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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Drug Targets. 2010 Sep;11(9):1059–1073. doi: 10.2174/138945010792006762

Table 1.

Expression of miRNAs in Breast Cancer and their Targets

miRNA Expression in Breast Cancer Subtypes Activity Targets
let-7 family ↑L, ↑Her2−, ↓NL TS Ras[142], HMGA2[144]
miR-9 ↑ER+, ↓Her2+ Pro-metastatic CDH1[101]
miR-10a/b ↑L, ↓M, ↑Her2− OG/Pro-metastatic HOXD10[103], Tiam1[104]
miR-17-5p ↑B, ↑NL TS AIB1[88]
miR-15/16 ↓NL BCL2[153], CCND1[154]
miR-21 ↑ER+, ↓Her2+ OG/Pro-metastatic PTEN[71], TPM1[74], PDCD4[72], Maspin[73], BCL2[140], p63[75], HNRPK[75]
miR-22 ↓ER+ ERα[51]
miR-26a/b ↑PR+, ↑ER+
miR-29b ↓L, ↑Her2+ TS MCL1[155], TCL1[156], DNMT3[157], p85α[94], CDC42[94]
miR-30a-5p, -30b, -30c, -30d ↑PR+, ↑ER+
miR-31 Anti-metastatic Fzd3, ITGA5, MMP16, M-RIP, RDX and RhoA[110]
miR-107 ↑Her2− CDK6[158]
miR-125a/b ↓Her2+ Anti-metastatic/TS HER2 and HER3[78]
miR-126 ↓L, ↑Her2− TS IRS-1[107], p85β[159]
miR-130a ↓NL, ↓Her2+ GAX and HOXA5[160]
miR-143 ↑Her2− TS Raf1[161], ERK5[162]
miR-145 ↓B, ↓L, ↑Her2− Anti-metastatic/TS Raf1[161], ERK5[162]
miR-146a/b ↑NL Anti-metastatic EGFR[163], CXCR4[164], IRAK1[165], KIT[166], TRAF5[165], IL8 and IL6[108], MMP-9[108]
miR-150 ↑ER+, ↓Her2+ c-Myb[167]
miR-154 ↑Her2−
miR-182 Pro-metastatic FOXO3 and MITF[168]
miR-185 ↓ER+ AKT1, CDK6 and HMGA2[158]
miR-191 ↑ER+
miR-195 ↑Her2−
miR-200 family ↓M, ↑ER+ Anti-metastatic/TS TCF8/ZEB1 and ZEB2[6062], BMI1[37], TUBB3[100], SOX2 and Klf4[65]
miR-205 ↓M, ↑ER+, ↓Her2+ HER3[80], E2F and PKCε[169], PTEN[35], ZEB1 and ZEB2[60]
miR-206 ↓ER+, ↑NL Anti-metastatic/TS ERα[46]
miR-210 ↑ER+, Pro-metastatic EFNA3, E2F3, NPTX1, RAD52, and ACRVB1[170] RAD23B[117], EFNA3[120], ISCU1/2[121]
miR-212 ↓ER+ ZO-1[171]
miR-214 ↓L PTEN[172]
miR-221/222 ↑Her2+ FOXO3 and ERα[49]
miR-335 Anti-metastatic/TS SOX4, PTPRN2, MERTK, and TNC[106]
miR-373 ↑M Pro-metastatic/OG CD44[111], RAD23B[117], LATS2[173]
miR-520c Pro-metastatic CD44[111]

NL=Normal like, L=luminal, B=Basal, M=Metastatic disease, TS=Tumor Suppressor, OG=Oncogenic