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editorial
. 2011 Dec 28;17(48):5231–5239. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i48.5231

Table 1.

miRNAs associated with different histological lesions of the gastrointestinal tract

Organ Pathology Overexpressed miRNAs Downregulated miRNAs Ref.
Esophagus Barrett’s mucosa miR-15b; miR-21; miR-25; miR-143; miR-145; miR-192; miR-194; miR-196a; miR-200c; miR-215 let-7a; let-7c; miR-125b; miR-203; miR-205; miR-486-5p [30,31-33,35, 37]
LG-IEN miR-192; miR-196a; miR-215 let-7c; miR-203; miR-205 [32,35]
HG-IEN miR-15b; miR-21; miR-125b; miR-192;miR-196a; miR-200a*; miR-215 let-7a; let-7c; miR-181b; miR-193b; miR-203; miR-205; miR-486-5p [30,31-33,35, 36]
Neosquamous epithelium miR-143 - [38]
Stomach H. pylori-related gastritis miR-21; miR-146a; miR-155; miR-223 let-7f; miR-34b; miR-34c; miR-124a-1; miR-124a-2; miR-124a-3; miR-141; miR-200a; miR-203; miR-204; miR-455 [43,45,47,49, 50,53,56,58]
Atrophic gastritis - let-7a [55]
Colon Traditional adenoma miR-21; miR-135 miR-143; miR-145 [65]
Serrated adenoma miR-21; miR-181b - [70,71]
Hyperplastic polyp miR-181b - [71]
Crohn's disease miR-9; miR-9*; miR-21; miR-22; miR-23b; miR-26a; miR-29b; miR-29c; miR-30a; miR-30b; miR-30c; miR-31; miR-34c-5p; miR-106a; miR-126; miR-126*; miR-127-3p; miR-130a; miR-133b; miR-146a; miR-146b-5p; miR-150; miR-155; miR-181c miR-191; miR-196a; miR-223; miR-324-3p; miR-375 miR-19b; miR-629 [75,79]
Ulcerative colitis let-7f; mIR-7; miR-16; miR-21; miR-23a; miR-24; miR-29a; miR-29b; miR-31; miR-126; miR-126*; miR-127-3p; miR-135b; miR-223; miR-324-3p; miR-195; miR-196 miR-188-5p; miR-192; miR-215; miR-320a; miR-346; miR-375; miR-422b [75,79]
IBD dysplasia miR-31 - [80]

LG-IEN: Low-grade-intraepithelial neoplastic lesions; HG-IEN: High-grade-intraepithelial neoplastic lesions; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease.