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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2015;78(0):1421–1436. doi: 10.1080/15287394.2015.1095689

1Table 5.

Altered genes similar for mice exposed to 100 µg of particulate matter from Saudi Arabia or 100 µg of nickel chloride.

Gene Name Gene
Symbol
Regulation
Polo-like kinase 1 Plk1 Up
Spondin 2, extracellular matrix
protein
Spon2 Up
Retinol saturase (all trans retinol
13,14 reductase)
Retstat Up
M-phase phosphoprotein 9 Mphosph9 Up
Vascular endothelial growth
factor B
Vegfb Up
Kinesin family member 20A Kif20a Up
Proline rich 23A Prr23a Up
Scleraxis Scx Up
Serine incorporator 2 Serinc2 Up
Stathmin 1 Stmn1 Up
Olfactory receptor 485 Olfr485 Up
Glutamate receptor, ionotropic,
AMPA1 (alpha 1)
Gria1 Up
M-phase phosphoprotein 9 Mphosph9 Up
Neutral cholesterol ester
hydrolase 1
Nceh1 Up
Neuralized homolog 1b Neurl1B Up
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This is not a complete list of genes up-regulated by nickel and particulate matter.