Table 2

HOTAIR regulatory factors

FactorsUp/down-regulationRegulatory levelReferences
Methylation of downstream intergenic CpG islandDownregulationTranscriptional62
Post-synthetic methylationDownregulationPost-transcriptional4
Functional SNPs across HOTAIR locusUp/downregulationTranscriptional/ post-transcriptional61
siRNADownregulationPost-transcriptional49,51
MiR-141DownregulationPost-transcriptional32
Argonaute2 (Ago2)DownregulationPost-transcriptional32
Osteopontin (OPN)UpregulationTranscriptional63
IRF1DownregulationTranscriptional63
c-MycUpregulationTranscriptional29
TGF-βUpregulationTranscriptional4
Diethylstilbestrol (DES)UpregulationTranscriptional64
Bisphenol-A (BPA)UpregulationTranscriptional64
Estrogen receptors (ERs) and ER coregulatorsUpregulationTranscriptional64
Type I collagen (Col-1)UpregulationTranscriptional65