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Table 1.

Selected milk-derived miRs and their potential impact on metabolism

Milk-derived miR	Ref.	miR function in metabolism	Ref.
miR-21	50	miR-21: Inhibition of various tumor suppressor gene mRNAs (PTEN, Spouty1, Sprouty2, PDCD4)	[63-72,75]
miR-21	50	Increased adipogenesis	[100-102]
miR-29a	54	miR-29a: Down-regulation of Insig-1 with increased lipogenesis and adipocyte differentiation	[106]
miR-29a	54		[107,108]
miR-29b	51	miR-29b: Reduction of BCKD and reduced BCAA catabolism	[111]
miR-29b	51	miR-29b: Reduction of BCKD and reduced BCAA catabolism	[110]
miR-103	51	miR-103: Increased adipogenesis	[100,105]
miR-155	51	miR-155: Reduction of brown adipose tissue and thermogenesis	[109]
Let-7a, b, c, f	51	Let-7: overexpression results in insulin resistance and disturbed glucose homeostasis	[120,122]