Table 2 of Novo, Mol Vis 2024; 30:348-367.


Table 2. Examples of genes known to be important for lens biology that are highly expressed in both the central and equatorial human lens epithelium freshly isolated from cadaver lenses.

Gene code Gene name Central FPKM Equatorial FPKM References
CRYAB Crystallin Alpha B 2929.52 5271.15 [95]
CRYBB2 Crystallin Beta B2 2012.33 8481.76 [96]
VIM Vimentin 1025.50 800.17 [70]
FTL Ferritin Light Chain 572.87 550.88 [97]
AQP1 Aquaporin 1 409.85 624.03 [73]
CRYAA Crystallin Alpha A 332.91 274.72 [98]
GJA1 Gap Junction Protein Alpha 1 270.28 119.79 [99]
CITED2 Cbp/p300 Interacting Transactivator with Glu/Asp rich carboxyl-terminal domain 2 232.53 220.31 [100]
FOXE3 Forkhead box E3 222.00 385.26 [101]
COL4A3 Collagen Type IV Alpha 3 Chain 116.46 63.98 [102]
AQP5 Aquaporin 5 82.39 106.34 [103]
SIX3 SIX homeobox 3 78.04 96.13 [104]
HSPG2 Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan 2 71.18 92.89 [105]
PAX6 Paired Box 6 44.26 44.03 [67]
ITGB1 Integrin Subunit Beta 1 23.23 29.17 [106,107]