Table 2 of Wahlin, Mol Vis 2004; 10:366-375.


Table 2. Expression of molecular markers and housekeeping genes in photoreceptor and Müller cells

The relative intensity of the PCR products from cells selected by morphological criteria were evaluated using a scale ranging from (-) for absence of product to (+++) when the bands had maximum brightness in gels. Individual cells expressed cell markers corresponding to transcripts typical of those cell types. Housekeeping genes were also detected in these cells.


                            PhR                           Müller
                ----------------------------   ----------------------------
     Genes       -     +/-    +    ++    +++    -     +/-    +    ++    +++
  -----------   ----   ---   ---   ---   ---   ----   ---   ---   ---   ---

PhR markers

  β-PDE          41%    0%    3%   17%   38%   100%    0%    0%    0%    0%
  GCAP1-α        41%    0%    0%    7%   52%   100%    0%    0%    0%    0%
  Phosducin       3%    0%   11%   86%    0%    90%    0%    5%    5%    0%
  Recoverin      69%    0%   14%    7%   10%   100%    0%    0%    0%    0%
  Rhodopsin       0%    0%    0%   14%   86%   100%    0%    0%    0%    0%
  Rom-1          21%    0%    3%   45%   31%    76%    0%   19%    5%    0%
  S-antigen      11%    0%   22%   30%   38%    86%    0%   10%    0%    5%

Müller markers

  CAC           100%    0%    0%    0%    0%    24%    5%   71%    0%    0%
  CRALBP         95%    3%    3%    0%    0%    16%    0%    0%    0%   84%
  GS             97%    0%    3%    0%    0%     6%    0%    0%    0%   94%
  Vimentin       93%    0%    3%    3%    0%    35%    0%   12%    0%   53%

Housekeeping genes

  β-actin        69%    0%   10%   10%   10%    40%    0%    0%   10%   50%
  GAPDH           3%    0%   10%   83%    3%     5%    0%   19%   14%   62%
  Ubiquitin C    62%    0%    5%   33%    0%    53%    0%    6%   41%    0%

Relative intensity scale for PCR bands:

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