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Table 1 The role of exosomal miRNAs mediating signal transduction between immune cells

From: Exosomal miRNA-mediated intercellular communications and immunomodulatory effects in tumor microenvironments

MiRNAs

The source of miRNAs

The effect of miRNAs

miR-155

miR-146a

miR-148a

miR-451

DCs

Modify the target genes SHIP1, BACH1, Traf6, and IRAK-1 on DCs [38]

miRNA-155

Tumor cell

Cause antigen triggering [40]

miR-21-5p

miR-223-3p

MSCs

Reduce migration and prevent maturation of DCs [42]

miR-let7

MSCs

Decrease the macrophage infiltration in the plaque [46]

miR-155

M1

Reduces the MSC osteogenic differentiation [47]

miR-378

M2

Increase MSC osteoinductive gene expression [47]

miR-21-5p

M

Enhance fibrogenesis in tendons [48]

miR-222

Breast cancer cell

Macrophage polarization to M2 and tumor progression [158]

miR-23a

HCC

Suppress T-cell function, and increase phosphorylated AKT and PD-L1 expression in macrophages [53]

miRNA-335

T cells

Downregulates translation of SOX-4 mRNA in APCs [62]

mmu-miR-20a-5p

mmu-miR-25-3p mmu-miR-155-3p

T cells

Causes modulation of mRNA targets in B cells [63]

miR-142-3p

miR-142-5p

miR-155

T cells

Induce apoptosis of B cells in type 1 diabetes [64]

Let-7d

Tregs

Decrease INF-γ level produced by Th1 [65]

miR-150-5p

miR-142-3P

Tregs

Causes tolerogenic phenotype of DCs, with increased IL-10 and reduced [67]

hsa-miR-7-5P

Sepsis exosomes

Has an antiapoptotic effect on T lymphocytes [68]

hsa-miR-24-3p

hsa-miR-891a

hsa-miR-106a-5p

hsa-miR-20a-5p

hsa-miR-1908

NPC

Mediate T-cell dysfunction [69]

miR-125a-3p

MSCs

Suppress the differentiation of effector T cells [42]

miR-10b-5p

miR-92a-3p

miR-155-5p

NKs

Th1 polarization and IFN-γ and IL-2 production [70]

miR-122

let-7b

miR-206

Hepatocyte

Upregulate BAFF expression in macrophages [73]

miRNA-223

Mast cell

Increase the permeability of intestinal epithelial [74]

miR-409-3P

Mast cell

Causes of microglial migration [75]

miR-490

Mast cell

Inhibit tumor metastasis in HCC [76]

miR-142-3p

Neutrophil

Down-regulates PKCα in macrophages [85]

miR-4466

Nicotine-induced N2-neutrophil

Promotes tumor cell metabolic switching [86]

hsa-miR-218-5p

hsa-miR-144-3p

Neutrophil

Differentiate between anti-scl70 (-) and anti-scl70 ( +) groups [87]

miR-122-5p

Neutrophil

Increase the permeability of BMECs [88]

miR-30d-5p

Neutrophil

Induce macrophage M1 polarization and primed macrophage pyroptosis [89]

miR-223

Neutrophil

Suppress the inflammasome activation and the canonical NF-κB pathway [90]