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Published in final edited form as: Anal Bioanal Chem. 2016 Sep 6;409(2):379–394. doi: 10.1007/s00216-016-9900-6

Table 2.

Expression of ECM related components, including PNNs, PGs, glycoproteins, proteins and other ECM unrelated proteins in Schizophrenia (Sz) as reported in A) immunohistochemical studies B) Genomics studies, C) Proteomics studies, and D) Glycomics or glycosylation based studies.

A. Immunohistochemical studies ECM component Brain region Change in Sz References
CSPG-labeled PNN (WFA labeling) Amygdala and Entorhinal cortex [41]
WFA-labeled PNNs Layer 3 and 5 of the PFC [42]
Aggrecan positive PNNs Amygdala [44]
Aggrecan positive PNNs and WFA labeled PNNs Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex [51]
Numerical densities of cytoplasmic-CSPG Olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) [42]
B. Genomics / Transcriptomics Gene Symbol Change in Sz References
ECM-related genes
Aggrecan ACAN [71]
Versican VCAN [71]
Neurocan NCAN [71]
Lumican LUM [71]
Hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein 1 HAPLN1 [71]
Reelin RELN ↑, ↓ [52, 53], [164]
Tenascin XB TNXB [79]
Fibronectin FN [58, 59]
Integrin α2bβ3a ITGα2bβ3a [63]
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 MMP-9 ↓, ↑ [72], [69, 70]
Matrix metalloproteinase-16 MMP-16 [71]
Matrix metalloproteinase-24 MMP-24 [71]
Matrix metalloproteinase-25 MMP-25 [71]
A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 1 ADAMTS 1 [71]
A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 6 ADAMTS 6 [71]
Phosphotyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta PTPRZ1 [40, 73]
Other proteins
Neuregulin-1 isoform 1 NRG1 [165, 166]
Neuregulin-1 isoform 2 NRG1 [165, 166]
Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-4 ERBB4 [167]
C. Proteomics Protein Symbol Change in Sz References
ECM-related proteins
Versican core protein VCAN [78]
Hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein 2 HAPLN2 [78]
Galectin-1 LGALS1 [81, 82]
Vimentin VIM [78, 81, 82]
Other proteins
Enolase 1 ENO1 [78, 83, 84]
Enolase 2 ENO2 [78, 79, 83]
Peroxiredoxin-1, 5 PRDX1, PRDX5 [78-81, 85],[84]
Glyceraldehyde-3 -phosphate dehydrogenase GAPDH [78-81, 85]
Superoxide dismutase 1 SOD1 ↓,↑ [78-81, 85], [84]
Heat shock 70 kDa protein HSPA8 ↑,↓ [79, 80, 82], [84]
Transferrin TF ↓,↑ [79, 80], [82]
14-3-3 protein zeta/delta YWHAZ [78, 80, 82]
Protein S100-B S100B [86]
Septin-11 SEPT11 [83, 84]
Annexin A5, 6 ANXA5, ANXA6 [83, 84]
D. Glycomics / Glycosylation based studies Glycans or glycosylated genes Symbol Change in Sz References
Bisecting N-glycans - [91]
Sialylated N-glycans - [91]
UDP-GlcNAc:BetaGal Beta-1,3 GlcNAcT 8 B3GNT8 [92]
Mannosyl (alpha-1,3-)-glycoprotein beta-1,4 GlcNAcT MGAT4A [92]
2-hydroxyacylsphingosine 1-beta-galactosyltransferase UGT8 [90]
Sphingosine-1-phosphate phosphatase 1 SGPP1 [90]
Galactocerebrosidase GALC [90]
Beta-1, 4-galactosyltransferase 6 B4GALT6 [90]
Serine palmitoyltransferase 2 SPTLC2 [90]
Acid ceramidase ASAH1 [90]
Galactosylceramide sulfotransferase GAL3ST1 [90]