Table 7.

miRNAs differentially expressed in milk and their function during development

miRNA	Function	Reference
miR-148	Growth and development of normal tissues	[52, 61]
miR-184	Development of central nervous system and regulates the balance between the neural stem cell proliferation and differentiation	[62–64]
let-7b	Neural stem cell differentiation and proliferation	[63]
let-7 s	During embryonic development regulates the timing of terminal differentiation	[65, 66]
miR-122	Liver-specific and key role in liver development	[67–69]
miR-22	Neural system and erythroid development and maturation	[70, 71]
miR-375	Highly expressed in hormone secreting organs (pancreas and pituitary gland) and regulate pancreas organogenesis	[72–74]
miR-204	Lens and retinal development	[75, 76]
miR-30	Kidney development by regulating Xenopus pronephros development	[77]