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. 2015 Feb;4(1):24–33. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2304-3881.2015.01.05

Table 2. Antifibrotic miRNAs.

miRNA Models/site of action Function Target genes Reference
miR-29 IFNα & TGFβ1 stimulated HSC (human, mouse) ↓ ECM synthesis FBN1, ELN1, MMP2, ITGB1, Col1a1, Col1a2, Col4a5, Col5a3 (59)
miR-150 Activated HSC, NASH (rat, human) ↓ Activation and proliferation in HSC c-myb, Col4A4, Sp1 (60)
miR-132 Activated HSC from CCl4-treated, and BDL-livers (mouse) ↓ PPARγ transcription MeCP2 (61)
miR-122 NASH,ALD (human) ↓ Proliferation and activation of HSCs P4HA1 (62)
miR-335 Activated HSC (rat) ↓ Cell migration TNC (63)
miR-101 Activated HSC from CCl4-treated (mouse) ↓ TGFβ, signaling, apoptosis CTGF, TSP-1, KLF6 (64)
miR-107/miR-449a HCV (human) ↓ NFκB transcription YKL40, NOTCH-1 (65)
miR-200a/b TGFβ-induced HSC, CCl4-treated (mouse, rat, human) ↓ TGFβ dependent EMT, proliferation ZEB1/2, TGFβ2, β-catenin (66,67)
miR-126 Activated HSC(rat) ↓ Migration of HSC CRK (68)
miR-483 HSC, CCl4-treated (mouse) ↓ TGFβ-induced PDGFβ and TIMP2 expression Socs3 (69)
miR-195 Activated HSC (human) ↓ Cell proliferation CyclinE1 (70)
miR-15b/16 Activated HSC (rat) ↑ Apoptosis Bcl-2 (48)
miR-133 TGFβ-treated HSC (mouse, human) ↑ ECM secretion Col1A1 (71)
miR-146a CCl4-treated, TGF-β1-treated HSCs (rat) ↓ Proliferation of HSC SMAD4 (72)
miR-19b Activated HSC (rat, human) ↓ Fibrotic TGF-β signaling TGF-βRII (43)