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. 2015 Aug 28;4(9):1741–1752. doi: 10.3390/jcm4091741

Table 1.

Selected miRNAs important for progression of osteolytic metastasis.

miRNA Function(s) Reference(s)
miR-16 Potential circulating biomarker for bone metastasis [3]
miR-21 Functions as an oncogene [32]
Highly expressed during osteoclastogenesis [24]
Highly detected in osteoclast EVs [6]
miR-31 Inhibits breast cancer metastasis [33]
Promotes ring-shaped mature osteoclast formation [34]
miR-33a Inhibits bone metastasis by targeting PTHrP [31]
Downregulated during osteoclastogenesis [3]
miR-34a Inhibits osteoclast differentiation by targeting Tgif2 [29]
Attenuates bone metastasis [29]
miR-125a Tumor suppressor in breast cancer [32]
Upregulated during osteoclastogenesis [28]
Inhibits osteoclast differentiation by targeting TRAF6 [35]
miR-133a Inhibits osteoclast differentiation by targeting Mitf and Mmp14 [3]
miR-141 Inhibits osteoclast differentiation by targeting Mitf and Calcr [3]
miR-155 Highly expressed in invasive tumors [32]
Inhibits osteoclastogenesis by repressing MITF and PU.1 [25]
Deficiency promotes tumor growth in vivo [36]
miR-190 Inhibits osteoclast differentiation by targeting Calcr [3]
miR-192 Inhibits angiogenesis and decreases bone metastasis [37]
miR-219 Inhibits osteoclast differentiation by targeting Mitf and Traf6 [3]
miR-223 Inhibits murine osteoclast differentiation [21,22]
Decreases breast cancer cell proliferation [38]
miR-326 Potential circulating biomarker for bone metastasis [39]
miR-378 Potential circulating biomarker for bone metastasis [3]
Highly detected in osteoclast EVs [6]
Promotes cell survival, tumor growth, and angiogenesis [40]
miR-204/211/379 Inhibits TGF-β-induced IL-11 production [30]