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. 2020 May 7;11:398. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00398

TABLE 1.

Protein expression level (pmol per mg protein) in brain microvessels and choroid plexus.

Brain microvessel
Choroid plexus
Gene Alias Human Mouse Rat Dog Dog
ABC transporters
ABCB1 P-gp 6.1 17.8 19.1 6.2 0.14
ABCG2 BCRP 8.1 5.5 5.0 <LOQ
SLC transporters
SLC2A1 GLUT1 139 101 91 194 57
SLC7A5 LAT1 0.43 1.2 3.0 <LOQ <LOQ
SLC3A2 4F2hc 3.5 23.3 5.8
SLC7A1 CAT1 1.1
SLC16A1 MCT1 2.3 13.7 12.6 <LOQ 1.5
SLC1A3 EAAT1 25
Receptors
INSR IR 1.1 1.1 1.0 <LOQ 0.57
TFRC TfR1 2.3 5.2 7.8 16.2 9.1
Structural proteins/enzymes
CLDN5 Claudin-5 3.6 8.1 7.5
GGT1 gGTP 2.1 3.2 3.3
Non-endothelial cell proteinsa
GFAP GFAP 503
CSPG4 NG2 1.1
CNP CNPase 13
SYP p38 1.5

From Shawahna et al. (2011), Uchida et al. (2011, 2013), Hoshi et al. (2013), and Braun et al. (2017); LOQ, limit of quantitation. aGFAP, glial fibrillary acidic protein is an astrocyte marker; CSPG4, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4, also known as NG2 proteoglycann is a pericyte marker; CNP, 2’,3’-cyclic nucleotide 3’-phosphodiesterase is an oligodendrocyte marker; SYP, synaptophysin is a nerve ending marker.