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Table 3 Human and rat orthologous genes differentially expressed in human uterine fibroids and E2-responsive in the rat uterus.

From: DNA microarray data integration by ortholog gene analysis reveals potential molecular mechanisms of estrogen-dependent growth of human uterine fibroids

Gene

Symbol

Uterine fibroids

1-Day

5-Week

Previous reports on E2 regulation

  

Ha

Ta

Wa

ovx

E2

ovx

E2

 

prostaglandin E receptor 3 (subtype EP3)

PTGER3

 

-4.2

-2.8

1.8

-1.8

1.6

-1.7

None

transforming growth factor, beta receptor II (70/80kDa)

TGFBR2

-1.8

-2.0

 

3.3

-3.2

5.4

-15.6

None

Purkinje cell protein 4

PCP4

4.9

8.2

 

NS

NS

-1.4

2.4

None

calcitonin receptor-like receptor

CALCRL

-2.1

 

-1.7

1.9

-1.7

1.2

-1.3

[35] [34]

aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family, member A1

ALDH1A1

-3.5

-8.0

-3.8

7.7

-9.0

4.5

-4.4

[28] [29]

annexin A1

ANXA1

-4.1

-4.3

 

-1.4

1.6

NS

NS

[33]

cellular retinoic acid binding protein 2

CRABP2

3.1

5.1

2.6

-23.1

37.6

NS

NS

[28] [29]

prostaglandin D2 synthase 21kDa (brain)

L-PTGDS

-2.0

-3.5

-2.1

2.0

-2.3

1.8

-2.0

[30, 31] [32]

nuclear receptor subfamily 4, group A, member 1

NR4A1

-3.7

-3.8

 

NS

NS

-1.8

5.4

[37] [64]

proteolipid protein 1

PLP1

4.8

12.1

 

1.3

-1.5

1.3

-1.3

None

ribonuclease, RNase A family, 4

RNASE4

-2.0

-3.4

 

NS

NS

3.5

-4.3

None

insulin-like growth factor 2 (somatomedin A)

IGF2

 

16.8

2.6

NS

NS

2.2

-1.6

Contradictory to [38] [40] [39]

  1. a Abbreviations: H for Hoffman et al study [18], T for Tsibris [14], and W for Wang et al. [17], ovx = ovariectomized rats, E2 = 17β – estradiol, and NS = not statistically significant at α = 0.05.