Table 1 Studies mentioned in the review

Bye et al. (2013)

Physical activity

miR-210, miR-125a, miR-29a, let-7d, miR-21, miR-222, miR-652, miR-151

Blood

Low VO_2max level

Bye et al. (2013)

Acute exhaustive exercise and sustained aerobic exercise training

miR-146a, miR-20a

Blood

Peak exercise capacity and cardiorespiratory fitness

Dhahbi et al. (2013)

Calorie restriction (mouse)

hsa-miR-151a-3p, hsa-miR-151a-5p, hsa-miR-181a-1-3p, hsa-miR-3607

Blood

Calorie restriction

Ortega et al. (2013)

Surgery-induced weight loss

miR-140-5p, miR-122, miR-193a-5p, miR-16-1, miR-221 and miR-199a-3p

Blood

Weight loss

Milagro et al. (2013)

Weight loss

miR-935, miR-4772, miR-874, miR-199b, miR-766, miR-589 and miR-148b

Blood mononuclear cells

Weight loss

Singh et al. (2012)

Diet modulation (mouse)

rno-miR-351, mmu-miR-487b, mmu-miR-467a, mmu-miR-27b*, mmu-miR-148a, mmu-miR-145, mmu-miR-183, mmu-miR-133a, mmu-miR-133a-2, mmu-miR-150, mmu-miR-672, mmu-miR-181a-1*, rno-miR-664, mmu-miR-455, mmu-miR-138*, mmu-let-7 g*

Caecum

Microbiota composition

Tarallo et al. (2014)

Different dietary habits (vegans, vegetarians and omnivorous)

miR-92a

Stools or plasma

Dietary habits vegans > vegetarians > omnivorous

Tome-Carneiro et al. (2013)

Type 2 diabetic patients receiving one-year supplementation with resveratrol-containing grape extract

miR-21, miR-181b, miR-663, miR-30c2, miR-155 and miR-34a

Blood mononuclear cells

Down-regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines in PBMC

Ryu et al. (2011)

Dietary zinc deprivation and repletion

miR-10b, miR-155, miR-200b, miR-296-5p, miR-375, miR-92a, miR-145, miR-204, and miR-211

Blood

Dietary zinc intake

Enquobahrie et al. (2011)

Pregnant women, categorised by low or high plasma calcitriol level

miR-589, miR-601, miR-573, miR-138, miR-320d, miR-196a*, miR-92b, miR-423-3p, miR-484, miR-93, miR-574-5p

Blood

Levels of plasma vitamin D

Beckett et al. (2015)

Vitamin D intake

let-7a/b

Blood

Correlated with vitamin D receptor polymorphisms