Table 1

miRNAs and their targets in breast cancer cells

miRNA

Target

Functional pathway

Reference


Tumor suppressor miRNAs

miR-206

ESR1

ER signaling

[28,33]

miR-17-5p

AIB1, CCND1, E2F1

Proliferation

[37,38]

miR-125a, b

HER2, HER3

Anchorage-dependent growth

[40,41]

miR-200

BMI1, ZEB1, ZEB2

TGF-β signaling

[47,52,54]

let-7

H-RAS, HMGA2, LIN28, PEBP1

Proliferation, differentiation

[73-75]

miR-34a

CCND1, CDK6, E2F3, MYC

DNA damage, proliferation

[76-78]

miR-31

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

Metastasis

[61]

Oncogenic miRNAs

miR-21

BCL-2, TPM1, PDCD4, PTEN, MASPIN

Apoptosis

[64-67]

miR-155

RHOA

TGF-β signaling

[68]

miR-10b

HOXD10

Metastasis

[69]

miR-373/520c

CD44

Metastasis

[79]


miRNAs and their targets in breast cancer. Several studies have identified altered miRNA expression profiles in breast cancer. The loss of several tumor suppressor miRNAs and overexpression of oncogenic miRNAs leads to loss of regulation of several cellular functions that may be involved in breast cancer pathogenesis.

O'Day and Lal Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:201   doi:10.1186/bcr2484