Gene Profiling of Bone around Orthodontic Mini-Implants by RNA-Sequencing Analysis

Table 4

Differentially expressed genes associated with the extracellular matrix (ECM) pathway.

Gene symbol	Description	1 W	4 W
BGN	Biglycan precursor	12.26	5.86
COL1A2	Collagen α-2(I) chain precursor	9.27	1.28
COL5A3	Collagen α-3(28V)29 chain	6.95	7.00
DCN	Decorin precursor	6.23	4.29
DPT	Dermatopontin	3.84	2.01
EFEMP1	EGF containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix protein 1	3.33	2.58
FBLN1	Fibulin-1	3.14	1.53
FBLN5	Fibulin-5	5.21	4.02
FBN1	Fibrillin-1 isoform 3	6.67	−2.52
FMOD	Fibromodulin	3.18	3.05
FN1	Fibronectin	3.59	−1.19
LAMB2	Laminin subunit beta-2	1.21	2.21
LUM	Lumican	6.28	2.55
MMP11	Stromelysin-3 precursor	1.51	2.06
NID1	Nidogen-1 isoform 1	4.87	3.02
OGN	Mimecan	12.21	3.05
PCOLCE	Procollagen C-endopeptidase enhancer 1 isoform 3	3.17	2.00
PDGFRA	Platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha	3.94	2.42
POSTN	Periostin	5.61	2.39
PRELP	Prolargin	7.41	6.22
SERPINF1	Pigment epithelium-derived factor	4.82	3.27
SMOC2	SPARC related modular calcium binding 2 precursor	7.68	11.27
TIMP3	Metalloproteinase inhibitor 3 isoform 1	4.19	2.08
TNC	Tenascin precursor	6.19	6.87
VTN	Vitronectin isoform 2	1.06	4.33

The values were compared according to fold change. W: week.