Table II. PACAP-responsive genes/proteins identified at least in three of the data sets derived from the 13 studies (12 papers selected from literature and our study) used for meta-analysis. The genes/proteins found also in our study are listed in bold.

N° studies	Gene symbol
7	Ier3
6	Azin1, Odc1, Ptp4a1
5	Anxa2, Egr1, Fos, Gas1, Klf4, Lgals3, Lmo1, OLFM3, Plat, Rgs2, Snap25, Tubb2b
4	Akr1b3, ATP11A, Btg2, Cd63, Coq10b, Ezr, Fosl2, Herc4, Hspb1, Hspb8, Mapkapk2, Obfc2a, Por, Stk40
3	2810407C02Rik, Actg1, Agfg1, Agl, Akr1b7, ALCAM, Ap1s2, Arf4, ARL4A, Arpc3, As3mt, Atf4, B4galt3, Cited1, Creb3l2, Csrnp1, Csrp1, Dgat2, Dusp1, Ehd4, Eif1a, Ell2, Errfi1, Fabp5, Fosl1, Gadd45a, Gadd45g, Hmgb2, HspA5, Id3, Lama5, Mcl1, Nr4a1, Pdk3, Plk2, Plxna2, Ppp2r2b, Ptges3, PTPRO, Pvr, RHOB, Serpinb1a, Slc7a8, SMAD1, Stat3, Syt4, Tead1, Tpm4, Tsc22d1, Tuba1, Vgf, Zdbf2, Znhit6