Table 2

Cytokine genes examined by microarray and rt-PCR in Mayo Clinic kidney transplant specimens.





Microarray detection
rt-PCR detection

Gene Name
Probe Set ID
BLAST of Consensus Probe Sequence OK?
%P of Mayo samples (n = 30)
Min Detection p-value
Max Detection p-value
%Detected in Mayo samples (n = 29)
Min Ct
Max Ct

1
TNF-α
207113_s_at
Yes
0.0%
0.0806
0.3989
100%
30.03
36.48
2
IFNγ
210354_at
Yes
0.0%
0.0562
0.5676
100%
32.97
41.78
3
IL-6
205207_at
Yes
70.0%
0.0007
0.1116
100%
30.83
39.89
4
IL-10
207433_at
Yes
0.0%
0.1116
0.6963
100%
32.82
37.16
5
TGF-β 1










203085_s_at
Yes
0.0%
0.1497
0.9324
100%
26.55
32.54


203084_at
Yes
0.0%
0.1497
0.6338
100%
26.55
32.54
6
FoxP3










224211_at
Yes
0.0%
0.2742
0.8286
100%
30.87
37.22


221333_at
NOa
0.0%
0.6655
0.9539
-
-
-


221334_s_at
NOa
0.0%
0.0806
0.6655
-
-
-
7
IFNγ-R1










202727_s_at
Yes
100.0%
0.0002
0.0020
100%
28.53
33.95


242903_at
NOb
100.0%
0.0002
0.0376
-
-
-


211676_s_at
Yes
96.7%
0.0007
0.0676
100%
28.53
33.95

a Contains probesets for the FoxP3 gene which overlap with the JM2 gene.

b Contains probesets for the IFNγ-Receptor 1 gene that specifically bind the DNA sequence of the gene.

Park and Stegall BMC Genomics 2007 8:88   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-88