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. 2018 Jan 27;21(2):183–202. doi: 10.1007/s10456-018-9600-2

Table 1.

MicroRNAs involved in regulating HIFs and HIF regulatory gene levels in ECs

miRNA Cell type Impact of hypoxia on miRNA expression miRNA target (s) (direct or indirect*) Investigated processes References
miR-18a Choroidal endothelial cells Upregulated HIF1A Proliferation migration [116]
miR-107 Endothelial progenitor cells—EPCs Upregulated ARNT Differentiation [121]
miR-135b HUVECs Upregulated HIF1AN Angiogenesis [124]
HIF1A*
miR-155 Mouse skin endothelial SENDs cells and HUVECs Upregulated HIF1A Angiogenesis hypoxia [108]
miR-199a Endometrial stromal cells; endothelial EA.hy926 cells Not shown HIF1A Angiogenesis [123]
miR-200b HMVECs Downregulated upregulated ETS1 Angiogenesis hypoxia [135, 136]
HUVECs KLF2
miR-210 HUVECs Upregulated EFNA3 Angiogenesis hypoxia [131, 132, 150]
HIF3A
miR-424 HUVECs, hMVECs, hBOECs and hMBECs Upregulated CUL2 Angiogenesis [137]
HIF1A*
miR-429 HUVECs Upregulated HIF1A Hypoxia [12, 109]
HIF3A
miR-433 HUVECs Downregulated HIF1A Proliferation and migration [138]

miRNAs proven to directly bind HIF mRNAs are in bold, and indirect effects are marked with “*”

ARNT aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator, CUL2 cullin-2, EFNA3 ephrin A3, EGLN1 prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing protein 2 (PHD2), ETS1 ETS Proto-Oncogene 1, Transcription Factor, HIF1A hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha, HIF1AN hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha inhibitor, HIF3A hypoxia-inducible factor 3 alpha, KLF2 Kruppel-like factor 2