Table 3

Expression pattern of genes that differ in age- and sex-matched peripheral retinal libraries

Tags that differ at p ≤ 0.005

Tags higher in 41-year-old

Tags higher in 44-year-old

Total

40

33

Known ganglion cell-enriched

0

1

Known rod-enriched

8

8

Higher in periphery

4

6

Higher in fovea

1

3

The table shows a breakdown of cell specificity (where known) of genes corresponding to all SAGE tags that differ at p ≤ 0.005 between the peripheral retina libraries from 44-year-old and 41-year-old individuals. In cases where cell specificity of the gene matching the tag is not known, the fact that the tag is enriched in peripheral retina or fovea (at p ≤ 0.005) is shown, based on previously published data [45].

Blackshaw et al. Genome Biology 2003 4:R17   doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-3-r17