Study miRNA investigated miRNA p-value Target gene
Upregulated Downregulated
Bai [35] miR-195   <0.05 ActRIIA
Gao [36] miR-675   ✔ (EOPET) <0.05 NOMO1
Hu [24] miR-16, miR-29b, miR-195, miR-26b, miR-181a, miR-335 and miR-222 ✔ (severe PE)   <0.05  
Li [23] miR29-b   <0.001 MCL1, MMP2, VEGF, ITGB1
Muralimanoharan [25] miR-210 ✔ (severe PE)   <0.05 ISCU
Zhu [22] miR-210 ✔ (severe PE) ✔ (mild PE) <0.05  
Zhu [22] miR-152 ✔ (mild and severe)   <0.05  
Zhu [22] miR-518b ✔ (severe PE)   <0.05  
Zhu [22] miR-18a, miR-363, miR-542-3p   ✔ (severe PE) <0.05  
Zhu [22] miR-411, miR-377   ✔ (mild and severe PE) <0.05  
Yan [38] mir-126   <0.05 PIK3R2 gene
PE: Preeclampsia; EOPET: Early Onset Preeclampsia
Table 4: Results of miRNA studies.