Table 7 The function of key microRNAs in skeletal muscle.

mmu-miR-23a

Muscle atrophy (−)³⁴

mmu-miR-497

Myoblast proliferation (−)³⁵, myogenic differentiation (+)³⁵

mmu-miR-199a

Slow-to-fast muscle fiber type conversion (+)³⁶

mmu-miR-24

Myoblast proliferation (−)³⁷, myogenic differentiation (+)³⁷

mmu-miR-27b

Skeletal muscle satellite cells proliferation (−) and differentiation (+)³⁸

mmu-miR-27a

Skeletal muscle lipid use (+)³⁹, muscle atrophy (+)⁴⁰

mmu-miR-206

Myogenic differentiation (+)⁴¹, neuromuscular synapses regeneration (+)⁴²

mmu-miR-21

Myogenic differentiation (+)⁴³

mmu-miR-497

Skeletal muscle stem cells proliferation (−)⁴⁴, myogenic differentiation (+)³⁵

mmu-miR-1

Myogenesis (+)⁴⁵