miRNA  Expression Confirmed targets Associated with  Reference
NSCLC SCLC Diagnosis Survival1
Tumors Lines Tumors Lines
let-7

Dn

Dn

UC

HMGA2, RAS, MYC, E2Fs, CDKs SCC NSCLC  [24, 25, 54, 65, 77, 78, 80, 81, 105]
miR-7

Up

   

Up

ETS2, EGFR, Raf1      [24, 54]
miR-9

Dn/Up

   

Up

TGFBI, TRIM2, SIRT1, BTBD3 SCLC    [24, 25, 54, 106]
miR-15

Up

NC

Up

Dn/Up

Bcl-2, CCND1, CCNE   NSCLC  [10, 54, 77-79]
miR-16

Dn

NC

 

Dn/Up

Bcl-2, CCND1, CCNE   NSCLC  [10, 24, 54, 65, 79]
miR-17-3p,5p

Up

 

Up

Up

p21, E2F, Bim, CCND1, PTEN, Rb NSCLC    [25, 40, 54, 77, 78, 107]
miR-17-92 cluster

Up

Up

Up

Up

p21, E2F, CCND1, PTEN, Rb, HIF-1α SCLC SCLC  [40, 54]
miR-20

Up

   

Up

p21, E2F, Bim, Cyclin D1, PTEN, Rb NSCLC    [40, 54, 77, 78]
miR-21

Up

Up

UC

Dn

Apaf-1, PTEN, PDCD4, Faslg, Spry1-2, Btg2 NSCLC ; ADC NSCLC [10, 23-25, 43, 44, 54, 64, 65, 77-79, 95, 107, 108]
miR-22

UC

 

Dn

PTEN, ESR1, TIAM1      [10, 109, 110]
miR-23a,b

Up

NC

 

Dn

Has2, LaminB1, Brn-3b   NSCLC  [10, 54, 79]
miR-24

Up

NC

 

Dn

E2F2, Myc, Net1A   NSCLC  [10, 25, 79]
miR-25

Up

 

Up

Up

Bim, TRAIL NSCLC NSCLC  [54, 60, 78, 111]
miR-27b

Dn

 

UC

UC

ST14, PPARα   NSCLC  [25, 54, 79]
miR-29a,b,c

Dn

NC

Dn

Dn

DNMT3 (A&B)      [10, 23, 25, 54]
miR-30

Dn

   

Dn

p53, B-Myb, CTGF      [22-25, 54, 65]
miR-30c, d

Dn

Up

 

Up

Serpine1   NSCLC  [10, 65, 79, 82, 112]
miR-31

Up

Dn

 

Dn

LATS2, PPP2R2A ADC    [10, 23, 46, 64, 65]
miR-32

Dn

   

Dn

Bim      [25, 54]
miR-33

Dn

   

Dn

ABCA1, p53      [25, 54, 113, 114]
miR-34a

Dn/Up

   

Dn

DLL1, CDK4, Myc, CCND1   NSCLC  [23, 54, 78, 115, 116]
miR-92

UC

 

Up

Bim      [10, 54, 117]
miR-93

UC

 

Up

p21, FUS1 SCLC    [10, 54, 111, 118]
miR-95

Dn

 

Up

Up

SNX1 SCLC    [25, 54, 119]
miR-96

Up

Up

Up

Up

GPC3, FOXO1   NSCLC  [10, 54, 120]
miR-98

UC

Up

Up

FUS1 SCLC    [10, 54, 93, 118]
miR-99

Dn

   

Dn

SMARCA5, SMARCD1, mTOR      [10, 23, 65, 121]
miR-100

Dn

   

Dn

ATM, PLK1, MTOR, RPTOR, IGF1R, Gli1   SCC [23, 54, 77, 78]
miR-101

Dn

Up

 

Up

Mcl-1      [10, 22-25, 47-49]
miR-106a

Up

 

Up

Up

E2F1 ADC OS-NSCLC  [10, 54, 77, 78, 111] 
miR-106b

Up

 

Up

p21, E2F, Bim, Cyclin D1, PTEN, Rb      [10, 54, 77, 78, 111]
miR-125

Dn

 

Dn

Dn

Smo, invasion and migration factors NSCLC    [23, 25, 54, 65, 77, 122]
miR-126

Dn

 

Dn

Dn

Spred-1 SCC, ADC SCC  [22-25, 64, 65, 77, 78]
miR-126*

Dn

   

ERBB2IP NSCLC    [23-25, 95]
miR-128

Dn

   

Up

EGFR SCLC EGFR-TKi2  [45, 54]
miR-130a

Dn

   

Dn

MET   NSCLC  [23, 24, 54, 65, 79]
miR-130b

Up

 

Up

Up

CSF-1, TP53INP1, RUNX3 SCC    [54, 64, 65]
miR-133b

Dn

   

Dn

Mcl-1, BCLw      [24, 54]
miR-139

Dn

   

ROCK2, FOXO1, CXCR4 SCC    [24, 64, 65, 123-125]
miR-140

Dn

   

Sp1, BMP2 ADC    [25, 64]
miR-142-3p,5p

Up

 

Dn/Up

ADAM9, GRα, PKA     [10, 54]
miR-143

Dn

   

Dn

ERK5, KRAS, Bcl-2, DNMT3A, ELK1 ADC   [23-25, 54, 64];
miR-145

Dn

   

Dn

c-MYC, CDK4, eIF4E4 NSCLC; ADC   [23-25, 54, 64]
miR-146b

Up

   

Dn

MMP16, TRAF6, IRAK1, ADC SCC [25, 54, 77, 78, 107]
miR-149

Up

Up

 

Up

E-cadherin SCC    [10, 55, 65]
miR-150

Up/Dn

 

Dn

Dn

MUC4, P2RX7 ADC   [25, 54, 64]
miR-155

Up

   

Dn

TAB2, FADD, RIP-1, IKKϵ, ET-1 ADC NSCLC [25, 54, 61, 77, 78, 107]
miR-181a,b

Dn

 

Dn

Dn

Mcl-1, Bcl-2     [23, 54, 65]
miR-181c

Dn

NC

 

Up

TGFBI, TRIM2, SIRT1, BTBD3     [10, 65, 106]
miR-182

Up

 

Up

Up

FOXO1 NSCLC, ADC NSCLC [24, 54, 61, 64, 65, 77, 78, 80, 95, 120]
miR-183

Up

 

Up

Up

FOXO3, FOXO1, EGR1, PTEN NSCLC NSCLC [24, 54, 65, 77, 95, 120]
miR-185

Dn

Dn

 

Dn

c-Myc, DNMT1, SMG6, CDK6, AKT1     [54, 126]
miR-191

Up

   

Dn

CDK6, TIMP3, NDST1 ADC SCC [25, 54, 77, 78, 107]
miR-192

Up

   

ERCC3, ERCC4, Rb1      [25, 107]
miR-195

Dn

NC

 

Dn/Up

CCNE, BCLw      [10, 24, 54, 65]
miR-197

Up

Up

 

Up

FUS1     [10, 25, 61]
miR-199

Dn

Dn

Dn

Dn

HES, ET-1, HIF-1α     [10, 21, 25, 54]
miR-200a,b

Dn/Up

 

Up

Up

C-ets-1, Zeb1, ECM proteins, p38α ADC NSCLC  [54, 64, 79, 127]
miR-200c

Up

Dn

Up

Up

C-ets-1, Zeb1, ECM proteins SCC NSCLC [54, 65, 77, 128]
miR-203

Up

 

.

DeltaNp63, Smo NSCLC, ADC    [25, 77, 107]
miR-205

Up

Dn

 

Dn

E2F1, Zeb1, Sip1 SCC; ADC    [10, 25, 65, 74, 75, 78, 93, 107]
miR-210

Up

 

Up

Up

HOXA1, FGFRL1, HOXA9, NDUFA4, EFNA3 NSCLC , SCC, ADC   [24, 25, 54, 57, 64, 65, 77, 95, 107, 108, 129]
miR-214

Up

 

Dn

Dn

EZH2, Brn-3b ADC   [25, 54, 107]
miR-218

Dn

   

RICTOR ADC    [24, 25, 64]
miR-221

Up/UC

   

Dn

p27, PTEN, TIMP3   NSCLC [10, 50, 80]
miR-222

Up/UC

   

Dn

p27, PTEN, TIMP3      [10, 50, 54]
miR-223

Dn/Up

 

Dn

Dn

LMO2-L/-S, CEBP-β NSCLC    [54, 60, 65]
miR-224

Dn/Up

   

Dn

DIO1      [77]
miR-324-5p

Up

Up

Up

Up/Dn

Smo, Gli1 SCC    [10, 54, 65, 130]
miR-326

Up

 

Up

MRP-1/ABCC1, Ets-1      [10, 131, 132]
miR-335

Dn

 

Up

Up

SOD2, Txnrd2, BCLw, SP1, ERα, IGF1R      [24, 54, 133-135]
miR-338

Dn

Up

 

Up/Dn

Runx2, Smo     [10, 24, 54, 130, 136]
miR-375

Up

Dn

Up

Up

IGF1R, SP1, LDHB, YAP1 ADC SCLC  [54, 64, 137-140]
miR-423

Up

   

p21 SCC    [24, 65, 141]
miR-429

Dn

   

Up

ALDH1L2, PSAT1, ZEB1 SCC    [54, 65, 142]
miR-451

Dn

   

Dn

RAB14, apoptosis      [23, 24, 54]
miR-453

Dn

   

ESR1   SCC  [77, 78, 82]
miR-486

Dn

   

CD40 ADC NSCLC  [64, 65, 108]
miR-494

Dn

   

Up

Nucleolin, Bmal1   SCC  [54, 77, 78, 143, 144]
miR-497

Dn

   

Dn

BCL2, CCND2      [24, 54, 145]{Xing, 2010 #85
miR-504

Up

   

p53, DRD1     [23, 146, 147]
miR-511

Up

   

Dn

TLR4, CD80   SCC [54, 77, 78, 148]
miR-512

   

Dn

c-FLIP, Mcl-1     [54, 149, 150]
1Expression trend can be either positively or negatively correlated to overall survival
2Associated with drug response and not to overall survival
Abbreviations: Lines = cell lines, SCC = lung squamous cell carcinoma, ADC = lung adenocarcinoma, Up = increased expression, Dn = decreased expression, UC = no
change
Table 1: Frequently deregulated miRNAs in lung cancer.