Research Article

Comparison of Cardiac miRNA Transcriptomes Induced by Diabetes and Rapamycin Treatment and Identification of a Rapamycin-Associated Cardiac MicroRNA Signature

Table 4

MicroRNAs differentially expressed in ZO-Rap versus ZO-C and their similarity to microRNAs that were differentially expressed in ZL-Rap versus ZL-C.

MicroRNAZO-Rap/ZO-CZL-Rap/ZL-CNature of Association with human or animal model pathology
DiabetesCardiac fibrosisCVD

miR-743a-5p2.251.09;  = N.S.Mediates mitochondrial oxidative stress [43]
miR-1843-3p−2.252
miR-511-3p−2.25−1.7Suppressed in moX-LDL-induced VSMC transformation in atherosclerosis [44]
miR-409b−2.251.45;  = N.S.

N.S.: not significant. Please see Supplemental Table 3 for the exact gene expression levels and values.