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Table 2 Summary of all the ncRNAs that are currently reported to be involved in regulating macrophage polarization in different types of cancer

From: Non-coding RNAs regulation of macrophage polarization in cancer

ncRNA

Cancer type

Macrophage polarization

Targets/signaling pathways

Categorization

Reference

miR-34-a

BC

Promote M1 Polarization, Inhibit M2 Polarization

IL-6R, STAT3

Juggling Tumor Suppressor

[44, 45]

miR-16

BC

Promote M1 Polarization, Inhibit M2 Polarization

IL-6, TGFβ, TNFα

Juggling Tumor Suppressor

[39]

miR-503

BC

Promote M2 Polarization, Inhibit M1 Polarization

STAT3 phosphorylation, NF-kB

Juggling Oncogene

[55]

miR-19a-3p

BC

Promote M2 Polarization

Fra-1 proto-oncogene, TNFα, NF-kB

Oncogene

[40, 41]

lncRNA GNAS-AS1

BC, NSCLC

Promote M2 Polarization

p53

Oncogene

[82, 83]

LincRNA p21

BC

Promote M2 Polarization

miR-1303 sponging, PTBP3

Oncogene

[101,102,103,104]

lncRNA BCRT1

BC

Promote M2 Polarization

miR-433-3p sponging, IL-10 and Arg-1

Oncogene

[65]

miR-Let-7b

PC

Promote M2 Polarization

IL-12, IL-23, TNFα

Oncogene

[58,59,60,61,62]

miR-224

PC

Promote M2 Polarization

TRIB1, IKB-zeta

Oncogene

[52, 53]

lncRNA CCAT1

PC

Promote M1 Polarization, Inhibit M2 Polarization

lncRNA CCAT1/miR-148a/PKCζ axis

Juggling Tumor Suppressor

[66,67,68]

miR-301a-3p

PANC

Promote M2 Polarization

PTEN/PI3Kgamma

Oncogene

[54, 117]

miR-155

PANC, leukemia

Promote M1 Polarization

C/EBPβ

Tumor Suppressor

[48,49,50]

miR-1246

glioma, OC

Promote M2 Polarization

NF-kB-STAT3-TERF2IP axis

Oncogene

[56]

miR-142-3p

glioma

Promote M1 Polarization

TGF-β

Tumor Suppressor

[46, 118]

lncRNA LINC00662

HCC

Promote M2 Polarization

Wnt/β-catenin

Oncogene

[84, 85, 88]

lncRNA MALAT1

HCC

Promote M2 Polarization, Inhibit M1 Polarization

miR-140, VEGF-A

Juggling Oncogene

[92, 93]

lncRNA TUC339

HCC

Promote M2 Polarization

IL-1 β, TNFα

Oncogene

[109, 110]

lncRNA COX-2

HCC

Promote M1 Polarization, Inhibit M2 Polarization

IL-12, iNOS, and TFN-alpha(M1), Arg-1, IL-10, and Fizz-1(M2)

Juggling Tumor Suppressor

[71, 72]

miR-145

CRC

Promote M2 Polarization

IL-12p40, IL-10, HDAC11

Oncogene

[47]

miR-195-5p

CRC

Promote M2 Polarization

miR-195-5p/NOTCH2-GATA3/IL-4 axis

Oncogene

[51]

lncRNA GAS5

CRC

Promote M1 Polarization, Inhibit M2 Polarization

IRF4

Juggling Tumor Suppressor

[75, 76]

lncRNA RPPH1

CRC

Promote M2 Polarization

TUBB3

Oncogene

[105,106,107]

lncRNA MM2P

OS

Promote M2 Polarization

STAT6

Oncogene

[94]

lncRNA RP11-361F15.2

OS

Inhibit M2 Polarization

miR-30c-5p, CPEB4

Tumor Suppressor

[108]

miR-29a-3p

OSCC

Promote M2 Polarization

SOCS1/STAT6 signaling

Oncogene

[43]

miR-21

HNC

Promote M2 Polarization

PDCD4, IL12A

Oncogene

[42]

lncRNA NIFK-AS1N

EC

Promote M1 Polarization, Inhibit M2 Polarization

NIFK-AS1/miR-146a/NOTCH1 axis

Juggling Tumor Suppressor

[99]

lncRNA ANCR

GC

Inhibit M1 Polarization

FOXO1

Oncogene

[63]

lncRNA NEAT1

MM

Promote M2 Polarization

lncRNA NEAT1/miR-214/B7-H3/JAK2-STAT3 axis

Oncogene

[95, 96]

lncRNA XIST

LC

Promote M2 Polarization

IL-4, TCF-4

Oncogene

[111, 114]