Table 4. Top differentially expressed genes between intermediate/deep zone of articular cartilage and resting zone of growth plate cartilage.

Gene Symbol	Intermediate/DeepZone Raw Signal	Resting ZoneRaw Signal	Fold-Change		P-value
Prg4	1265	51	25	Up in IDZ	3.07E-06
Fap	342	24	14	Up in IDZ	4.73E-11
Gnas	803	121	7	Up in IDZ	2.83E-08
Cytl1	624	97	6	Up in IDZ	1.55E-07
Postn	427	78	6	Up in IDZ	7.61E-07
Kcnt2	223	44	5	Up in IDZ	3.78E-09
Sorcs3	227	50	5	Up in IDZ	1.36E-07
LOC314942	944	211	4	Up in IDZ	4.04E-05
Sim2	334	76	4	Up in IDZ	1.51E-08
Col3a1	973	249	4	Up in IDZ	5.53E-07
Vcan	350	90	4	Up in IDZ	2.99E-06
Rhoj	671	182	4	Up in IDZ	3.33E-07
Tbx5	194	53	4	Up in IDZ	7.94E-04
Sulf2	1814	506	4	Up in IDZ	1.11E-06
Etv1	387	109	4	Up in IDZ	7.38E-07
Enpep	465	131	4	Up in IDZ	4.33E-06
Cfh	398	113	4	Up in IDZ	1.11E-05
Dpt	171	50	3	Up in IDZ	3.19E-04
Fam151a	466	142	3	Up in IDZ	1.03E-07
Agtr2	367	113	3	Up in IDZ	1.68E-06
Hhip	92	1195	13	Up in RZ	9.13E-10
LOC680415	145	1085	7	Up in RZ	4.87E-08
F13a1	244	1730	7	Up in RZ	1.74E-06
Tnni2	361	2433	7	Up in RZ	1.18E-07
Ntn1	211	1334	6	Up in RZ	2.27E-08
Car8	83	470	6	Up in RZ	1.24E-08
Casq1	64	340	5	Up in RZ	6.24E-08
Fa2h	51	270	5	Up in RZ	3.37E-07
Slc40a1	319	1583	5	Up in RZ	1.98E-08
Cadm2	148	720	5	Up in RZ	3.44E-08
Mfap3l	90	427	5	Up in RZ	2.67E-06
Il17b	365	1676	5	Up in RZ	1.71E-07
Bmp7	277	1188	4	Up in RZ	4.15E-06
Serpine2	380	1576	4	Up in RZ	4.13E-07
Kcnip1	66	272	4	Up in RZ	1.07E-06
Cpa6	53	195	4	Up in RZ	1.09E-08
Nptx1	131	467	4	Up in RZ	3.93E-06
Sfrp5	1302	4615	4	Up in RZ	4.91E-06
Cxcr4	140	491	4	Up in RZ	6.36E-08
Bai1	184	637	3	Up in RZ	3.41E-06

*IDZ, intermediate/deep zone; RZ, resting zone.