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. 2019 May 3;4(2):54–62. doi: 10.1016/j.ncrna.2019.04.001

Table 1.

Summary of differential expression of ncRNAs linked to male reproductive disorders.

Reproductive disorder Sample non-coding RNAs Species Ref.
Azoospermia Seminal plasma ↓miR-34c-5p, ↓miR-122, ↓miR-146b-5p, ↓miR-181a, Human (Homo sapiens) 101
↓miR-374b, ↓miR-509-5p, ↓miR-513a-5p
Seminal plasma ↓piR-31068, ↓piR-31925, ↓miR-43771, ↓piR-43773 Human (Homo sapiens) 114
↓piR-31098



Asthenozoospermia Seminal plasma ↑miR-34c-5p, ↑miR-122, ↑miR-146b-5p, ↑miR-181a, Human (Homo sapiens) 101
↑miR-374b, ↑miR-509-5p, ↑miR-513a-5p
Sperm ↑miR-30a, ↑miR-363, ↑miR-26a, ↑miR-200a, ↑miR-141, Human (Homo sapiens) 102
↑miR-429, ↑miR-193b
↓miR-122, ↓miR-34b, ↓miR-1973
Seminal plasma ↓piR-31068, ↓piR-31925, ↓miR-43771, ↓piR-43773 Human (Homo sapiens) 114
Sperm ↓Nrf2, ↓HOTAIR Human (Homo sapiens) 115



DNA damaged sperm Seminal plasma ↓miR-424/322 Human (Homo sapiens) 104
Erectile dysfunction Corpus cavernosum tissue ↓miR-141 Rat (Rattus norvegicus) 113
CP/CPPS Expressed prostatic secretion (EPS) ↑miR-21-5p, ↑miR-30a-5p, ↑miR-30d-5p, ↑miR103a-3p, Human (Homo sapiens) 111
(Chronic prostatitis/Chronic pelvic pain syndrome) ↑miR-141-3p
Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) Testicular tissue ↑miR-193a-3p, ↑miR-193a-5p, ↑miR-210, ↑miR-23a, Human (Homo sapiens) 99
↑miR-302a, ↑miR-371-5p, ↑miR-374a, ↑miR-423-3p,
↑miR-491-3p, ↑miR-554, ↑miR-557, ↑miR-565,
↑miR-572, ↑miR-638, ↑miR-654-5p, ↑miR-663,
↑miR-744, ↑miR-801



Testicular tissue (cryptorchid) ↓miR-3663-5p, ↓miR-1233-3p, ↓miR-552-5p, ↓miR-449b-5p, Human (Homo sapiens) 100
↓miR-7153-5p, ↓ miR-122-5p, ↓miR-552-3p, ↓miR-449a
Testicular tissue ↑miR-19b, ↑miR-let-7a Human (Homo sapiens) 110



Oligoasthenozoospermia Sperm ↑miR-141, ↑miR-193b, ↑miR-26a, ↑miR-200c, Human (Homo sapiens) 102
↑miR-29a, ↑miR-429, ↑miR-200a
↓miR-34b, ↓miR-15b, ↓miR-34c-5p,↓miR-449b,
↓miR-1973, ↓miR-122, ↓miR-16,↓miR-19a



Seminal plasma ↑miR-1275, ↑miR-4298, ↑miR-3675-3p, ↑miR-765, Human (Homo sapiens) 109
↑miR-483-5p, ↑miR-1299, ↑miR-766, ↑miR-4306
↓miR-26b, ↓miR-363, ↓miR-30b,↓miR-17,
↓miR-148a, ↓miR-21, ↓miR-20a,↓miR-23b



Sperm ↓Nrf2, ↓HOTAIR Human (Homo sapiens) 115
Prostate cancer Blood ↑miR-1825, ↑miR-484, ↑miR-141, Human (Homo sapiens) 112
↓miR-let-7b, ↓miR-205



SCO (Sertoli cell-only) syndrome Testicular tissues ↓miR-202-5p, ↓miR-34c-5p, ↓miR-10b, ↓miR-191, ↓miR-126 Human (Homo sapiens) 103