Table 3.

microRNAs mediated MMPs in inflammatory diseases

MicroRNAs	Target genes	Inflammatory diseases	References
miR-155	MMP-1 and MMP-3↓	Rheumatoid arthritis	[68]
miR-203/miR-18a	MMP-1↑	Rheumatoid arthritis	[69, 71]
miR-19b	MMP-3↓	Rheumatoid arthritis	[70]
miR-146a/miR-320/miR-27/miR‐127‐5p/miR-22	MMP-13↓	Osteoarthritis	[75–79]
miR-24	MMP-14↓	Atherosclerotic plaque	[80]
miR-672/miR-143	MMP-12↓	Asthma	[81]

miR, microRNA; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase