Table 4.

Summary of RNA-seq data collected from hippocampal tissues of Wistar rats treated with MPA-capped CdTe QDs

Term	Control	2.2 nm QDs	3.5 nm QDs
Total reads	49,732,220	52,093,756	44,994,962
Clean reads	49,325,636	51,843,210	44,742,342
Total mapped reads	44,478,598	46,374,435	40,186,899
Total mapped rate	90.2%	89.5%	89.8%
Unique mapped reads	42,251,128	44,204,014	38,161,122
Unique mapped rate	95%	95.3%	95%

Abbreviations: MPA, 3-mercaptopropionic acid; QDs, quantum dots.