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. 2015 May 23;72(17):3253–3266. doi: 10.1007/s00018-015-1925-z

Table 1.

Overview of miRNA-regulated chemokines in atherosclerosis

miRNA Target Effector cell Affected chemokine Role in atherosclerosis References
miR-181b Importin-α3 ECs CXCL1 Protective [58]
miR-103 KLF4 ECs

CXCL1

CCL2

Damaging Unpublished
miR-126-3p RGS16 ECs CXCL12 Protective [64]
miR-10a TAK1, β‐TRC ECs CCL2 Protective [87]
miR-92a KLF2, KLF4, SOCS5 ECs

CCL2

CXCL1?

Damaging [88]
miR-21 PPARα ECs CCL2 Damaging [79]
let-7g THBS1, TGFBR1, SMAD2 ECs CCL2 Protective [97]
miR-155 BCL6 Macrophages CCL2 Damaging [43]
miR-342-5p AKT1 Macrophages CCL2 (via miR-155) Damaging [102]
miR-467b LPL Macrophages CCL2 Protective [105]
miR-24 CHI3L1 Macrophages CCL2 Protective [108]

miR/miRNA microRNA, RGS16 regulator of G-protein signaling 16, TAK1 transforming growth factor β-activated kinase 1, β‐TRC β‐transducin repeat‐containing gene, KLF2/4 Krüppel-like factor 2/4, SOCS5 suppressor of cytokine signaling 5, TLR4 toll-like receptor 4, TRAF6 TNF receptor-associated factor 6, IRAK1/2 interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 1/2, PPARα peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α, THBS1 thrombospondin 1, TGFBR1 transforming growth factor, beta receptor 1, SMAD2 SMAD family member 2, Bcl6 B-cell lymphoma 6 protein, Akt1 v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1, CHI3L1 chitinase 3-like 1, LPL lipoprotein lipase