Research Article

Gene Expression Profiling in Human High-Grade Astrocytomas

Table 3

The marker genes of three different grades of ACM.

Gene symbolII-astro scoreIII-astro scoreIV-astro scoreNormal-scoreII-mean (log base 2)III-mean (log base 2)IV-mean (log base 2)Normal mean (log base 2)

EPHB115.44620006.8698942.554952.654092.72811
LOC73222913.86580005.4605122.593712.774082.26366
C12orf398.57660005.3617512.2380852.586822.48695
MARVELD37.88860006.8003982.377292.868392.39552
LOC2836774.47580003.8831222.8266632.713922.8898
C20orf423.55770007.6273082.8597892.45582.52664
SPTLC33.26790004.016982.2552562.301322.59188
KCNQ1OT12.91280004.1037312.3382342.24642.26363
FLJ210622.11670004.7531682.2380852.484952.26875
ATP13A51.97070003.2147552.2380852.24642.43345
PDXDC11.38470003.1347292.256612.266362.26363
CNNM20.80810003.1488032.273472.61332.54342

ZBTB39015.0318004.1735016.190554.68564.68794
C6orf89011.2219002.6216724.6994282.917882.30613
LOC116236011.0126002.2543294.3973172.726122.44326
FKHL18010.2107002.2586353.9941122.24642.6121
CTRL010.0666002.5264283.9374242.318512.58541
TIRAP09.5523002.3249364.2167942.24642.75954
NEUROG102.5236002.2580563.7683882.647512.27475
TMEM4400.4603002.3157983.3749822.456052.51802
RPUSD100.647004.0340092.7034423.842084.14466
DHRS702.0711003.4253352.5733173.605344.03533
AKAP702.6126004.7234652.6526485.110563.7332
PDE3B04.2169005.9892334.5354326.107186.31594

C20orf1600014.982502.5231262.7904454.414872.27477
PKMYT10011.8902.6440792.4868643.848242.26751
TRPV20010.508902.3976862.7325244.50483.31894
LEFTY2005.350702.2315832.2584915.566882.28191
C20orf77005.184802.3339982.4040513.481312.3379
MOBKL2C003.893602.5179872.585493.867232.45653
STAC002.996502.2753992.2381516.324482.78522
GGA3002.835102.2958722.4339143.468872.26651
VAV1002.158402.3963922.5156544.536272.34353
TXNRD2001.388602.5829062.3587453.386022.41848
SP100000.913402.3859382.3392463.586992.37374
LCP2000.765602.2686752.2929753.626012.88405
RHEB000.600202.2547322.2445713.165832.31595

The first column lists the marker genes for different ACM WHO grades; the scores from 2th to 5th columns suggest the estimates of the class probabilities by PAM [4], which are similar to that used in linear discriminant analysis (LDA); the means from 6th to 9th columns represent the average values of log (base 2) gene expression. Bold indicates a marker gene of one WHO grade ACM relative to other WHO grades which are overexpressional; italic indicates those that are underexpressional.