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. 2022 Jun 2;14(6):1215. doi: 10.3390/v14061215

Table 1.

miRNAs with potential role in herpesvirus latency.

Role in Latency Viral or Cellular miRNAs Mature miRNAs Targets (Viral or Host) References
Repression of viral lytic genes Viral hsv1-miR-H2-3p
hsv2-miR-H2-3p
ICP0 (viral) [10,14,40]
hsv1-miR-H3-3p
hsv1-miR-H4-5p
ICP34.5 (viral) [11,13,41]
hsv1-miR-H6-3p ICP4 (viral) [11]
hcmv-miR-UL112-3p HCMV IE1 (viral) [45,46]
hhv6a-miR-U86 HHV6A IE2 (viral) [31].
ebv-miR-BART20-5p EBV ZTA (viral) [48]
EBV RTA (viral) [48]
ebv-miR-BART2-5p EBV BALF5 (viral) [32,52]
kshv-miR-K12-9-5p KSHV ORF50 (viral) [50]
kshv-miR-K12-7-5p KSHV ORF50 (viral) [50,51].
ebv-miR-BHRF1-3 EBV ZTA (viral) [49]
Cellular hsa-miR-138-5p HSV ICP0 (viral) [59]
hsa-miR-200 family HCMV UL122 (viral) [61]
Repression of cellular pathways important for viral replication Viral hcmv-miR-U148D IER5 (host) [53]
ebv-miR-BART6-5p DICER (host) [54]
ebv-miR-BART-18-5p MAP3K2 (host) [55]
ebv-miR-BHRF1-2-5p BCR (host) [56]
ebv-miR-BART2-5p BCR (host) [56]
kshv-miR-K12-1-5p IκBα (host) [57]
miR-K12-3-5p nuclear factor I/B (host) [58]
Cellular hsa-miR-138-5p FOXC1 (host) [60]
OCT-1 (host) [60]
hsa-let-7a DICER (host) [64]
Modulation of apoptosis and cell proliferation Viral kshv-miR-K12-11-3p N.D. [70,71]
ebv-miR-BART5-5p PUMA (host) [77]
ebv-miR-BART20-5p BAD (host) [78,79]
kshv-miR-K12-1-5p Caspase 3 (host) [80]
kshv-miR-K12-3-5p Caspase 3 (host) [80]
kshv-miR-K12-4-3p Caspase 3 (host) [80]
kshv-miR-K12-10a-3p TWEAKR (host) [81]
hcmv-miR-US5-1 FOXO3a (host) [82]
hcmv-miR-UL112-3p FOXO3a (host) [82]
hcmv-miR-US5-2-5p NAB1 (host) [83]
hcmv-miR-UL22A SMAD3 (host) [83]
hcmv-miR-US25-1 RhoA (host) [84]
Cellular hsa-miR-155-5p LMP1 (viral) [66]
IKKε (host) [68]
hsa-miR-17-92 cluster N.D. [72]
Antagonism of innate and adaptive immunity Viral hcmv-miR-UL112-3p MICB (host) [85,86]
kshv-miR-K12-7-3p MICB (host) [87]
ebv-miR-BART-2-5p MICB (host) [87]
hcmv-miR-UL148D ACVR1B (host) [88]
RANTES (host) [89]
hcmv-UL112-3p
hcmv-US5-1
hcmv-US5-2-5p
VAMP3 (host) [90]
RAB5C (host)
RAB11A (host)
SNAP23 (host)
CDC42 (host)
hcmv-miR-UL112-3p TLR-2 (host) [91]
hcmv-miR-UL112-3p IKKα (host)
IKKβ (host)
[92]
hcmv-miR-US5-1 IKKα (host)
IKKβ (host)
[92]
hcmv-miR-US33as-5p IFNAR1 (host) [93]
ebv-miR-BART16 CBP (host) [94]
ebv-miR-BART6-3p RIG-I (host) [95]
ebv-miR-BART15-3p NLRP3 (host) [96]
kshv-miR-K12-4-3p ICAM1 (host) [97]
kshv-miR-K12-10a-3p ICAM1 (host) [97]
kshv-miR-K12-9-3p IRAK1 (host) [98]
kshv-miR-K12-5-3p MYD88 (host) [98]
kshv-miRK12-11-3p IKKε (host) [99]
Promotion of reactivation Viral hcmv-miR-US22-5p EGR1 (host) [29]
hcmv-miR-US5-2-5p GAB1 (host) [104]
Cellular hsa-miR-200b-3p ZEB1 (viral)
ZEB2 (viral)
[105]
hsa-miR-429 ZEB1(viral)
ZEB2 (viral)
[105]

N.D. = not determined.