Review Article

Novel Insights into miRNA in Lung and Heart Inflammatory Diseases

Table 1

Role of mirSNPs in lung inflammatory disease and cardiac remodeling events.

MicroRNASNP* risk variant (alleles)LocationPutative roleReferences

Asthma
 miR-146ars2910164*C (C/G) Pre-miRNA region of miR-146aProtection/lower risk of asthma[12, 13]
 miR-149 rs2292832*T (C/T) Pre-miRNA region of miR-149Associated with lower risk of asthma[12]
 miR-152 family (miR-148a, -148b, and -152) rs1063320*G (C/G)HLA-G -UTR (at + 3142 position)Protective against asthma only in children of asthmatic mothers[11, 15]
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
 miR-196a2 rs11614913*C (C/T)Pre-miRNA region of miR-196a2Target Hoxb8; decreased risk factor[25]
 miR-499 rs3746444*G (A/G) Pre-miRNA regions of hsa-miR-499Decreased risk factor[25]
Cystic fibrosis (CF)
 miR-433 and -509-3prs10234329 (A/C)CFTR -UTRMild CFTR mutation and may have a role in pathogenesis of CF[33]
Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)
 miR-499 rs3746444*C (T/C)Pre-miRNA regions of hsa-miR-499Disease susceptibility varies among different populations[25]
 miR-146a rs2910164*G (G/C) Precursor miRNA sequence of miR-146aDisease susceptibility varies among different populations; regulates cytokine signaling and TLR pathways[25, 27]
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
 miR-569rs1057233*T (T/C) SPI1 -UTRHigh susceptibility to SLE[28]
 miR-146a rs57095329*G (G/A) Promoter of miR-146a primary transcript Associated with SLE [29, 30, 34]
 miR-146a rs2431697*T (C/T)Intergenic region between PTTG1 and miR-146aGenetically associated with SLE in Europeans.[31]
 miR-3148 rs3853839*G (G/C) TLR7 -UTRIncreased risk for SLE[32]
Congenital heart disease
 miR-196a2 rs11614913*C (C/T)Pre-miRNA region of miR-196a2Increased risk[24]
Hypertension (HT)
 miR-155rs5186*C (A/C) AGTR1 -UTRRisk factor for HT and other CVDs[35, 36]
 miR-195 and -135 rs9818870 (C/T) MRAS -UTR Risk factor for HT and other CVDs[37]
 miR-31 and -584 rs7079 (C/A) AGT -UTR Risk factor for HT[38]
Coronary heart disease
 miR-149rs4846049*G (G/T)MTHFR -UTRIncreased disease risk[39]
Myocardial infarction
 miR-149 precursorrs71428439*G (A/G)Affects miR-149 maturation and regulates Puma protein in apoptosis[40]
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)
 miR-196a2 rs11614913*T (C/T) Pre-miRNA region of miR-196a2Increased disease risk[41]
 miR-499rs3746444*G (A/G) Pre-miRNA regions of hsa-miR-499Increased disease risk[41]