Table 2.
Demographic and qPCR data somatostatin receptor subtype sst5TMD5 and sst5TMD4 mRNA levels in individual non-functioning pituitary adenomas estimated mRNA copy number corrected by a normalization factor (NF) derived from the expression of three control genes (GAPDH, HPRT1 and ACTB).
| No. | S | A | sst5TMD5/NF | sst5TMD4/NF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | F | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | F | 43 | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | F | 47 | 0 | 111 |
| 5 | F | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | F | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | F | 52 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | F | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | F | 61 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | F | 68 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | F | 72 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | F | 74 | 0 | 61 |
| 13 | F | 80 | 0 | 100 |
| 14 | F | 81 | 138 | 0 |
| 15 | F | 84 | 0 | 73 |
| 16 | M | 31 | 0 | 28 |
| 17 | M | 32 | 0 | 20 |
| 18 | M | 32 | 0 | 25 |
| 20 | M | 39 | 0 | 13 |
| 21 | M | 40 | 0 | 69 |
| 22 | M | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | M | 46 | 0 | 20 |
| 24 | M | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | M | 48 | 38 | 216 |
| 26 | M | 51 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | M | 53 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | M | 53 | 0 | 37 |
| 29 | M | 56 | 0 | 72 |
| 30 | M | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| Median | 51 | 0 | 9 |