Table 4. Genes identified as potential interesting using gene profiling in both VHS and STHS compared to spleen.

Gene name	qPCR:Adj p-values VHS vs Spleen	qPCR:Adj p-values STHS vs Spleen	qPCR:Up/Down regulated versus spleen	Spleen versus VHS resp STHS; Fold Change
PPBP	7.6×10−8	7.23×10−9	DOWN	−360×, −1008×
GTSF1	2.9×10−4	5.25×10−5	UP	1000×, 1000×
Spi-C	2.0×10−3	2.4×10−4	DOWN	−12×, −51×
VCAM1	0.011478	1.1 10−4	DOWN	−10×, −6×
ENPEP	8.4×10−4	2.0×10−8	DOWN	−324×, −1472×
LUM	3.4×10−3	5.43×10−7	UP	88×, 48×
ITGAD(CD11d)	8.5×10−3	1.6×10−3	DOWN	−4×, −253×
Col3a1	7.0×10−3	0.010	UP	23×, 18×
Thy1 (CD90)	0.024	4.19E-05	UP	3×, 6×

PPBP: Pro-platelet basic protein (chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 7), GTSF1: Gametocyte specific factor 1, SPI-C: Spi-C transcription factor, VCAM1: Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1, ENPEP: Glutamyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase A), LUM: Lumican, ITGAD: Integrin, alpha D, Col3A1: Collagen, type III, alpha 1, Thy-1 (CD90): Thy-1 cell surface antigen.