Table 1.

Characterization of the articular cartilage transcriptome showing the total number of expressed genes and the differentially expressed ones, according to Ensembl 95 gene type information.

Gene type	Expressed genes	DE
lncRNA	409	5
miRNA	18	0
IG_V_gene	3	0
Pseudogenes	154	2
snRNA	10	0
rRNA	2	1
Misc_RNA	1	0
Mt_rRNA	2	0
Protein-coding genes	10,496	83
Uncharacterized-protein genes	1,074	16
Total	12,169	107