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Table 5 Regulatory effects of microRNAs in PAH

From: Bioactivities and mechanisms of natural medicines in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension

MicroRNAs

Environment

Target

Function

Refs

MicroRNA-629

Hypoxia-induced PASMCs

FOXO3↓, PERP↓

PASMCs proliferation↑, migration↑, cell apoptosis↓

[123]

MicroRNA-150

Hypoxia-induced rats

AKT/mTOR↓

Cardiac output↓, pulmonary fibrosis↓, collagen fibre↓, collagen I↓, α-SMA↓, TGF-β1↓

[124]

eIF2α siRNA

PDGF-induced PASMCs

eIF2α↓, LC3B↓

PASMCs proliferation↓, p62↑, autophagy↓

[125]

MicroRNA-23a

Hypoxia-induced PASMCs

BMPR2↓, Smad1↓

PASMCs proliferation↑, migration↑, PCNA↑, P-smad1↓

[126]

MicroRNA-760

Hypoxia-induced PASMCs

TLR4↓

Caspase-3↑, Bax/Bcl-2↑, migration↓

[127]

MicroRNA-17

Hypoxia-induced PASMCs

Mitofusin 2↓

PCNA↑, cleaved caspase-3↓

[128]

MicroRNA-21

Hypoxia-induced PASMCs

PPARα↓, PDCD4↓

PCNA↑, SPRY2↓, migration↑

[129]

MicroRNA‐20a

Hypoxia-induced PASMCs

PRKG1↓

Proliferation↑, migration↑, PKG↓, α-SMA↑

[130]

MicroRNA-210

Hypoxia-induced PASMCs

E2F3↓

Apoptosis↓

[131]

MicroRNA-4632

PDGF-induced PASMCs

c-Jun↓

Apoptosis↑, proliferation↓

[132]

MicroRNA-125a-5p

MCT-induced PAH rats

TGF-β1↓, STAT3↓

IL-6↓, Smad2/3↓, PCNA↓, Bcl-2↓

[133]

MicroRNA-124

Sugen-hypoxia-induced rats

PTBP1↓, PKM2↓

BMPR2↑, restoring glycolytic

[134]

MicroRNA-143-3p

Hypoxia-induced mice

TGF-β↓

Migration↓, RVSP↓, RVH↓

[135]

MicroRNA-27a

Hypoxia-induced rats

Smad5↑

Vimentin↓, CD31↑, α-SMA↓, p-Smad5↑,

[136]