Table 1.
expression data for CD133+ retinal progenitor cell phenotype
| mRNA Description | Mean Expression |
| Homo sapiens prominin 1 (PROM1), mRNA. | 6795 |
| Homo sapiens nestin (NES), mRNA. | 215 |
| Homo sapiens fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3), mRNA. (CD135) | 66 |
| Homo sapiens Thy-1 cell surface antigen (THY1), mRNA. (CD90) | 390 |
| Homo sapiens nerve growth factor receptor (TNFR superfamily, member 16) (NGFR), mRNA. (CD271) | 542 |
| Homo sapiens neural cell adhesion molecule 1 (NCAM1), transcript variant 2, mRNA. | 1987 |
| Homo sapiens paired box 6 (PAX6), transcript variant 1, mRNA. | 788 |
| Homo sapiens ATP-binding cassette, sub-family G (WHITE), member 2 (ABCG2), mRNA. | 146 |
| Homo sapiens doublecortex; lissencephaly, X-linked (doublecortin) (DCX), transcript variant 1, mRNA. | 258 |
| Homo sapiens rhodopsin (RHO), mRNA. | 16078 |
| Homo sapiens glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), mRNA. | 637 |
| Homo sapiens leukemia inhibitory factor receptor alpha (LIFR), mRNA. | 1737 |
| Homo sapiens Notch homolog 1, translocation-associated (Drosophila) (NOTCH1), mRNA. | 326 |
| Homo sapiens recoverin (RCVRN), mRNA. | 10323 |
| Homo sapiens platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule (CD31 antigen) (PECAM1), mRNA. | 188 |
| Homo sapiens protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, C (PTPRC), transcript variant 1, mRNA. (CD45) | 38 |
| Homo sapiens retinaldehyde binding protein 1-like 1 (RLBP1L1), mRNA (CRALBP1) | 256 |
| Homo sapiens vimentin (VIM), mRNA. | 2709 |
| Homo sapiens CD34 molecule (CD34), transcript variant 2, mRNA. | 123 |
| Homo sapiens KIT ligand (KITLG), transcript variant b, mRNA. (CD117) | 136 |
| Homo sapiens Nanog homeobox (NANOG), mRNA. | 111 |
| Homo sapiens neurofilament, medium polypeptide 150 kDa (NEFM), transcript variant 1, mRNA. | 662 |
| Homo sapiens cyclin D1 (CCND1), mRNA. | 369 |
| Homo sapiens antigen identified by monoclonal antibody Ki-67 (MKI67), mRNA. | 55 |
RNA was isolated from magnetically separated CD133+ cells and prepared using the Affymetrix whole transcript (WT) assay. Mean expression values represent 3 repeats of actively transcribing genes (GEO series record GSE14733). Although expressivity has varying values with respect to extent of protein expression via FACS analysis, we do not make comparisons at this level. Levels of mRNA are not directly proportional to the expression level of the proteins [30]. The number of protein molecules synthesized using a given mRNA molecule as a template is highly dependent on translation-initiation features of the mRNA sequence. In addition proteins may differ substantially in their in vivo half lives [30].