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. 2015 Jul 1;88:78–91. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2015.05.003

Table 2.

Possible miR targets for vascular tissue engineering dedicated to patients.

miR Target Targeted cells Modulation Modulation strategy/factor Outcome Ref
17–92 Jak1 EC Downregulation Antagomir Increased angiogenesis [153]
217 SIRT1 EC Downregulation Antagomir Reduced senescence and increased angiogenesis [73]
34 Vinculi, Notch1, semaphorin 4B EC Downregulation LNA Increased angiogenesis [76]
143/145 Klf-2 EC, VSMC Upregulation Laminar shear stress Inhibit VSMC dedifferentiation [109]
19a Cyclin D1 EC Upregulation Laminar shear stress Induce endothelial senescence [154]
155 MYLK EC Upregulation Laminar shear stress Inhibit EC proliferation and migration [155]
92a Klf-2/4 EC Upregulation Low shear stress Induce endothelial inflammation [156]
663 Klf-4 EC Upregulation Oscillatory shear stress Induce endothelial inflammation [157]
126-5p Dlk-1 EC Downregulation Disturbed flow and low shear stress Inhibit EC proliferation [158]
10a MAP3K7 EC Downregulation Disturbed flow and low shear stress Induce EC inflammation, hyperpermeability [159]
205/712 TIMP3 VSMC Upregulation Disturbed flow Induce VSMC migration [160]
126 SPRED-1, PIK3R2 EC Upregulation Blood flow Pro-angiogenic [161]
17-5p TIMP1 HUVEC Upregulation VEGF Pro-angiogenic [162]
18a Tsp1 HUVEC Upregulation VEGF Pro-angiogenic [162]
31 UD HUVEC Upregulation VEGF Pro-angiogenic [162]
155 ATR1 EC Upregulation VEGF Pro-angiogenic [162]
210 Ephrin A3 EC Upregulation Hypoxia Pro-angiogenic [65]
424 CUL2 EC Upregulation Hypoxia Pro-angiogenic [85]
200c Zeb1 EC Upregulation ROS Induce EC death and senescence [86]
217 SirT1 EC Downregulation Antagomir Reduce senescence in ageing EC [73]
34 SirT1 EC Downregulation Antagomir Reduce senescence in ageing EC [88]
503 CCNE1, cdc25A EC Downregulation Adenovirus-mediated miR-503 decoy delivery Enhance post LI vascular repair [90]
101 EZH2 HUVEC Downregulation Antagomir Increased EC tube formation and migration [91]
132 RasGTPase activating protein, methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 Pericytes Downregulation Antagomir Decreased pericyte capacity to improve contractility, reparative angiogenesis [78]
143/145 Elk-1, Klf-4 VSMC Downregulation Antagomir Induction of synthetic phenotype [106]
221/222 p27 (Kip1), p57 (Kip2) VSMC Downregulation 2′-O-methyl modified antagomir Induction of contractile phenotype [110]
21 Pten, Bcl2 VSMC Upregulation TGF-b and BMP signalling Induction of contractile phenotype [114]
21 PDCD4, Sprouty-2, PPAR VSMC Upregulation Hypoxia Induction of synthetic phenotype [114]
24 Trb3 VSMC Upregulation PDGF β Induction of synthetic phenotype [112]
34a SIRT1 VSMC Upregulation miR-34a mimic Induction of cell cycle arrest [116]
29a VDAC1/2 VSMC, fibroblasts Downregulation miR-29a inhibitor Induce elastin production [115]
99b, 181a, 181b Prox1 hESC Upregulation Lentiviral Enhance efficiency of EC lineage commitment, improved post ischemic blood flow recovery [11]
200c, 150 Zeb1 hESC Upregulation Precursor miR-200c, 150 Induce differentiation to EC [122]
145 KLF-4/5 hESC Upregulation Precursor miR-145 Induce differentiation to VSMC [126]
1 KLF-4 mESC Upregulation miR-1 mimic Induce differentiation to VSMC [128]
10a histone deacetylase 4 mESC Downregulation Inhibitor Reduction in VSMC differentiation [130]
15a/16 VEGF-A, AKT-3 EPC Downregulation Antagomir Improved survival and migratory capacity [83]
150 CXCR4 MNC Downregulation Lentiviral Increased MNC migration from bone marrow to peripheral blood [133]

ECs: endothelial cells, VSMCs: vascular smooth muscle cells, HUVECs: human umbilical vein endothelial cells, hESCs: human embryonic stem cells, mESCs: mouse embryonic stem cells, EPCs: endothelial progenitor cells, MNC: mononuclear cell, UD: undefined.