Review Article

MicroRNAs in Insulin Resistance and Obesity

Table 1

Summary of key biological processes and miRNAs discussed in this paper.

Biological processSpecific miRNAsReferences

ngn3-independent endocrine pancreas regenerationmiR-15a, miR-15b, miR-16 and miR-195[10]

Regulates insulin expressionmiR-30d, miR-375, miR-124a2[17, 22, 30]

Regulates insulin secretionmiR-375, miR-9, miR-124a2[8, 25, 31]

Regulates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS)miR-369-5p, miR-130a, miR-27a, miR-410, miR-200a, miR-337, miR-532, miR-320, miR-192 and miR-379, miR-375, miR-124a2[18, 20, 21, 32]

Regulates adipocyte differentiationmiR-143, miR-27b, miR-130, miR-519d[41, 42, 44, 45, 47]

Regulates insulin sensitivitymiR-103, miR-107, miR-29, miR-320, mmu-mir-183-96-182 (cluster)[48ā€“51]