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Published in final edited form as: Curr Pharmacol Rep. 2015 Jan 11;1(1):21–30. doi: 10.1007/s40495-014-0013-7

Table 1.

miRNAs regulated by chemopreventive agents

Compound Experimental model miRNA Comments Ref
Butyrate HCT-116 cells imR-106b↓ Induce p21 expression [91]
Curcumin MCF7 cells miR-15a↑, miR-16↑ induce apoptosis [92]
A549/DDP cells miR-136↓, miR-186*↓ induce apoptosis [93]
BxPC-3 cells miR-22↑, miR-199a*↓ anti-tumorigenesis [94]
Gemcitabine-resistant MIAPaCa cells and BxPC-3 cells miR-200↑, miR-21↓ curcumin and analogue CDF [95]
EGCG HepG2 cells miR-16↑, let-7 family↑, miR-20a↑, miR-221↑, miR-125b↓ anti-proliferation [96]
PCa xenograft miR-330↑, miR-21↓ inhibit tumor growth [97]
Ellagitannin HepG2 cells let-7e↑, miR-370↑, miR-373*↑, and miR-526b↑ [98]
Genistein PC3 cells miR-221↓, miR-222↓ up-regulation of ARHI [99]
PC3 cells miR-1296↑ repression of MCM2 [100]
C918 cells (human uveal melanoma) miR-27a↓ up-regulation of ZBTB10 [101]
Colo357 and Panc-1 cells miR-146a↑ inhibition of pancreatic cancer cell invasion [102]
I3C/DIM Vinyl carbamate-induced mouse lung tumors miR-21↓, mir-31↓, miR-130a↓, miR-146b↓, miR-377↓ [103]
Rats exposed to cigarette smoke let-7c↑ I3C alone and combine with PEITC [104]
MiaPaCa-2, Panc-1, and Aspc-1 cells miR-200↑ reversal of EMT [105]
Colo357 and Panc-1 cells miR-146a↑ inhibition of pancreatic cancer cell invasion [102]
PEITC Rats exposed to cigarette smoke, lung tissues let-7a↑, let-7c↑, miR-99b↑, miR-123↑, miR-146↑, miR-192↑, miR-222↑ [104]
Mice exposed to cigarette smoke, lung and liver tissues let-7a↑, let-7c↑, miR-26a↑, miR-125b↑, miR-29b↓, miR-31↓, miR-135b, miR-200b↓, miR-382↓ [106]
n-3 PUFAs Rat AOM model, HCT-116 cells let-7d↑, miR-15b↑, miR-107↑, miR-191↑, miR-324-5p↑ [107]
Quercetin RAW264.7 cells miR-155↓ Anti-inflammaton [51]
Mice liver miR-122↑, miR-125b↑ [108]
Resveratrol SW480 cells miR-146-5p↑, miR-1↑, miR-17↓, miR-21↓, miR-25↓, miR-92a-2↓, miR-17-92↓ [109]
THP-1 cells, human blood monocytes miR-663↑, miR-155↓ [110]
Vitamin A Acute promyelocytic leukemia NB4 cells miR-15a↑, miR-15b↑, miR-16-1↑, let-7a-3↑, let-7c↑, let-7d↑, miR-223↑, miR-342↑, miR-107↑, miR-181b↓ [1]
Vitamin E VE-deficiency rat liver miR-122a↓, miR-125b↓ [111]