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Table 1 MicroRNAs involved in Innate and Adaptive Immune System Functions

From: Targeting microRNAs as key modulators of tumor immune response

 

Cell lineage

Cellular process

MicroRNAs

Immune cell progenitors

   
 

Hematopoietic stem cells

Cell maintenance

let-7ea, miR-29a, miR-99ba, miR-125a, miR-126, miR-212/132 cluster

 

Multipotent progenitors

Cell development

miR-10 family, miR-126, miR-196b, miR-221/222

 

Common myeloid progenitors

Cell development

miR-17, miR-24, miR-126, miR-128, miR-155, miR-181a

 

Common lymphoid progenitors

Cell development

miR-126, miR-128, miR-146, miR-181a

 

Granulocyte–macrophage progenitors

Cell development

miR-16, miR-103, miR-107

 

Macrophage progenitors

Cell development

miR-17-5p, miR-20a, miR-106a

 

Granulocyte progenitors

Cell development

miR-223

 

Erythroid precursors

Cell development

miR-155, miR-221/222

 

Megakaryocyte precursors

Cell development

miR-10a/b, miR-17, miR-20, miR-126

Innate immunity

   
 

Monocytes

Cell differentiation

miR-17-5p, miR-20a, miR-21, miR-106a, miR-155, miR-196b, miR-223, miR-338, miR-342, miR-424

  

Cell activation

miR-155, miR-424

 

Dendritic cells

Cell differentiation

miR-21, miR-34a

  

Cell function

miR-10a, miR-148/152, miR-155, miR-223

 

Macrophages

Cell differentiation

miR-15a, miR-16, miR-19a-3p, miR-21, miR-107, miR-146a, miR-424

  

Cell function

Let-7, miR-9, miR-21, miR-101, miR-125b, miR-146a, miR-147, miR-155, miR-187, miR-212/132 cluster, miR-378, miR-487b, miR-1224

  

Cell polarization

let-7c, let-7f, miR-9, miR-21, miR-33, miR-101, miR-124, miR-125, miR-146, miR-147, miR-155, miR-187, miR-223, miR-342, miR-378, miR-511

 

Granulocytes

Cell differentiation

miR-15a, miR-21, miR-27, miR-196b, miR-223

  

Cell function

miR-223

 

Neutrophils

Cell function

miR-223

 

MDSCs

Cell function

miR-494, miR-17-5p/20a

 

Megakaryocytes

Cell differentiation

miR-10a, miR-130a, miR-146a, miR-150, miR-155, miR-223

 

Erythrocytes

Cell differentiation

miR-15a, miR-16, miR-24, miR-144, miR-150, miR-155, miR-221/222 cluster, miR-223, miR-451

 

Natural killer cells

Cell differentiation

miR-150, miR-181a/b

  

Cell function

miR-15/16, miR-27a, miR-29, miR-30c-1, miR-30e, miR-155, miR-223, miR-378

Adaptive immunity

   
 

B cells

Cell differentiation

miR-17/92 cluster, miR-23a, miR-34a, miR-142, miR-150, miR-155, miR-181 family, miR-212/132 cluster

  

Cell activation

miR-9, miR-17/92 cluster, miR-30, miR-125b, miR-155, miR-181b, miR-223

 

Plasma cells

Cell differentiation

miR-148a

 

T cells

Cell differentiation

miR-17/92 cluster, miR-21, miR-142-3p, miR-150, miR-181a, miR-223

  

Cell activation

miR-155, miR-181a, miR-182, miR-214

 

T helper cells

Cell differentiation

miR-125b, miR-150

  

Cell function

miR-182, miR-214, miR-297, miR-669c

 

T helper 1 cells

Cell differentiation

miR-17/92 cluster, miR-29, miR-146a, miR-148a, miR-155, miR-210, miR-326

 

T helper 2 cells

Cell differentiation

miR-21, miR-27, miR-28

  

Cell function

miR-155

 

T cytotoxic cells

Cell differentiation

Let-7f, miR-15b, miR-16, miR-17/92 cluster, miR-21, miR-139, miR-142, miR-150, miR-155, miR-342

  

Cell function

miR-17/92 cluster, miR-21, miR-29, miR-23a, miR-24, miR-27a, miR-30b, miR-130/301, miR-139, miR-146a, miR-150, miR-155, miR-214

 

T regulatory cells

Cell differentiation

miR-17/92 cluster, miR-10, miR-99a/miR-150, miR-155

  

Cell function

miR-142-3p, miR-146a, miR-155

 

T helper 17 cells

Cell differentiation

miR-10a, miR-19b, miR-17, miR-155, miR-210, miR-212/132 cluster, miR-301, miR-326

 

T follicular helper cells

Cell differentiation

miR-10a, miR-17/92 cluster

  1. The most relevant miRNAs are in bold. MDSCs, Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells
  2. aFurther investigations are required