | EMT/MET process | 67 |
Colorectal cancer | miR-34a | Snail, ZNF281, IL-6R | EMT process | 68 |
Breast cancer | miR-335 | SOX4, TNC | migration and invasion | 69 |
Gastric cancer | MiR-503 | Notch and IGF1R | EMT process | 70 |
Non-small cell lung cancer | MiR-194 | BMI-1 | migration and invasion | 70 |
Glioma cancer | MiR-128 | E2F3a | cell growth | 71 |
EMT, Epithelial-mesenchymal transition; MET, mesenchymal-epithelial transition.