Table 3.
Control genes ranked in order of their expression stability*
Neuroblastoma | Fibroblast | Leukocyte | Bone marrow | Normal pool |
B2M | HMBS | ACTB | ACTB | B2M |
RPL13A | B2M | HMBS | B2M | ACTB |
ACTB | RPL13A | HPRT1 | HMBS | YWHAZ |
TBP | SDHA | SDHA | TBP | RPL13A |
YWHAZ | TBP | TBP | SDHA | UBC |
HMBS | ACTB | RPL13A | GAPD | TBP |
UBC | UBC | GAPD | HPRT1 | HPRT1 |
SDHA | YWHAZ | B2M | YWHAZ | HMBS |
HPRT1 - GAPD | HPRT1 - GAPD | UBC - YWHAZ | UBC - RPL13A | SDHA - GAPD |
*Increasing from top to bottom; the two most stable control genes in each cell type, for example HPRT1 and GAPD in fibroblasts, cannot be ranked in order because of the required use of gene ratios for gene-stability measurements.