Table 2 of Rollin, Mol Vis 2004; 10:15-22.


Table 2. Relative gene expression of natriuretic peptide receptor subtypes in human retina

Relative quantitation by quantitative real time RT-PCR of gene expression of NPR subtypes in the human retina. The NPRs expression in human retina was normalized to β-actin expression levels in the same cDNA samples. For the final analysis, total NPR gene expression was calculated and set at 100%. Subsequently, the relative contributions of each receptor subtype as a fraction of this total were determined by calculating the percentage corresponding to the mean±standard deviation of the retina specimens (Figure 4).

Number      NPRA/        NPRB/        NPRC/        Total
Sample     β-actin      β-actin      β-actin     Receptors
-------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ---------
   1         1.20         1.51         0.72        3.43
   2         0.99         0.94         1.03        2.96
   3         0.78         1.04         1.47        3.29
   4         1.37         0.99         1.08        3.44
   5         2.05         1.86         0.81        4.72
   6         1.12         0.95         1.16        3.23
   7         1.17         1.10         1.67        3.94
   8         1.05         1.02         0.80        2.87
   9         1.32         1.40         1.50        4.22
  10         1.35         1.20         1.20        3.75
Mean±SD    1.24±0.34    1.20±0.30    1.14±0.32   3.58±0.60
% (100)   34.60±9.50   32.52±8.40   31.80±8.93      100

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