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Table 1 miRNAs expression level, their targets, functional roles and potentials as biomarker in human breast cancer (female)

From: The roles of miRNAs in human breast cancer and canine mammary tumor

miRNA Human (Female)

Sample Source

Expression Level

Target

Functional Role, Biomarker as Diagnostic, Prognostic, Therapeutic

Authors, year of publication

Let 7 family

Cell line, Tissue, Blood, Serum

Down

RAS, HMGA2, H-RAS, KRAS, MYC, CCND2, PBX3, LIN28, PEBP1, BMI-1

Proliferation, differentiation, self-renewal, EMT, Tamoxifen response, diagnostic and prognostic biomarker

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3]

Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Takahashi et al. 2015 [59], Zhang et al. 2014 [60], Schwarzenbacher et al. 2013 [61], Fu et al. 2011 [62], O′ Day et al. 2010 [2]

7

Tissue

Down

FAK, IGFR, EGFR, REGγ

Regulating gene expression, cell growth and survival control, Tamoxifen response, Docetaxel and Cisplatin sensitive, diagnostic biomarker

Bertoli et al., 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58]

9

ER+ tissue, Cell line

Up

CCND1, E-CAD, CDH1

Regulate CDKs and control cell cycle progression G1 to S, cellular adhesion and metastasis, diagnostic and prognostic biomarker

Bertoli et al., 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58],

Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36], Zhang et al. 2014 [60]

10b

Cell line, Tissue

Up

HOXD 10, SYNDECAN-1, TIAM1, E-CAD, RHOC

Promote cell migration, invasion, metastasis, EMT, stemness of BCSC,

Tamoxifen resistance, diagnostic biomarker

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36]

Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Takahashi et al. 2015 [59],

Shafi et al. 2014 [32], Zhang et al. 2014 [60], Fu et al. 2011 [62], O′ Day et al. 2010 [2]

16

Plasma, Tissue, Cell line, Serum

Down

WIP1, BCL2, E2F, CDK6, CCND1

Regulate cell proliferation and death, diagnostic and prognostic, Doxorubicin and Docetaxel response

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58],

Zhang et al. 2014 [60], Schwarzenbacher et al. 2013 [61],

17-5p

Tissue

Down

E2F1, CCND1, AIB1

Regulate CDKs and control cell cycle progression G1 to S, cancer cell proliferation, diagnostic biomarker

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3],

Fu et al. 2011 [62], O′ Day et al. 2010 [2]

17/92

Cell line

Up

E2Fs, ERα, C-MYC, AIB1, CYCLIN D1, MEKK2

Control cell cycle, proliferation, tumorigenesis, proapoptosis, metastasis

Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36], Xiang et al. 2010 [63], Bonauer et al. 2009 [64]

21

Plasma/Tissue/Cell line, Serum, Blood

Up

PTEN, BCL-2, TPM1, TIMP3, HER, PDCD4, MASPIN, CDC25, PTEN, BCL2, RHOB, MMPs, HIF1A

Promote cell migration, invasion, metastasis, EMT, diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, resistant to Cisplatin, Doxorubicin, Topotecan

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3],

Schoonevel et al. 2015 [36], Kodahl et al.2014 [65], Shafi et al. 2014 [32], Zhang et al. 2014 [60]

22

Cell line

Down

CDK6. SIRT1, SP1, TET1–3, TIP60

Regulator of cellular senescence, inhibit tumor growth and metastasis, regulate EMT genes by repressing TIP60, prognostic biomarker (TIP60/miR-22)

Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Takahashi et al. 2015 [59], Schwarzenbacher et al. 2013 [61]

27a

Tissue

Up

FOXO1, ZBTB10/RINZF, MYT-1, ZBTB10

Cell cycle progression G2 to M check point regulation, tumor development, invasion and metastasis, diagnostic and prognostic biomarker

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Zhang et al. 2014 [60], Tang et al. 2012 [66], Fu et al. 2011 [62], Mertens-Talcott et al. 2007 [67]

27b

TNBC, Cell line and tissue

Up

CYP1B1, ARFGEF1, FOXO1, PPARγ, ST14, NISCH

Regulate cell cycle progression, proliferation, metastasis, angiogenesis, drug resistance, generation of breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs), prognostic biomarker

Ding et al. 2017 [68], Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Zhang et al. 2014 [60], Schoonevel et al. 2015 [36], Fu et al. 2011 [62]

29b

Tissue

Down

ITGB1, MMP2, TIAM1, VEGFA, ANGPTL4, LOX

Inhibit proliferation, angiogenesis and metastasis. Diagnostic biomarker

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3]

30

TNBC, Cell line and BCSCs

Down

UBC9, ITGB3, AVEN

Regulate self-renewal and antiapoptotic, in-vitro mammosphere formation.

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58]

Schwarzenbacher et al. 2013 [61]

30c

Tissue

Down

TWF1, IL-11, VIM

Tamoxifen response, suppresses interleukin 11 expression and inhibit resistance to paclitaxel and doxorubicin

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3],

Takahashi et al. 2015 [59]

31

BC and TNBC cell line

Down

RHOA, RDX, ITGA5, FZD3, M-RIP, MMP16, WAVE3, PKCepilon

Inhibits several steps of the invasion-metastasis cascade in breast cancer

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3],

Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36],

Zhang et al. 2014 [60], Fu et al. 2011 [62], O′ Day et al. 2010 [2]

34a, b, c

BC and TNBC cell line,

Tissue

Down

NOTCH4, NOTCH 1, CCND1, AXL, WIP1

C-MYC, FRA1, CDK4, CDK6, SIRT1, E2F3

Cell Cycle control, invasion and metastasis, EMT, self-renewal and EMT, diagnostic biomarker, radiotherapy sensitive

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Zhang et al. 2014 [60],

Schwarzenbacher et al. 2013 [61]

Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Fu et al. 2011 [62]

O′ Day et al. 2010 [2]

125a-5p

Cell line, Tissue

Down

HDAC4, HDAC5, HER3, HUR

Inhibit cell proliferation and differentiation, induce apoptosis, Docetaxel sensitive, diagnostic biomarker

Hsieh et al. 2015 [69], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Zhang et al. 2014 [60]

125b

Cell line, Tissue

Down

HER2, EST1, E2F3, EPO, EPOR, ENPEP, CK2-α, CCNJ, MEGF9, ERBB2, HUR, BAK

Inhibit cell proliferation and differentiation, diagnostic biomarker, FEC chemotherapy resistant, Taxol resistant, Trastuzumab sensitive.

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al., 2015 [3],

Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36], Zhang et al. 2014 [60], Feliciano et al. 2013 [70], Wang et al. 2012 [71]

126

BC and TNBC cell line, Tissue

Down

IGFBP2, PITPNC1, MERTK, VEGF, IRS-1, PIK3R2

Cell cycle progression from G1/G0 to S, reduces metastasis and angiogenesis, diagnostic biomarker

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3],

Zhang et al.2014 [60], Fu et al. 2011 [62]

128

Cell line and BCSCs

Down

BMI-1, ABCC5

Regulate cell cycle, inhibit tumor growth and angiogenesis, Doxorubicin sensitive

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58],

Schwarzenbacher et al. 2013 [61]

143

Serum

Down

HER3

Inhibit cell invasion and metastasis, diagnostic biomarker

Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Kodahl et al. 2014 [65]

145

Serum/Plasma/Tissue, Cell line

Down

EGF, C-MYC, VEGF, N-CADHERIN, HIF-2α, MUCIN1, HER3, IRS1, RTKN

Inhibit cell invasion and metastasis, diagnostic biomarker

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36], Zhang et al. 2014 [60], Kodahl et al. 2014 [65]

Fu et al. 2011 [62]

146

BC and TNBC cell line, Tissue

Down

BRCA1, NFκB, TRAF6, IRAK1, ROCK1, CXCR4, EGFR

Proliferation, antiapoptotic, diagnostic biomarker

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Shafi et al. 2014 [32]

146a

BC and TNBC cell line, Tissue

Down

ICAM1, VHRF1, NF-Κb, EGFR

Antimetastasis, symmetric and asymmetric division of CSCs

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58]

146b

BC and TNBC cell line, Tissue

Down

ICAM1, VHRF1, NF-κB, STAT3, EGFR

Anti-metastasis

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58]

155

Serum, Heterogenous BC, Tissue

Up

CXCR4, FOXO3, TRF1, SHIP, TP53INPI, RHOA, SOCS1

Cell growth, proliferation, metastasis, telomere synthesis, TGF- β Signaling, diagnostic and prognostic biomarker, Taxane response

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36],

Kodahl et al.2014 [65], Zhang et al. 2014 [60], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Fu et al. 2011 [62], O′ Day et al. 2010 [2]

181

Cell line and BCSCs, Serum

Up

ATM

Regulate in vitro mammosphere formation, anti-apoptotic

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Schwarzenbacher et al. 2013 [61], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58]

181b

Tissue, Blood, Cell line

Up

SMAD3, BIM, CDK8

Promotes cell proliferation, migration and metastasis, associated with the resistance to Doxorubicin, diagnostic biomarker

Zheng et al. 2015 [72], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58]

182

Cell line and tissue

Up

BRCA1, FOXO1

Proliferation, antiapoptotic, Tamoxifen response

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3]

Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Zhang et al. 2014 [60]

194

Tissue

Up

TLN2, CDH2, RAC1, THBS1, ITGA9

Antimetastastic, inhibit cell migration, enhance chemosensitivity, associate with trastuzumab (Herceptin) response, diagnostic biomarker.

Bertoli et al., 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Calura et al. 2014 [73], Le et al. 2012 [74]

199b-5p

Tissue, Cell line

Down

HER2

Regulate proliferation, invasion and metastasis, prognostic biomarker

Fang et al. 2016 & 2013 [75, 76]

200

Tissue and Cell line

Down

BMI-1, SUZ12, ZEB1, ZEB2, PLCG1, TGFβ2, FAP-1, SNAI-1, SNAI-2, CTNNB1

Reduces tumor growth, anti-metastatic, stemness and EMT.

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58],

Shafi et al. 2014 [32], Hilmarsdottir et al. 2014 [77], Schwarzenbacher et al. 2013 [61], O′ Day et al. 2010 [2]

200a

Tissue and Cell line

Down

SLUG, BMI1, ZEB1, ZEB2, EPHA2

Reduces tumor growth, anti-metastatic

Tsouko et al. 2015 [78], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58]

200b

Tissue and Cell line

Down

SP1, RAB21, RAB23, RAB18, RAB3B

Control cell proliferation and apoptosis, Prognostic biomarker

Yao et al. 2015 [79], Ye et al. 2014 [80]

200c

Tissue and cell line

Down

BMI1, ZEB1, ZEB2, FHOD1, PPM1F

Reduces tumor growth, antimetastatic, inhibit clonogenicity of BCSCs, induce differentiation, sensitize breast cancer cells to doxorubicin, therapeutic biomarker

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58],

Zhang et al. 2014 [60], Jurmeister et al. 2012 [81], Fu et al. 2011 [62], Shimono et al. 2009 [82]

204

Tissue and cell line

Down

JAK2, ZEB2, FOXA1, BDNF, IL-11, PDEF, SIX1, SAM68

Inhibit cell growth, invasion and metastasis, induce cell apoptosis, suppress BCSCs, diagnostic and prognostic biomarker, Tamoxifen response

Shen et al. 2017 [83], Li et al. 2016 [84], Flores-Pérez et al. 2016 [85], Bertoli et al. 2015 [3]

205

Ductal BC,BC and TNBC cell line

Down

HER3, E2F, P53, ZEB-1, HMGB3, VEGF-A, BRBB3

Inhibit proliferation, invasion and EMT, prognostic biomarker

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36],

Takahashi et al. 2015 [59], Zhang et al.2014 [60], Fu et al. 2011 [62]

206

BC and TNBC cell line

Down

ERα, CCND2, ESR1, NOTCH3, SRC-1, SRC-3, GATA-3, ERα, Cx43

Reduces migration, invasion and anti-metastatic

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36],

Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Shafi et al. 2014 [32], Zhang et al. 2014 [60], Fu et al. 2011 [62], O′ Day et al. 2010 [2]

210

IDC, Cell line, Tissue, Plasma

Up

E2F3, NPTX1, RAD52, ACVR1B, MNT, CASP8AP2, FGFRL1, HOXA-1, HOXA-9

Prognostic and diagnostic biomarker, Herceptin resistance

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36], Devlin et al. 2011 [86], Huang et al. 2010 [87]

216b

Tissue and cell line

Down

SDCBP, P2X7

Suppress breast cancer growth and metastasis, proapoptoic, therapeutic biomarker

Jana et al. 2016 [88], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Zheng et al. 2014 [60]

222

Serum, Tissue

Up

ABCG2, MMP1, SOD2, TIMP3, GNAI3

Inhibit migration and invasion, enhance breast cancer cells to cisplatin responsiveness, diagnostic and prognostic biomarker

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36], Zhao et al. 2015 [89], Kodahl et al. 2014 [65]

221/222

Cell line

Up

ERα, P27kip1, KIT, P57, PTEN

Tamoxifen resistant luminal type breast cancer and Fulvestrant resistant

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Takahashi et al. 2015 [59]

Piva et al. 2013 [30], Fu et al. 2011 [62]

224

Tissue and Cell line

Up

CXCR4, CDC42, RKIP, FZD5, FZD4,

Inhibited cell proliferation and migration

Liu et al. 2014 [90], Zhang et al.2014 [60]

335

Cell line, Tissue

Down

SOX4, SPL, BCL-W, SOX4, TNC, PTPRN2, MERTK, RSP1, IGF1, ID4, ERα

Suppress metastasis and migration, proapoptotic, diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36]

Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Shafi et al. 2014 [32], Zhang et al. 2014 [60]

339-5p

Tissue

Down

BCL6

Proapoptotic, Tamoxifen response

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58]

342-5p

Heterogenous BC, Tissue

Down

EGRF, HER2, AKT, PKC, ESR1, ERN2, PELP1, SRC

Regulate cell cycle, antiproliferative, diagnostic and prognostic biomarker, regulate Tamoxifen response

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36]

Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Leivonen et al. 2014 [91], Romero-Cordoba et al. 2012 [92]

373

Cell line

Up

CD44

Cell migration, invasion and metastasis

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Schooneveld et al. 2015 [36], Shafi et al. 2014 [32], Fu et al. 2011 [62]

429

Cell line, Tissue

Down

ZEB1, ZEB2, CRKL, TUBB2A, TGF-β, XIAP

Anti-proliferative and anti-metastatic, member of miR-200 family

Takahashi et al. 2015 [59], Ye et al. 2015 [93],

Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Wang et al. 2015 [94]

491-5p

Cell line, Tissue

Down

EGRF, HER2, NNAT, JMJD2B

Antiproliferative, antimetastatic especially estrogen stimulated breast cancer cells

Hui et al. 2015 [95], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58]

495

Cell line, BCSCs

Up

REDDI, ECAD

Increased tumor formation, downregulation of E-cadherin, maintaining a stem-cell line phenotype

Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Schwarzenbacher et al. 2013 [61]

520c

Cell line, Tissue

Up

CD44

Cell migration, invasion and metastasis, Tamoxifen response

Bertoli et al. 2015 [3], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58]

708

Tissue, Cell line

Down

NNAT

Anti-proliferative and anti-metastatic

Kurozumi et al. 2016 [57], Kaboli et al. 2015 [58], Ryu et al. 2013 [96]