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. 2018 Sep 11;20:17. doi: 10.1186/s12575-018-0082-9

Table 3.

miRNAs regulated by estrogen/ERα activation

miRNA Known mechanisms of regulation by estrogen/ERα References
miRNAs upregulated by estrogen/ERα
 let-7a-g/i Located in the intragenic region of an estradiol-regulated gene [32, 57]
 miR-7 [8, 39]
 miR-9 [131]
 miR-17 ERα-induced MYC/c-MYC upregulation; c-MYC interaction with the miR-17-92 promoter [32, 39, 57, 59]
 miR-18a [57]
 miR-19a/b [8, 57]
 miR-20a ERα-induced MYC/c-MYC upregulation; c-MYC interaction with the miR-17-92 promoter [8, 39, 57, 59]
 miR-21 Contains ERα binding sites in regulatory region [32, 39, 44, 57, 59]
 miR-23a Contains ERα binding sites in regulatory region [32]
 miR-24 [132]
 miR-25 [39, 57]
 miR-27b [39, 67]
 miR-29a [39]
 miR-30b/c Located in the intragenic region of an estradiol-regulated gene [32]
 miR-32 [57]
 miR-34c [39]
 miR-92a/b [57, 59, 132]
 miR-93 Requires estrogen metabolism-mediated oxidative stress [57, 132, 133]
 miR-98 [32, 57]
 miR-99b [132]
 miR-101 [57]
 miR-103 [32, 132]
 miR-106a/b [8, 57, 59]
 miR-107 [32]
 miR-124 [39]
 miR-127 [39]
 miR-129 [59]
 miR-148a [39]
 miR-149 [39]
 miR-181d [39]
 miR-191 [39, 132]
 miR-196a Contains ERα binding site in promoter region [134]
 miR-200a-c [32, 132]
 miR-203 [32]
 miR-206 [39]
 miR-210 [39]
 miR-301a [39]
 miR-320a/c [132]
 miR-424 [32, 57]
 miR-450 [57]
 miR-489 [57]
 miR-503 [135]
 miR-542 [57]
 miR-638 [132]
 miR-1275 [132]
 miR-1915 [132]
miRNAs downregulated by estrogen/ERα
 let-7a/c/f/g Transcriptionally repressed by estradiol-induced ER [40, 132]
 miR-9 Located in the intragenic region of an estradiol-regulated gene [32]
 miR-15b [132]
 miR-21 Mediated by AF-1; Transcriptionally repressed by estradiol-induced ER; Contains ERα binding sites in promoter/regulatory region; Mediated by unliganded ERα [4044, 132]
 miR-22 [57, 59]
 miR-23b Transcriptionally repressed by estradiol-induced ER [40]
 miR-26a/b [40, 132]
 miR-27a/b Contains ERα binding sites in regulatory region; Transcriptionally repressed by estradiol-induced ER [32, 40, 57]
 miR-127 [59]
 miR-143 [32]
 miR-148a [136]
 miR-181a/b/d Contains ERα binding sites in regulatory region; Transcriptionally repressed by estradiol-induced ER; Mediated by unliganded ERα [40, 57, 137]
 miR-198 [57]
 miR-200c [40]
 miR-206 [13]
 miR-221/222 Contains ERα binding sites in promoter region [12]
 miR-302b [32]
 miR-487b [57]
 miR-494 [57]
 miR-500 [57]
 miR-506 [32]
 miR-519e [8]
 miR-524 [32]
 miR-584 [57]
 miR-663 [57]
 miR-671 [57]
 miR-1228 [8]
 miR-1826 [132]