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Published in final edited form as: Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2013 Jul 18;24(1):10.1016/j.tcm.2013.05.002. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2013.05.002

Table 1.

Most important identified targets of the miR-29 family, regulating fibrosis and extracellular matrix remodeling in different organs and tissues.

Validated targets of miR-29 Species Organ; tissue Reference
ADAM12 Human Lung Cushing, L. 2010

ADAMTS9 Human Lung Cushing, L. 2010

COL1A1 Human/mouse Aorta, heart, kidney, liver, lung, skin Boon, R. 2011, Kwiecinski, M. 2011, Maegdefessel, L. 2012, Maurer, B. 2010, Qin, W. 2011, Van Rooij, E. 2008

COL1A2 Human/mouse Lung, liver Cushing, L. 2010, Sekiya, Y. 2011

COL2A1 Human/mouse Aorta, heart, kidney, liver, lung Boon, R 2011, Kwiecinski, M. 2011, Maegdefessel, L. 2012, Maurer, B. 2010, Qin, W. 2011, Van Rooij, E. 2008

COL3A1 Human/mouse Aorta, heart, kidney, liver, lung, skin Boon, R. 2011, Kwiecinski, M. 2011, Maegdefessel, L. 2012, Qin, W. 2011, Van Rooij, E. 2008

COL4A1 Human Kidney Wang, B. 2012

COL4A2 Human/mouse Bone (osteoblasts), Lung Cushing, L. 2010, Li, Z. 2009

Col5a1 Mouse Aorta Maegdefessel, L. 2012

Col5a3 Mouse Bone (osteoblasts) Li, Z. 2009

COL6A2 Human/mouse Lung Garbacki, N. 2011

COL7A1 Human Uterus (endometrium) Hawkins, S.M. 2011

COL15A1 Human Lung Cushing, L. 2010

COL21A1 Human Uterus (endometrium) Hawkins, S.M. 2011

ELN Human/mouse Aorta, heart Boon, R 2011, Maegdefessel, L. 2012, Van Rooij, E. 2008, Zhang, P. 2011

FBN1 Human/mouse Aorta, heart Maegdefessel, L. 2012, Van Rooij, E. 2008

FN1 Human Liver Sekiya, Y. 2011

MCL1 Human/mouse Aorta Merk, D. 2011

MMP2 Human/mouse Aorta, prostate Chen, K.C. 2011, Maegdefessel, L 2012, Steele, R 2010

MMP9 Human/mouse Aorta Chen, K.C. 2011, Maegdefessel, L 2012

MMP15 Human/mouse Lung Garbacki, N. 2011

MMP24 Human/mouse Lung Garbacki, N. 2011

TGFB1 Human Eye (trabecular meshwork) Luna, C. 2011

TGFB2 Human Eye (trabecular meshwork) Luna, C. 2011

Tgfb3 Mouse Bone (osteoblasts) Li, Z. 2009

ADAM metallopeptidase domain 12 = ADAM12, ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 19 = ADAMTS9, collagen = COL, elastin = ELN, fibrillin 1= FBN1, fibronectin 1 = FN1, myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 = MCL1, matrix metallopeptidase isoforms = MMP, transforming growth factor beta = TGFB