miRNAs | Targets | Cell type/tissue | Function of miR-140 | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
miR-140-3p | CXCR4 | Chondrocytes | Ameliorates OA progression | [35] |
RALA | MSCs | Promotes chondrogenesis | [36] | |
miR-140-5p | IGFBP-5 | OA chondrocytes | Inhibits OA progression | [37] |
BMP-2 | Bone | Impairs embryonic bone development | [38] | |
DNPEP | Bone | Promotes endochondral bone development | [32] | |
IL-1β; IL-6; Syndecan-4 | Chondrocytes | Inhibits mediators of inflammation and cartilage degradation and upregulates chondrogenic proteins | [39] | |
TGFBR1 | Stromal cell ST2 and preadipocyte 3 T3-L1 | Promotes adipocyte differentiation and inhibits osteoblast differentiation from marrow stromal cells | [40] | |
ADAMTS5 | Chondrocytes | Inhibits ADAMTS5 | [33] | |
MMP-13 | Chondrocytes | Inhibits IL-1β-induced MMP-13 | [41] | |
SMAD3 | Mandibular condylar chondrocytes (MCCs) | Inhibits IL-1β-induced inflammation in MCCs | [42] | |
HMGB1 | Human chondrocytes C28/I2 | Inhibits IL-1β induced OA cell model | [43] | |
TLR4; BMP2 | Adipose-derived MSCs | Inhibits osteogenesis | [44] | |
RALA | MSCs | Promotes chondrogenesis | [36] | |
FUT1 | Chondrocytes | Inhibits apoptosis and promotes proliferation and autophagy of human primary chondrocytes | [45] | |
HDAC4 | Chondrocytes | Inhibits chondrocyte hypertrophy | [46] | |
SMAD1 | Chondrocytes | Inhibits chondrocyte hypertrophy | [47] |