Table 1.

Affymetrix Analysis of Protease Expression in First Trimester EVT

Protease	Affymetrix reference number	Relative expression 1	Relative expression 2
MMP-2	201069_at	19,976.2*	25,128.7*
MMP-3	205828_at	793.2	1557.3
MMP-9	203936_s_at	193.3	258.7
MMP-11	203878_s_at	1330.8	1031
MMP-12	204580_at	18,953.8*	33,777.5*
MMP-14	160020_at	980	859.1
MMP-15	203365_s_at	6427	2102.7
MMP-19	204575_s_at	1151.6	950.2
Caspase-1	211366_x_at	129.4	244.9
Caspase-2	226032_at	4885.5*	5775.1*
Caspase-3	202763_at	467.8	352.6
Caspase-4	209310_s_at	370.7	406.5
Caspase-4	213596_at	58.5	143.1
Caspase-6	209790_s_at	382.7	250.3
Caspase-6	211464_x_at	210.4	203.6
Caspase-7	207181_s_at	801.6	797
Caspase-8	213373_s_at	167.8	210.8
Caspase-9	203984_s_at	490.6	449.2

Relative expression of protease transcripts in two pools of first trimester EVT mRNA. Asterisks denote the most highly expressed transcripts.