Table 1.

Experimental charactering of miRNAs in epithelial cells

MicroRNAs	Potential functions in epithelial cells	References
miR-17-92,	Involved in lung epithelium morphogenesis.	[20]
MiR-203	Involved in skin Morphogenesis by targeting p65. Decreased in psoriasis and targeting SOSC3.	[21],[25]
MicroRNA-146a/b	Maintenance of lung epithelium homeostasis during inflammation. Modulation of cytokine production in lung epithelial cells. Induced by IL-1β and TGF-β1 plus cytomix.	[10],[28]
miR-1, miR-30, miR- 128, miR-196, miR- 296, miR-351, miR- 431, miR-448	Inhibition of HCV replication by targeting virus genome in hepatocytes. Induced by interferon beta.	[13]
miR-122	Permissive of HCV replication in vitro. Positively correlated with interferon therapy.	[23] [24]
miR-24,miR-93	Inhibition of VZV replication by targeting virus genome.	[22]
let-7	Promotes of C. parvum infection clearance in biliary epithelial cells. Induced by LPS and C. parvum infection.	[12]
miR-513	Regulation of immune response in biliary epithelial cells by targeting costimulatory molecular B7H1. Decrease by INF-γ.	[14]
miR-218	Decreased by smoking in lung epitheliumand and targeting MAFG.	[27]
miR-192	Decreased in inflammatory bowel diseases and targeting MIP-2.	[26]