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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cytotherapy. 2015 Apr 14;17(7):897–911. doi: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2015.03.607

Table 2.

MicroRNAs Differentially Expressed Among 50%, 80% and 100% BMSCs

microRNAs Confluence P-Value MSC activities
50% 80% 100%
hsa-miR-17 −3.13 −3.41 −4.18 2.9E-02 Down-regulated in aging human MSC, targeting CDKN1A63
Accelerated 3T3L1 adipocyte differentiation by targeting Rb2/p13064
promote proliferation of USSC and prevent cell cycle arrest during neuronal
lineage by targeting CCND1, E2F1, CDKN1A, PTEN, RB1, RBL1, RBL2,
WEE165
hsa-miR-20b −2.50 −3.10 −4.22 4.4E-03 up-regulated in ES-MSCs and targeting EPAS166
expressed in WJ-MSC and down-regulated during WJ-MSC neurogenesis67
hsa-miR-106b −2.40 −2.61 −3.37 1.1E-02 Up-regulated in osteo-differentiated MSCs68
promote proliferation of USSC and prevent cell cycle arrest during neuronal
lineage by targeting CCND1, E2F1, CDKN1A, PTEN, RB1, RBL1, RBL2,
WEE165
hsa-miR-29c 0.57 0.08 0.20 1.7E-02 Up-regulated in replicative senescence69, possibly targeting DNMT3A,
DNMT3B69,70
increased during osteoblastic differentiation of murine cell line and involved in
Wnt Signaling Pathway by targeting Sparc71
reduced expression of extracellular matrix genes72
hsa-miR-138 0.92 0.71 0.14 1.4E-02 Down-regulated during osteoblast differentiation of hMSCs; inhibited
osteoblast differentiation of hMSCs in vitro and reduced ectopic bone
formation in vivo by targeting FAK73
Down-regulated in osteo-differentiated MSCs68
Up-regulated in osteo-differentiated MSC49
Down-regulated during adipogenic differentiation of human ASC;
inhibited adipogenesis by targeting EID-19
up-regulated during WJ-MSC neurogenesis67
hsa-miR-26b −0.39 0.82 0.49 4.3E-03 up-regulated during osteoblast differentiation of hMSCs73
up-regulated during chondrogeneic differentiation of human BMSC, possibly
targeting COL4A1, COL2A1, and COL6A174
up-regulated expression in wound tissue at the stage of active granulation
formation75
Detected in human ES derived MSC76
hsa-miR-130b −0.62 −0.07 0.08 2.1E-02 Up-regulated in osteo-differentiated MSCs68 and chondro-differentiated
MSCs74
Detected in human ES derived MSC76
up-regulated expression in wound tissue at the stage of active granulation
formation75
hsa-miR-494 −0.23 0.20 0.59 4.9E-03 Differentially expressed in osteo-differentiated MSC with Donor variance68
hsa-miR-663 −1.40 0.36 0.93 1.4E-04 Differentially expressed in osteo-differentiated MSC with Donor variance68
Exclusively expressed in chondroblast derived from human MSC49
2 fold higher in MV than ES-MSC76
hsa-miR-638 −1.67 0.05 0.66 1.1E-05 Exclusively expressed in chondroblast derived from human MSC49
down-regulated in osteo-differentiated MSC49
2 fold higher in MV than MSC76
hsa-miR-486 −0.37 0.20 0.59 2.8E-03 Up-regulated in aging human ASCs,
induces a premature senescence-like phenotype and inhibits proliferation;
inhibits adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation by targeting SIRT177

USSC: unrestricted somatic stem cells from human cord blood. ES-MSC: human ES-derived MSC. WJ-MSC: Wharton's jelly matrix-derived mesenchymal stem cell. ASC: Adipose-tissue derived stem cell. MV: microvesicles