Table 4. High-probability targets of 15 silkworm miRNAs.
| No | miRNAs | Predicted targets (Known)* | Predicted targets (Novel) |
| 1 | bmo-miR-1 | Hr46, HDAC4, Delta1 | BMSR, Cjhbp, Jhe, eclosion hormone, dopa decarboxylase |
| 2 | bmo-miR-7 | Aop, HLHm3, Tom,YAN, hairy | Ptsp, ecdysteroid-regulated 16 kDa protein precursor, vas, dopa decarboxylase, Jhamt, SCF apoptosis response protein, presenilin enhancer, BMSR, Ago2, Bras1 |
| 3 | bmo-miR-8 | Ptp99A, atrophin, | Lpr4, Cdc2, BmCF1, Bras1, stathmin, Pbanr, Jhamt, trehalase |
| 4 | bmo-miR-9a | Br, Hr46, SOPs | ASE, Ago2, chiB4, Jhe, thymosin isoform 1, BRFa, Notch homolog, stathmin, |
| 5 | bmo-miR-10 | Scr, HOXA3 | E75, BmCF1, ecdysone receptor, Jhe, Eck, EN16b |
| 6 | bmo-miR-13 | Rpr, hb, | abnormal wing disc-like protein, chiB4, Lysp, Scr, MOF protein, Adamts-like protein, heptahelical receptor, Cjhbp, BMSR, Iap, notch-like protein |
| 7 | bmo-miR-14 | Br, NetA, EcR, Eip93F, Drice | E75, BmBRC, BmCF1, BmCyc b, Jhe, Sgf-1 |
| 8 | bmo-miR-31 | NetB, grim, reaper, sickle | presenilin enhancer, Adamts-like protein, Ago2, Bras2, allatostatin preprohormone, eclosion hormone, Cjhbp |
| 9 | bmo-miR-71 | - | pbp2, Ago2, ecdysone 20-hydroxylase, ecdysteroid-phosphate phosphatase, Pbanr, BRFa |
| 10 | bmo-miR-77 | - | SCF apoptosis response protein, Jhe, Iap, eclosion hormone, septin, Jhamt, 20-hydroxy-ecdysone receptor, bombyxin |
| 11 | bmo-miR-92 | Hr96 | Eck, myosin light polypeptide, BmCyc b, tropomyosin isoform 2, Boceropsin, DNA supercoiling factor, EN16b |
| 12 | bmo-miR-263a | Abd-A, Clk, dbt,tws, slo | presenilin enhancer, calreticulin, ecdysteroid-regulated 16 kDa protein precursor, Scr, allatostatin receptor, dopamine transporter, caspase-1, allatostatin receptor |
| 13 | bmo-miR-275 | Scr, Drl-2, NetA, | Bras2, Wcp4, presenilin enhancer, Pbanr, Rack1, BIR, cell death-regulatory protein |
| 14 | bmo-miR-278 | expanded | BIR, Jhamt, Iap, ecdysone receptor, allatostatin preprohormone, allatostatin receptor, Rieske-domain protein Neverland, BmCF1, Eck, thymosin isoform 2, chitinase-like protein |
| 15 | bmo-miR-iab-4-3p | - | BmDHR-2, cell death-regulatory protein, BMSR, serine/threonine protein phosphatase 6, PKG-II, Sgf-1, allatostatin preprohormone, dopa decarboxylase, Adamts-like protein, IPPI_Bm |
*
Those target genes have been predicted or confirmed in Drosophila.