DNA Methylation Status of the Interspersed Repetitive Sequences for LINE-1, Alu, HERV-E, and HERV-K in Trabeculectomy Specimens from Glaucoma Eyes

Table 3

Alu methylation levels in glaucoma eyes and control eyes.

		% ^mC	% ^mC^mC	% ^mC^uC	% ^uC^mC	% ^uC^uC
Normal control	10	52.8278 ± 0.5926	25.1117 ± 1.2948	27.5755 ± 2.2979	27.8567 ± 2.4824	19.4560 ± 0.1800
POAG	16	52.1945 ± 0.6916	24.0020 ± 1.5875	27.5126 ± 2.2014	28.8725 ± 0.4600	19.6130 ± 0.3089
PACG	12	51.4995 ± 1.3884	22.6191 ± 2.7542	28.8866 ± 2.7807	28.8743 ± 0.3395	19.6201 ± 0.2302
Secondary glaucoma	16	51.9548 ± 0.9712	23.5236 ± 1.9268	27.9738 ± 2.0784	28.8885 ± 0.4241	19.6140 ± 0.2888

All values are presented as mean ± standard deviation. % ^mC = percentage of Alu methylation; % ^mC^mC = percentage of Alu hypermethylated loci number; % ^mC^uC, % ^uC^mC = percentage of Alu partially methylated loci; % ^uC^uC = percentage of Alu hypomethylated loci number.