TABLE 3.

MiRNAs regulate other processes in mammary lipid metabolism in ruminants.

miRNA	Species	Target genes	Functions	References
miR-139	Bovine	GHR, IGF1R	Inhibition of ß-casein synthesis and proliferation	Cui et al. (2017)
chi-miR-8516	Goat	STC1, MMP1	Inhibition of ß-casein synthesis and proliferation	Zhang et al. (2021)
chi-miR-3031	Goat	IGFBP5	Increased expression of ß-casein	Chen et al. (2018b)
miR-135a	Goat	PPLR	Regulation of prolactin secretion	Ji et al. (2015)
miR-99a-3p	Goat	ATP2B1	Promotes milk calcium levels	Chen et al. (2020a)
novel-miR-3880	Goat	ELF2	Reduces ß-casein expression and increases κ-casein secretion	Zhang et al. (2020)
miR-24-3p	Bovine	MEN1	Regulates the synthesis of milk proteins	Qiaoqiao et al. (2019)
miR-486	Bovine	PTEN	Regulation of Phosphoacyl Alcohol Signal Transduction	Li et al. (2015a)
miR-103	Bovine	PKAN3	Accelerate de novo synthesis of fatty acids	Cai et al. (2017)
miR-224	Bovine	ACADM	Increased apoptosis rate	Shen et al. (2017)