Table 2. Gene highly enriched in both fetal astrocyte samples and expressed at very low levels in NSCs or differentiated neurons.
| SYMBOL | LONZA FET AST | SCIENCELL FET AST | NCRM-5 NSC | H9 NSC |
| BEND6 | 216 | 308 | 3 | 10 |
| CD44 | 3920 | 4352 | 145 | 233 |
| CDKN2B | 1141 | 440 | 13 | 17 |
| COBL | 100 | 399 | 17 | 7 |
| CRYAB | 1305 | 1230 | 7 | 1 |
| DUSP23 | 1004 | 432 | 11 | 11 |
| GFAP | 3280 | 1456 | 8 | 1 |
| HEY1 | 727 | 805 | 114 | 29 |
| HOPX | 1309 | 1417 | 210 | 1 |
| IGFBP7 | 1487 | 1623 | 31 | 18 |
| ITGA3 | 1056 | 1039 | 88 | 88 |
| LGALS3 | 3055 | 1599 | 52 | 2 |
| LHX2 | 4177 | 4542 | 2 | 16 |
| LMO2 | 360 | 1674 | 6 | 1 |
| LPPR4 | 431 | 537 | 1 | 1 |
| MVP | 266 | 323 | 16 | 6 |
| NFIX | 4122 | 1730 | 4 | 1 |
| PRRX1 | 286 | 828 | 1 | 4 |
| S100A6 | 3500 | 2917 | 40 | 28 |
| SLC25A18 | 623 | 303 | 4 | 5 |
| SYNC1 | 1084 | 395 | 32 | 8 |
| TDRD7 | 264 | 292 | 5 | 8 |
| TGFB3 | 959 | 156 | 15 | 10 |
| TM4SF1 | 643 | 589 | 20 | 105 |