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Table 2 Role of miRNAs in pathogenesis by either increasing or decreasing cell proliferation [46]

From: The role of epigenetic modifications in drug resistance and treatment of breast cancer

Main function

miRNAs

Function of miRNAs

Increasing cell proliferation

miR-1207-5p

Regulating STAT2 expression

Inactivating cell-cycle-dependent kinase inhibitors including CDKN1A and CDKN1B

miR-492

Upregulating cyclin D1 and c-MYC

Repressing the expression of SOX7, deemed as a transcription factor

miR-135b

Negatively regulating LATS2 tumor suppressor kinase and the Hippo pathway

Decreasing cell proliferation

miR-143

Suppressing the expression of extracellular signal-regulated kinase ERK5

Suppression of mitogen-activated protein kinase MAP3K7 and cyclin D1

miR-455

A double-knockdown impact of Cdc2-related protein kinase CDK14

Cyclin D1 expression

Promoting expression of tumor suppressor p21

miR-424

Binding to its selective target, cyclin-dependent kinase CDK1 in G2-M cell phase

The expression of the Yes-associated protein YAP by both the Hippo pathway and p-ERK1/2 of the ERK pathway

miR-543

Direct regulating of ERK/MAPK pathway

miR-26a-5p

Reducing the expression of cell cycle regulators cyclin D1, CDK4, and CDK6

Increasing the expression of tumor suppressor proteins such as p21, p27, and p53