MAPT and Hypertension: Similarly, other miRNAs which were dysregulated, including hsa-miR-17 and hsa-miR-21 have been reported to be associated with hypertension [44,45], hsa-miR-144-3p and hsa-miR-144-5p, have been implicated in neurodegenerative processes such as oxidative stress and tau phosphorylation in Alzheimer’s disease [46,47].