Table 1.
Target | miRNA function | Origin of Identification | Reference | |
miR-184 | Numbl | Inhibits differentiation, promotes proliferation, maintenance of the neurogenic stem cell pool | Mouse NSCs | [56] |
miR-34a | Numbl | Inhibits differentiation, promotes proliferation, maintenance of the neurogenic stem cell pool | Mouse NPCs from embryonic cortex | [57] |
BCL2 | Promotes apoptosis | Mouse cortex/SH-SY5Y cell line | [85] | |
Cdk-4 | Inhibits cell cycle progression | Primary keratinocytes | [83] | |
Cyclin D2 | Inhibits cell cycle progression | Primary keratinocytes | [83] | |
Synaptotagmin1 | Inhibits synaptic development | Mouse ES cells | [161] | |
Syntaxin-1A | Inhibits synaptic development | Mouse ES cells | [161] | |
miR-106b/miR-25 Cluster | IGF-signaling | Promotes NSPC proliferation, neuronal differentiation | Mouse primary NSC culture | [58] |
miR-124 | Sox9 | Promotes neuronal differentiation | Mouse NSCs | [72] |
STAT3 | Promotes neuronal differentiation | Mouse ESCs | [74] | |
BCL2L13 | Inhibits apoptosis | Mouse DG | [82] | |
Lhx2 | Promotes neurite outgrowth | Mouse hippocampus | [93] | |
Rap2a | Promotes dendritic branching | Mouse NSCs | [162] | |
miR-137 | BCL2L13 | Inhibits apoptosis | Mouse DG | [82] |
Mib-1 | Inhibits dendritic growth and spine formation | Mouse hippocampus & mouse primary neuronal culture | [92] | |
LSD1 | Promotes proliferation | Embryonic NSCs | [64] | |
Ezh2 | Inhibits differentiation | Adult NSCs | [65] | |
miR-9 | TLX | Promotes differentiation, inhibits differentiation | Mouse hippocampus | [63] |
REST | Promotes neuronal differentiation | NT2 cell line | [79] | |
Rap2a | Promotes dendritic branching | Mouse NCSs | [162] | |
Stathmin | Inhibits migration | Human embryonic NPCs | [87] | |
Let-7b | TLX | Inhibits proliferation, promotes differentiation | Mouse NSCs & embryonic mouse brain | [66] |
Cyclin D1 | Inhibits cell cycle progression | Embryonic mouse brain | [66] | |
miR-125b | Nestin | Promotes neuronal differentiation | Rat NSPCs | [70] |
miR-145 | Sox2 | Promotes neuronal differentiation | Mouse NSC | [69] |
miR-26b | Ctdsp2 | Promotes neuronal differentiation | Zebrafish & P19 cells | [80] |
miR-19 | Rapgef2 | Stimulates migration | Mouse hippocampus & mouse NPCs | [88] |
miR-379/miR410 cluster | N-Cadherin | Induces migration | Mouse embryonic cortex | [86] |
miR-134 | Limk1 | Inhibits spinogenesis | Rat hippocampus | [95] |
Dcx | Inhibits NPC migration | Primary NPCs, primary neurons, mouse embryonic cortex | [163] | |
miR-138 | APT1 | Inhibits spinogenesis | Mouse hippocampus | [96] |
miR-17/miR92 cluster | PTEN | Induces axonal outgrowth | Rat primary cortical neurons | [94] |
miR-132 | P250GAP | Promotes spinogenesis | Mouse hippocampus | [98] |
Overview of identified microRNAs that regulate (hippocampal) neurogenesis, their targets, their role in neurogenesis, and the origin of identification.