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. 2020 Aug 5;319(3):L444–L455. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00252.2020

Table 2.

miRNAs having the most miRNA target sites in severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 RNA

miRNA Abundance in HBE MTS
Potential Impact on Cellular Processes
SARS-CoV-2 SARS MERS NL63 OC43 229E HKU1
hsa-miR-449c-5p Q2/Q3 9 5 3 2 1 3 2 Targets c-Myc and inhibits NSCLC cell progression (68)
hsa-miR-3940–5p Q1/nd. 9 11 5 7 2 3 3 Tumor Suppressor in NSCLCs (87)
hsa-miR-34c -5p Q3/Q3 9 5 11 1 6 7 3 UPR-dependent and targets XBP1 (4, 6).
hsa-miR-34a -5p Q3/Q3 9 8 11 0 4 6 5 UPR-IRE1 dependent and targets Caspase 2 (60).
hsa-miR-149-3p Q2/Q2 8 4 6 2 4 1 2 Deregulated in COPD (32).
Suppresses hepatic inflammatory response through antagonizing the STAT3 signaling pathway (126).
hsa-miR-92a-1-5p Q3/Q2 8 4 4 5 5 2 0 Unknown
hsa-miR-138-5p Q3/Q3 8 6 4 0 4 2 1 Deregulated in colorectal and lung cancers (42, 127).
hsa-miR-4433b-3p Q1/nd 8 6 13 7 5 3 5 Unknown
hsa-miR-766-5p Q3/Q1 7 4 3 1 5 4 3 Unknown
hsa-miR-6741-5p Q1/Q1 7 6 9 3 9 7 3 Unknown

Abundance in human bronchial epithelial cells is provided as a quartile (Q) of raw next generation sequencing reads distribution for 16HBE14o-/primary HBE. HBE, human bronchial epithelial; IRE, inositol-requiring enzyme; nd, not detected; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; UPR, unfolded protein response.