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Published in final edited form as: Lancet Neurol. 2013 Feb;12(2):195–206. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70309-5

Table 3.

Dysregulated miRNAs in multiple sclerosis

Sample Tissue Dysregulated miRNAs
Disease pathogenesis
Du et al (2009)129 43 RR MS, 42 healthy individuals PBL,CD4+T cells miR-326
Junker et al (2009)130 20RRMS, SPMS, PPMS,or Marburg variant; nine healthy individuals Multiple sclerosis lesions (active and inactive) Active lesions: miR-650, miR-155, miR-326, miR-142-3p, miR-146a, miR-146b, miR-34a, miR-21, miR-23a, miR-199a, miR-27a, miR-142-5p, miR-193a, miR-15a, miR-200c, miR-130a, miR-223, miR-22, miR-320, miR-214, miR-656, miR-184, miR-139, miR-23b, miR-328, miR-487b, miR-l8lc, miR-340
Lindberg et al (2010)131 Eight RR MS, ten healthy individuals CD4+T cells, CD8+T cells, B cells CD4+T cells: miR-485-3p, miR-376a, miR-1, miR-497, miR-193a, miR-200b, miR-126, miR-486, miR-17-5p, miR-34a
De Santis et al (2010)132 12 RR MS, 14 healthy individuals CD4+CD25+ T cells miR-29c, miR-107, miR-210, let-7i, miR-15a, miR-19a, miR-19b, miR-138-2*, miR-324-3p, miR-301a, miR-338-5p, miR-22, miR-512-3p, miR-564, miR-886-3p, miR-106b, miR-29a, miR-93, miR-489, miR-148a, miR-590-5p, miR-223, miR-221
Cox et al (2010)133 59 RR MS, SPMS, or PP MS; 37 healthy individuals Whole blood miR-768-3p, HS_265.1, let-7d, let-7f, let-7g, let-7i, miR-106a, miR-126, miR-126*, miR-140-5p, miR-15a, miR-15b, miR-16, miR-17, miR-20a, miR-20b, miR-211, miR-27a, miR-27b, miR-374a, miR-454, miR-510, miR-579, miR-623, miR-624*, miR-93, miR-98
Fenoglio etal (2011)134 29 RR MS, SPMS, or PP MS; 19 healthy individuals PBMCs miR-21, miR-146a, miR-146b
Paraboschi et al (2011)135 Ten RR MS, six healthy individuals PBMCs miR-155, miR-92a, let-7f, miR-19a
Guerau-de-Arellano et al (2011)136 22 RR MS, SPMS, or PP MS; 16 healthy individuals Naive CD4+ T cells miR-660, miR-5l8d-3p, miR-586, miR-128, miR-564, miR-708, miR-378, miR-346, miR-645, miR-566
Martinelli-Boneschi et al (2012)137 19 RR MS, SPMS, or PP MS; 14 healthy individuals PBMCs miR-363, miR-31*, miR-524-3p, miR-876-3p, let-7g, miR-223*, miR-550*, miR-l8lc, miR-374a*, miR-150

Disease course
Otaegui et al (2009)138 13 RR MS, eight healthy individuals PBMCs miR-l8b,miR-493, miR-599
Keller etal(2009)139 20 RR MS, 19 healthy individuals Whole blood miR-145, miR-186, miR-664, miR-20b, miR-422a, miR-142-3p, miR-584, miR-223, miR-1275, miR-491-5p
Siegel et al (2012)140 Four multiple sclerosis, four healthy individuals Plasma miR-614, miR-572, miR-1979, miR-648, miR-422a, miR-1826, miR-22
Haghikia et al (2012)141 53 RR MS, SPMS, or PP MS, 39 patients with other neurologica (non-multiple sclerosis) disease CSF miR-922, miR-l8lc, miR-633

Treatment (natalizumab)
Sieversetal(2012)142 20 RR MS, ten healthy individuals B cells Untreated multiple sclerosis: miR-515, miR-411*, miR-25, miR-16, miR-297a, miR-329, miR-299-5p, miR-520g, miR-486-5p, miR-363

For each study, only a subset of miRNAs are listed. Refer to the reference for the full list. In miRNA nomenclature, an asterisk refers to microRNAs corresponding to complementary strands of DNA. As such, the two microRNAs have different sequences and probably have distinct targets, despite similar genomic coordinates. miRNAs=microRNAs. RR MS=relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. PBL=peripheral blood leucocytes. SP MS=secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis. PP MS=primary-progressive multiple sclerosis. PBMCs=peripheral blood mononuclear cells.