“…Interestingly, some miRNAs have been verified to affect adipocyte biology, adipocyte differentiation, and adipose tissue function. For instance, miR-143, miR-17-92 cluster, miR-30c, and miR-24 promote adipocyte differentiation by negatively regulating extracellular signal-regulated kinase 5 ( ERK5 ) (Esau et al, 2004), tumor-suppressor Rb2/p130 (Wang et al, 2008), activin receptor-like kinase 2 ( ALK2 ) (Karbiener et al, 2011), and mitogen-activated protein kinase 7 ( MAPK7 ) (Jin et al, 2016), respectively. miR-27b, miR-200b, miR-26b, and miR-215 impair adipocyte differentiation by targeting PPARγ (Karbiener et al, 2009), Kruppel like factor 4 ( Klf4 ) (Shen et al, 2018), phosphatase, tensin homolog gene ( PTEN ) (Song et al, 2014), and fibronectin type III domain containing 3B ( FNDC3B ) (Peng et al, 2016), respectively.…”