Table 1. Abundantly expressed miRNAs across lactation stages and the consistency in their expression levels with previous studies on bovine milk and mammary gland tissues/epithelial cells.
| miRNA | Lactogenesis |
Galactopoiesis |
Involution |
Recently reported as highly expressed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Read | % | Total Read | % | Total Read | % | ||
| bta-miR-30a-5p | 5306615 | 13.84 | 13904630 | 13.18 | 2259298 | 6.65 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-miR-21-5p | 4649150 | 12.12 | 8916972 | 8.45 | 6116880 | 17.99 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-miR-26a | 4069639 | 10.61 | 10993251 | 10.42 | 4617897 | 13.58 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-miR-148a | 4055500 | 10.57 | 17599046 | 16.69 | 3649411 | 10.73 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-let-7a-5p | 2977450 | 7.76 | 6863855 | 6.51 | 2395954 | 7.05 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-let-7b | 1515893 | 3.95 | 4326764 | 4.10 | 1043005 | 3.07 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-miR-99a-5p | 1378941 | 3.60 | 4441195 | 4.21 | 1056461 | 3.11 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-miR-191 | 1053447 | 2.75 | 2045763 | 1.94 | 1787691 | 5.26 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-let-7f | 866825 | 2.26 | 1478554 | 1.40 | 906602 | 2.67 | 4,84,85 |
| bta-miR-30d | 822892 | 2.15 | 3266417 | 3.10 | 1193706 | 3.51 | 23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-miR-200c | 677105 | 1.77 | 3738531 | 3.54 | 884574 | 2.60 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-miR-200a | 619618 | 1.62 | 3204582 | 3.04 | 598686 | 1.76 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-miR-186 | 582128 | 1.52 | 2041651 | 1.94 | 637989 | 1.88 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |
| bta-let-7g | 501386 | 1.31 | 1072697 | 1.02 | 459179 | 1.35 | 4,23,83 |
| bta-miR-92a | 498594 | 1.30 | 1346696 | 1.28 | 569334 | 1.67 | 4,23,83, 84, 85 |