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. 2017 Sep 28;2017:1278436. doi: 10.1155/2017/1278436

Table 6.

Summary of reported miRNAs and their targets in angiogenesis.

miRNAs Targets Effector cells Signal pathways References
Proangiogenesis
miR-126 Spred-1 HEPCs VEGF
PIK3R2 HEPCs VEGF [156, 157]
CCN1 HEPCs TEN/AKT

miR-130a GAX HUVECs and EGM-2 Transcription
HOXA5 HUVECs and EGM-2 Transcription [158, 159]
PTEN MI mouse PI3K/Akt

miR-17–92 cluster Tsp1 HUVECs VEGF
CTGF HUVECs TGFβ [160]
BMP4 HUVECs Bmp4/Smad

miR-210 Ephrin-A3, HUVECs VEGF [81, 161, 162]
PTP1b MHL-1Cs VEGF

miR-146a VEGF hMSCs Shh [65]

miR-296 HGS HBMVECs [163]

miR-378 SuFu U87 cells Shh [164, 165]
Fus-1 U87 cells Shh

miR-132 p120RasGAP HUVECs Ras [166]

miR-23/27 Sprouty2, HUVECs ERK-MAPK [167]
Sema6A HUVECs VECF

miR-27b Dll4, LLC1 and ATCC Dll4/Notch [168]
PPARγ LLC1 and ATCC PPAR

miR-24 GATA2, HVSMCs and HUVECs cGMP-PKG [169, 170]
PAK4 HVSMCs and HUVECs TGF-β1/Smads
eNOS MI mouse, HUVECs and HMVECs PI3K/Akt

Antiangiogenesis
miR-214 XBP1 HUVECs VEGF [171]

miR-34 family SIRT1 HUVECs, HMVECs and HAECs AMPK [172174]
vinculin LNA-antimiR-34–treated MI mice and H9c2 cell FAK1
Pofut1 LNA-antimiR-34–treated MI mice and H9c2 cell Notch
Notch1 LNA-antimiR-34–treated MI mice and H9c2 cell Notch
VEGF LNA-antimiR-34–treated MI mice and H9c2 cell VEGF
Sema4b LNA-antimiR-34–treated MI mice and H9c2 cell VECF

miR-29a/101a TGFb-1 MI rats TGFb pathway [175]

miR-15b-5p AKT3 HUVECs PI3K-Akt [176]

miR-100 mTOR ESMCs, VSMCs mTOR [177]

miR-200b ZEB1/SIP1 MDCKCs and HBCCs mTOR [178181]
GATA2 Dermal wound-edge ECs VEGF
VEGFR2 Dermal wound-edge ECs VEGF
Flt1 HUVECs VEGF
KDR HUVECs VEGF

miR-503 cdc25A HUVECs, HMVECs and HVSMCs MAPK [182]
CCNE1 HUVECs, HMVECs and HVSMCs Notch

miR-15a FGF2 HUVECs PI3K-AKT [183, 184]
VEGF HUVECs VEGF

miR-320 IGF-1 MCECs, NRCMs PI3K-Akt [185, 186]
Hsp20 MCECs, NRCMs RNA degradation
Ets2 MCECs, NRCMs PI3K-Akt

miR-329 CD146 HUVECs, HMECs VEGF and TNF-α [187]

miR-92a ITGA5 RMUG-S, OVISE and RMG-1 Rho/ROCK [188190]

CCNE1: cyclin E1; cdc25A: cell division cycle 25A; CTGF: connective tissue growth factor; Dll4: delta-like protein 4; eNOS: endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Ets2: Euro Truck Simulator 2; FGF2: fibroblast growth factor 2; FGFR1: fibroblast growth factor receptor 1; GATA2: GATA binding protein 2; GAX: gaseous oxygen; HGS: hepatocyte growth factor-regulated tyrosine kinase substrate; HOXA5: homeobox A5; IGF-1: insulin-like growth factor 1; ITGA5: integrin subunits a5; mTOR: mechanistic target of rapamycin; PIK3R2: phosphoinositol-3 kinase regulatory subunit 2; Pofut1: protein O-fucosyltransferase 1; Pparγ: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ; PTEN: phosphatase and tensin homolog; Sema4b: semaphorin 4B; Sema6A: semaphorin 6A; SIP1: Smad interacting protein 1; SIRT1: Sirtuin 1; Sprouty2: sprouty homolog 2; Tsp1: thrombospondin-1; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGFR2: vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1; XBP1: X-box binding protein 1; ZEB1: zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1; FAK: focal adhesion kinase; HUVECs: human umbilical vein ECs; EGM-2: endothelial growth medium 2; MHL-1Cs: mouse HL-1 cardiomyocytes; hMSCs: human mesenchymal stem cells; Shh: sonic hedgehog signaling; HBMVECs: human brain microvascular endothelial cells; LLC1: Lewis lung carcinoma; ATCC: RAW 264.7 mouse macrophage cell lines; HVSMCs: human vascular smooth muscle cells; HUVECs: human umbilical vein endothelial cells; HMVECs: human microvascular ECs; HAECs: human aortic endothelial cell; ESMCs: endothelial smooth muscle cells; VSMCs: vascular smooth muscle cells; HVSMCs: human VSMCs cells; MDCKCs: Madin-Darby canine kidney cells; HBCCs: human breast cancer cells; dermal wound-edge ECs: dermal wound-edge endothelial cells; MCECs: mouse cardiac endothelial cells; NRCMs: neonatal rat cardiomyocytes; HMECs: human microvascular endothelial cells.