Table 2.

Transcriptional changes induced by hyperosmolar stress in selected homeostatic genes

Functional Group	Ratio of expression; 24hr stress/T0 (unstressed)
Genes	0hr (Arbitrary units)	24hr	T24/T0	P	Accession number
CDKI p15 p21	118 268	283 1443	2.4       5.4	0.004 0.03	AF059567 AK007630
GADD45 and DDIT GADD45β GADD45γ DDIT3(CHOP10) DDIT4	341 133 100 484	1614 1687 529 1133	4.7       12.7       5.3       2.3	0.002 0.007 0.0004 0.022	AI323528 AK007410 NM_007837 AK017926
HSP HSP22/Hspb8 HSP68/Hspa1a HSP70.1/Hspa1b HSP70.2/Hspa2	325 479 100 100	1079 2142 518 208	3.3       4.5       5.2       2.1	0.033 5.81E-05 0.01 0.0003	AF250139 AW763765 M12573 BC004714
AP1 JunC ATF3 ATF4	210 159 822	1243 736 1561	5.9       4.6       1.9	0.04 0.019 0.023	NM_010591 BC019946 M94087
Msx2/Hox8    280	949      3.4	0.03	NM_010261