TABLE 2.

miRNAs involved in the regulation of lipid droplet synthesis and accumulation in ruminant.

miRNA	Species	Target genes	Functions	References
miR-454	Bovine	PPAR-γ	Inhibition of lipid droplet accumulation	Zhang et al. (2019)
miR-34b	Bovine	DCP1A	Inhibition of lipid droplet accumulation	Wang et al. (2019)
miR-181a	Bovine	ACSL1	Inhibition of lipid droplet synthesis	Lian et al. (2016)
miR-27a	Bovine	PPAR-γ	Inhibition of lipid droplet accumulation	Tang et al. (2017)
miR-130b	Goat	PGC1α	Inhibition of lipid droplet accumulation	Chen et al. (2015)
miR-183	Goat	MST1	Inhibition of lipid droplet accumulation	Chen et al. (2018a)
miR-25	Goat	PGC1β	Inhibition of lipid droplet accumulation	Ma et al. (2018)