Table 3.

Summary of the significantly expressed miRNAs associated with intramuscular adipogenesis in chicken.

miRNA	Function	References
Gga-Let-7b	Having a significant role in chicken skeletal muscle growth and fat deposition by mediating GHR expression Regulates adipogenesis	[15,68]
Gga-miR-30a	Key regulators of adipogenesis	[15]
Gga-miR-30d
Gga-miR-30C	Promote adipogenic differentiation
Gga-miR-17-5p	Regulate: Fat deposition Adipogenic differentiation
Gga-miR-20a-5p Gga-miR-10b-5p
Gga-miR-148a-3p	Promotes fat synthesis by inhibition of Wnt 1 gene expression Regulates adipogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells
Gga-miR-122-5p	Regulates lipid metabolism
Gga-miR-31-5p	Regulate adipogenic differentiation
Gga-miR-27b-3P Gga-miR-24-3p
Gga-miR-103-3p Gga-miR-146b-5p	Promotes adipogenesis and fat deposition
Gga-miR-22-5p	Inhibits adipogenic differentiation of adipose tissue
Gga-miR-140-5p	Targeting RXRG gene and promote intramuscular adipocyte differentiation	[7]
Gga-miR-19b-3p	Regulate preadipogenic differentiation (Differentially expressed miRNAs between juvenile and late-laying period hen)
Gga-miR-425-5p
Gga-miR-27a
Gga-miR-146-5p
Gga-miR-223	Negative regulator of chicken intramuscular preadipocyte differentiation by targeting GPAM gene	[7,52]
Gga-miR-18b-3p	Regulates intramuscular adipocyte differentiation	[57]