Table 3.
Consensus ranking
| Gene ranking for group N1+N14 (n = 16) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank Position | geNorm | NormFinder | BestKeeper | Consensus |
| 1 | RPII | GAPDH | PPIA | PPIA |
| 2 | TBP | PPIA | Actin | GAPDH |
| 3 | PPIA | Actin | GAPDH | Actin |
| 4 | Actin | TBP | 18s | RPII |
| 5 | GAPDH | RPII | RPII | TBP |
| 6 | 18s | 18s | TBP | 18s |
| Gene ranking for group N14+Hyper14 (n = 14) | ||||
| Rank Position | geNorm | NormFinder | BestKeeper | Consensus |
| 1 | PPIA | RPII | RPII | RPII |
| 2 | TBP | GAPDH | PPIA | TBP |
| 3 | RPII | TBP | GAPDH | GAPDH |
| 4 | GAPDH | Actin | TBP | PPIA |
| 5 | Actin | PPIA | Actin | Actin |
| 6 | 18s | 18s | 18s | 18s |
| Gene ranking for group N14+Hypo14 (n = 14) | ||||
| Rank Position | geNorm | NormFinder | BestKeeper | Consensus |
| 1 | PPIA | TBP | RPII | TBP |
| 2 | TBP | PPIA | PPIA | PPIA |
| 3 | RPII | GAPDH | TBP | RPII |
| 4 | GAPDH | RPII | Actin | GAPDH |
| 5 | Actin | 18s | GAPDH | Actin |
| 6 | 18s | Actin | 18s | 18s |
| Gene ranking for group N1+N14+Hyper14+Hypo14 (n = 28) | ||||
| Rank Position | geNorm | NormFinder | BestKeeper | Consensus |
| 1 | PPIA | TBP | PPIA | TBP |
| 2 | TBP | GAPDH | TBP | PPIA |
| 3 | RPII | 18s | GAPDH | GAPDH |
| 4 | GAPDH | PPIA | RPII | RPII |
| 5 | Actin | RPII | Actin | 18s |
| 6 | 18s | Actin | 18s | Actin |
Weighted rank aggregation was performed to combine the ordered lists of genes produced by geNorm, NormFinder, and BestKeeper to a consensus rank of genes.