Table 1.

Summary of Müller Glia Specific and Enriched Genes¹

Category	Gene name	Reference	Verification; Specificity	Expression level
Classical markers	ApoE	Amaratunga et al., 1996	ISH	High
	Aqp4	Nagelhus et al., 1998	ISH, DISH	High
	Clu	Blackshaw et al., 2004	ISH, DISH	High
	Vimentin	Greenberg et al., 2007	ISH	High
	Kir2.1	Newman and Reichenbach, 1996	N/A	High
	Kir4.1	Newman and Reichenbach, 1996	N/A	High
	S100a16	Seigel et al., 1996	N/A	High
	Glul	Blackshaw et al., 2004	ISH	High
	CRLBP-1	Matsuda et al., 2004	ISH, DISH	High
	Dkk3	Blackshaw et al., 2004	ISH, DISH	High
	Chx-10	Rowan et al., 2004	N/A	High
New markers	Spbc25		ISH	High
	Itm2b		ISH, DISH	High
	Apg4b		ISH, DISH	Low
	Dbi		ISH	High
	GPR37	Blackshaw et al., 2004	ISH, Xgal	High
	Car2		ISH	High
Müller glia enriched	Abca8a		N/A; high	High
	Sox2	Blackshaw et al., 2004	N/A; high, also prog	High
	Gnai2		N/A; high	High
	Cav		N/A; high	High
	Jagn1		N/A; high	High
	2310032F03Rik		ISH; high	High
	Synpr		N/A; medium	High
	Col9a1		N/A; medium	High
	Prss2		N/A; high, subset	High
	Ube1c		N/A; high, subset	High
	Gnb1l		N/A; high, subset	High
	Bing4		N/A; high, subset	High
	Kcnj10		N/A; high	High
	Cts0		N/A; high	High
	Ctsh		N/A; high	High
	Rhpn		N/A; high	High

¹Literature references for known Müller glia markers are indicated.

Abbreviations: DISH, dissociated cell in situ hybridization; ISH, in situ hybridization; N/A, not done; prog, progenitor cells.