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. 2021 Oct 26;22(21):11568. doi: 10.3390/ijms222111568

Table 3.

miRNAs associated with different types of training. Listed in order of appearance within the text. Bold font emphasizes striated muscle-specific miRNAs.

TRAINING TYPE Upregulated miRNAs Downregulated miRNAs Reference
miRNAs detected in skeletal muscles (biopsies)
Acute resistance training (3/6 h) - miR-1 [101]
Chronic resistance training (12 weeks) - miR-1 [107]
Acute resistance training (6 h) miR-423-5p miR-16-5p, miR-23b-3p, miR-24-3p, miR-26a-5p, miR-26b-5p, miR-27a-3p, miR-27b-3p, miR-29a-3p, miR-29c-3p, miR-30a-5p, miR-30d-5p, miR-133a, miR-133b, miR-95-3p, miR-107a, miR-126-3p, miR-140-3p, miR-181a-5p, miR-324-3p, and miR-378a-5p [102]
HIIT or MICT + resistance training (1/3 h) - miR-133a, miR-378, and miR-486 [103]
Endurance with overload training
(90 min)
- miR-1-3p, miR-206,
miR-208a-5p, and miR-499
[108]
Long-term endurance training (6 weeks) - miR-1, miR-133a, miR-101, miR-455, miR-144, miR-15b, miR-26b, miR-28, miR-29b, miR-338, miR-92, miR-98, miR-451, and miR-589 [114]
Long-term endurance training (moderate-intensity, 12 weeks) - miR-1, miR-133a, miR-133b, and miR-206 [115]
Short-term endurance training (high-intensity, 60 min) miR-1, miR-133a, miR-133b, and miR-206 - [115]
Short-term endurance training (high-intensity, 60 min)
miR-1, miR-133a/b, and miR-181a
miR-9, miR-23a, miR23b, and miR-31 [116]
circulating miRNAs (c-miRNA) detected in the bloodstream (plasma or serum)
Long-term endurance training (1-3h/session, 90 days) miR-20a, miR-21, miR-146a, miR-221, miR-222,
miR-21, and miR-146a
- [117]
Acute resistance training
(1 h/1 day/3 days)
miR-149 miR-146a, miR-221 [118]
Half-marathon miR-1, miR-133a,
miR-206
- [119]
Endurance training (10 weeks) + marathon miR-1, miR-133a,
and miR-30a
miR-26a, miR-29b [120]
10 km run +
half-marathon + marathon (1-month intervals)
let-7d-3p, let-7f-2-3p, miR-125b-5p, miR-132-3p, miR-143-3p, miR-148a-3p, miR-150-5p, miR-223-3p, miR-223-5p, miR-29a-3p, miR-34a-5p, miR-424-3p, and miR-424-5p - [121]
Long-term endurance training (20 weeks) miR-142-3p, miR-221-3p, miR-126-3p, miR-146a-5p, and miR-27b-3p miR-486-5p, let-7b-5p, miR-29c-3p, let-7e-5p, miR-93-5p, miR-7-5p, miR-25-3p, miR-92a-3p, and miR-29b-3p [122]
Cardiopulmonary exercise (3 min) and acute endurance training (60 min) miR-21 miR-20a [123]