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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Oral Biol. 2014 Mar 20;59(6):601–607. doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2014.03.005

Table 2.

Expression of genes of interest in masseter muscle from malocclusion patients undergoing orthognathic surgery.a

Vertical Dimension Sagittal Dimension


Gene Normal Open Deep Class II Class III
MYO1C 0.880 ± 0.42 (n = 15) 1.03 ± 0.46 (n = 19) 0.83 ± 0.32 (n = 15) 0.89 ± 0.38 (n =27) 0.96 ± 0.45 (n = 22)
RUNX2 0.731 ± 0.71 (n = 15) 0.87 ± 0.63 (n = 19) 0.88 ± 0.64 (n = 15) 0.89 ± 0.67 (n = 27) 0.75 ± 0.62 (n = 22)
KAT6B 3.348 ± 1.31 (n = 11) 4.08 ± 1.50 (n = 16) 3.68 ± 1.48 (n = 8) 3.32 ± 1.09b (n = 21) 4.41 ± 1.09b (n = 14)
MYO1H 1.414 ± 0.33 (n = 3) 1.41 ± 1.39 (n = 5) 0.81 ± 0.04 (n = 2) 1.23 ± 0.70 (n = 6) 1.38 ± 1.42 (n = 4)
a

Values are relative quantities of RNA ± SD

b

Significant difference in expression, P<0.01