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. 2010 Jul;51(7):3800–3812. doi: 10.1167/iovs.09-4540

Table 2.

Neurotransmi-Genes in Amacrine Cells and RGCs

Gene Symbol Gene Name Mean E20
Mean P5
Mean P11
Amacr RGCs Amacr RGCs Amacr RGCs
Unique expression in RGCs by present call
    Chrna7 Cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7 673 918 509 671 869 669
    Aldh5a1 Aldehyde dehydrogenase 5 family, member A1 (succinate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase) 546 574 709 730 899 473
Unique expression in amacrine cells by Affymetrix “Present”call:
    — 9,632 1,692 20,623 957 25,627 403
    — 9,332 46 16,645 113 13,509 110
    Slc1a3 Solute carrier family 1 (glial high affinity glutamate transporter), member 3 6,296 199 10,550 207 12,565 211
    Exoc5 Exocyst complex component 5 5,579 419 5,683 362 4,984 308
    Lin7c Lin-7 homolog C (C. elegans) 5,066 22 3,494 24 3,118 20
    Slc32a1 Solute carrier family 32 (GABA vesicular transporter), member 1 4,660 1,586 14,460 1,076 14,566 2,437
    Incenp Inner centromere protein 1,832 1,488 1,518 1,012 679 969
    Chrna4 Cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 4 1,330 2,952 1,323 3,994 1,221 3,943
    Kcnh2 Potassium voltage-gated channel, subfamily H (eag-related), member 2 1,266 1,572 1,445 1,186 2,960 1,010
    Th Tyrosine hydroxylase 1,130 1,117 2,815 1,193 2,737 857
    Rims1 Regulating synaptic membrane exocytosis 1 1,056 105 1,936 63 3,922 93
    Grm2 Glutarnate receptor, metabotropic 2 993 570 2,480 559 3,854 293
    Gabra3 Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA-A) receptor, subunit alpha 3 889 336 1,927 455 2,468 548
    Stx3 Syntaxin 3 714 107 375 215 1,336 167
    Rab15 RAB15, member RAS oncogene family 707 121 382 221 707 213
    Nedd1 Neural precursor cell expressed, developmentally down-regulated gene 1 671 175 937 84 318 98
    Cacna1a Calcium channel, voltage-dependent, P/Q type, alpha 1A subunit 581 3,794 653 2,995 1,153 3,504
    Cln3 Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 3, juvenile (Batten, Spielmeyer-Vogt disease) 506 638 484 1,512 668 944
    Lin7b Lin-7 homolog b (C. elegans) 488 172 620 659 1,553 763
    Slc6a9 Solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, glycine), member 9 453 984 2,036 818 7,792 1,447
    Drd4 Dopamine receptor D4 439 582 273 230 490 425
    Htr3a 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 3a 388 83 304 184 1,096 181
    Nos1ap Nitric oxide synthase 1 (neuronal) adaptor protein 330 1,668 296 1,216 330 1,710
    Gabrg3 Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, subunit gamma 3 230 79 227 123 320 62
    Grin2a Glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl D-aspartate 2A 210 107 142 41 192 97