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. 2017 Jul 17;7:5548. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04026-8

Table 1.

Relevant studies of the studied candidate miRNAs on human placental tissue or cell lines.

miRNA Function Pathologic or Physiologic condition/Exposure Biological system Regulation Reference
miR-16 Cell cycle & apoptosis Development Placenta +BW, −SGA & −NAS 66, 85
Pre-eclampsia Placenta 67
Cigarrete smoke Placenta + 37
miR-20a Cell proliferation & invasion, angiogenesis Pre-eclampsia Placenta & BeWo cells + 68
Pre-eclampsia JEG-3 cells + 69
Trimester-specific PM2.5 Placenta +/− 65
miR-21 Cell cycle & proliferation Development Placenta +BW & −SGA 70, 85
Cigarrete smoke Placenta 37
Trimester-specific PM2.5 Placenta +/− 65
miR-34a Cell growth & invasion Placenta accreta JAR cells & placenta 63
Cervical cancer BeWo & JAR cells + 71
Pre-eclampsia Placenta 86
miR-146a Inflammation Development Placenta +MS 66
Pre-eclampsia Placenta 68
BSA Trophoblast cells + 72
Nicotine&BaP/Cigarrete smoke TCL-1 cells & placenta 37
Trimester-specific PM2.5 Placenta 65
miR-210 Hypoxia/Oxidative stress Preeclampsia Placenta + 73
miR-222 Angiogenesis Pre-eclampsia Placenta + 67
Gestational Diabetes Placenta 74
Trimester-specific PM2.5 Placenta 65

BW: birth weight, NAS: neonatal attention scores, SGA: small gestational age, BeWo, JEG-3 & JAR cells: trophoblast choriocarcinoma cell lines, TCL-1 cells: extravillous trophoblast from choriodecidua of a term placenta, MS: movement scores, BSA: bisphenol A, BaP: Benzopyrene.