Table 2.
Extracellular matrix related genes highly expressed in nucleus pulposus
| GeneID | Average expression (RPKM) in nucleus pulposus |
GeneID | Average expression (RPKM) in nucleus pulposus |
|---|---|---|---|
| FN1 | 6385.17 | TIMP2 | 262.80 |
| COMP | 6014.23 | CILP2 | 261.34 |
| CLU | 4378.49 | CALR | 261.25 |
| DCN | 3295.38 | PLA2G2A | 254.91 |
| LUM | 3093.90 | COL9A3 | 245.78 |
| MGP | 2855.43 | TGFBI | 242.75 |
| TPT1 | 2341.70 | GSN | 242.39 |
| FMOD | 2199.02 | SERPING1 | 233.51 |
| COL2A1 | 1840.27 | SERPINE2 | 226.51 |
| CILP | 1626.80 | SOD3 | 201.91 |
| HTRA1 | 1482.74 | IBSP | 184.82 |
| FGFBP2 | 1220.04 | CHI3L1 | 184.64 |
| BGN | 1155.23 | COL11A2 | 181.05 |
| SPARC | 1065.99 | TIMP3 | 180.53 |
| ACAN | 1030.66 | CCDC80 | 175.94 |
| SCRG1 | 1028.47 | COL9A2 | 168.77 |
| PRELP | 989.54 | IGFBP6 | 160.61 |
| COL3A1 | 940.80 | POSTN | 158.17 |
| CHAD | 835.31 | SOD1 | 155.23 |
| GPX3 | 643.54 | FSTL1 | 153.32 |
| CTGF | 567.45 | SPP1 | 152.31 |
| CHI3L2 | 541.51 | PRDX4 | 150.92 |
| COL1A2 | 534.43 | FXYD6 | 147.34 |
| TIMP1 | 529.60 | ANGPTL2 | 145.53 |
| LGALS1 | 516.12 | IGFBP4 | 138.17 |
| CRTAC1 | 475.35 | RBP4 | 137.83 |
| CYTL1 | 452.88 | NUCB1 | 124.30 |
| CST3 | 437.51 | ALDOA | 122.41 |
| COL6A2 | 430.48 | APOE | 121.20 |
| SERPINA1 | 411.25 | COL11A1 | 118.90 |
| OGN | 411.25 | LGALS3 | 118.41 |
| PSAP | 402.65 | APOD | 116.58 |
| MFGE8 | 337.14 | COL5A2 | 116.18 |
| COL1A1 | 322.44 | COL6A3 | 111.84 |
| ASPN | 314.72 | CTSK | 111.52 |
| DPT | 306.39 | CRLF1 | 110.49 |
| COL6A1 | 285.52 | ANXA2 | 103.52 |
| IGFBP7 | 278.01 | MIA | 103.03 |