“…The relative expression in HM and LM fractions of several of these known miRNAs, including bta-miR-103, bta-miR-30b-5p, bta-miR-17-5p, bta-miR-106b, bta-miR-142-3p, bta-miR-34b, bta-miR-18a, bta-miR-34c, bta-miR-455-5p, bta-miR-10b, bta-miR-99b, bta-miR-1246, bta-miR-99a-5p, and bta-miR-1388-5p, was consistent with the relative abundance of their homologous miRNAs, observed in the normal vs abnormal sperm. Conversely, bta-miR-26a, bta-miR-24 and bta-miR-100 showed an opposite expression in our samples with respect to what previously described in literature [26, 27, 55]. bta-miR-122 and bta-miR-574 expression in the HM or LM fraction was only partially in agreement with what reported in previous studies [26, 27, 56].…”