Patent Publication Number: US-8969000-B2

Title: Prognostic gene expression signature for non small cell lung cancer patients

Description:
This application is the U.S. National Phase of, and Applicants claim priority from, International Application Number PCT/NL2008/050342 filed 2 Jun. 2008 and European Patent Application No. 07109466.8 filed 1 Jun. 2007, each of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field 
     The present invention relates to the field of cancer prognosis and diagnosis. More particular, the invention relates to a method for typing an RNA sample of an individual suffering from non-small cell lung cancer. The invention furthermore relates to a set of genes or probes for use in typing an RNA sample of said individual. 
     Lung cancer accounts for about 15% of all diagnosed cancers in human and causes the most cancer-related deaths in both men and women (source: Cancer facts and Figures 2007, American Cancer Society). The three main types of primary lung cancers are mesothelioma, small cell lung cancer, and non-small cell lung cancer. Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer which affects the covering of the lung (the pleura). It is often caused by exposure to asbestos. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC), also called oat cell lung cancer, is characterized by the presence of small cells that are almost entirely composed of a nucleus. SCLC frequently occurs in (ex)smokers and is quite rare for people that never smoked. SCLC tends to spread early in development of the tumor and is often treated with chemotherapy rather than surgery. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common form of lung cancer and is diagnosed in about 85% of all lung cancer patients. NSCLC represents a diverse group of cancers with the main groups being squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large cell carcinoma. Other, minor groups comprise pleomorphic carcinoma, carcinoid tumor, salivary gland carcinoma, and unclassified carcinoma. 
     Adenocarcinoma is the most common subtype of NSCLC, accounting for 50% to 60% of NSCLC. It is a form which starts near the gas-exchanging surface of the lung. Most cases of the adenocarcinoma are associated with smoking. 
     However, among non-smokers and in particular female non-smokers, adenocarcinoma is the most common form of lung cancer. A subtype of adenocarcinoma, the bronchioalveolar carcinoma, is more common in female non-smokers and may have different responses to treatment. Squamous cell carcinoma, accounting for 20% to 25% of NSCLC, also starts in the larger breathing tubes but grows slower meaning that the size of these tumours varies on diagnosis. Large-cell carcinoma accounts for about 10% to 15% of NSCLC. It can start in any part of the lung. It tends to grow and spread quickly. 
     Known risk factors for developing NSCLC are smoking, actively or passively, exposure to air pollution, and exposure to radiation. When smoking is combined with other risk factors, the risk of developing lung cancer is increased. 
     There are multiple tests and procedures to detect, diagnose, and stage non-small cell lung cancer. Performing a chest X-ray is often the first step if a patient reports symptoms that may be suggestive of lung cancer. This may reveal an obvious mass, widening of the mediastinum (suggestive of spread to lymph nodes there), atelectasis (collapse), consolidation (infection) and pleural effusion. If there are no X-ray findings but the suspicion is high (e.g. a heavy smoker with blood-stained sputum), bronchoscopy and/or a CT scan may provide the necessary information. In any case, bronchoscopy or CT-guided biopsy is nearly always performed to identify the tumor type and to determine the stage. 
     If investigations have confirmed lung cancer, scan results; and often positron emission tomography (PET) are used to determine whether the disease is localized and amenable to surgery or whether it has spread to the point it cannot be cured surgically. 
     Prognosis and treatment options depend on the stage of the cancer, the type of cancer, and the patient&#39;s general health. Early stage cancer is primarily treated by surgery, which is aimed at removing all cancer cells. Surgery can lead to the removal of all or part of a lung, depending on the location and size of the cancer. 
     Alternative treatment is provided by radiation therapy, or radiotherapy, comprising three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy and brachytherapy; and chemotherapy including photodynamic therapy. 
     In general, small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is most commonly treated by chemotherapy in an attempt to slow or halt its spread beyond the lungs. Early stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is first treated by surgery and additional radiation therapy and chemotherapy to slow tumor growth and relieve symptoms, if required. 
     After surgery, if lymph nodes are positive in the resected lung tissues (stage II) or the mediastinum (peri-tracheal region, stage III), adjuvant chemotherapy may improve survival by up to 15%. However, the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with stage I NSCLC is still controversial. Trials of preoperative chemotherapy in resectable NSCLC have been inconclusive (source: Clinical Evidence: concise, BMJ Publishing Group, London. 2006. ISBN 1-90554501206 ISSN 1465-9225). In the NCI Canada study JBR.10 (Pepe C. et al., J Clin Oncol. 2007; 25(12): 1553-61) patients with stage IB to IIB NSCLC were treated with vinorelbine and cisplatin chemotherapy and showed a significant survival benefit of 15% over 5 years. However subgroup analysis of patients in stage IB showed that chemotherapy did not result in any significant survival gain. Similarly, while the Italian ANITA study showed a survival benefit of 8% over 5 years with vinorelbine and cisplatin chemotherapy in stages IB to IIIA, subgroup analysis also showed no benefit in the IB stage (Douillard, J U. et al., Lancet Oncol 2006; 7(9): 719-27). 
     A Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) study (protocol 9633), related to a randomized trial of carboplatin and paclitaxel in stage IB NSCLC, reported no survival advantage at the June 2006 American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting. However, subgroup analysis suggested benefit for tumors greater than 4 centimeters. For patients with resected stage II-IIIA NSCLC, standard practice is to offer adjuvant third generation platinum-based chemotherapy (e.g. cisplatin and vinorelbine). 
     Chemotherapeutic drugs that are used in lung cancer treatment comprise platinum alkylators, podophyllin alkaloids, vinca alkaloids, anthracyclines, topoisomerase inhibitors, taxanes, antimetabolites, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and folate antagonists in recent years, various molecular targeted therapies have been developed for the treatment of advanced lung cancer. Gefitinib (Iressa) targets the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) that is expressed in many cases of NSCLC. However it was not shown to increase survival, although females, Asians, non-smokers and those with the adenocarcinoma cell type appear to benefit from gefitinib. 
     Another drug called erlotinib (Tarceva), which also inhibits EGF-R, increases survival in lung cancer patients and has recently been approved by the FDA for second-line treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. 
     The most common treatment for early stage SCLC is surgery if the cancer is confined to a single nodule. Surgery can be combined with either cisplatin or carboplatin together with etoposide. Chemotherapy in combination with radiation therapy improves the outcome of the therapy. Late stage SCLC is also treated by a combination of either cisplatin or carboplatin and etoposide. Other chemotherapeutic drugs, such as cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, ifosfamide, topotecan, paclitaxel, methotrexate, vinorelbine, gemcitabine, irinotecan and docetaxel in various combinations, are prescribed if SCLC becomes resistant to the aforementioned drugs. Metastasis to the brain, which often occurs in SCLC is treated by radiation therapy. 
     Treatment of NSCLC is primarily determined by the stage of the cancer. Stage 0 cancer, in which the cancer has not spread beyond the inner lining of the lung, is often curable by surgery alone. Treatment of stage 1 cancer, which has not spread to the lymph nodes, is often also limited to surgery, either lobectomy or segmentectomy. The 5-year survival rate of patients with stage 1 is 55-70%. For stage 2 cancer, in which the cancer has spread to some lymph nodes, nowadays surgery is almost always followed by chemotherapy. Stage 3 cancer, in which the cancer has spread to nearby tissue or to distant lymph nodes, and stage 4 cancer, in which the cancer has spread to distant organs, are treated by a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Surgery is sometimes performed to remove one or more localized cancer nodules. 
     Chemotherapy, including adjuvant therapy, usually causes side effects, such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, loss of hair, mouth sores, and severe diarrhea. For all patients, the risk of cancer recurrence has to be weighted against the severe side effects caused by aggressive treatment. This especially accounts for stage 1 NSCLC patients, where the cancer has spread beyond the inner lining of the lung, but yet has not reached the lymph nodes. Patients with an increased risk for cancer recurrence will benefit from adjuvant therapy, while patients with a reduced risk will unnecessary suffer from the severe side effects caused by adjuvant therapy. Therefore, there is a need for a method of typing NSCLC patients to determine their risk of cancer recurrence. 
     DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Therefore, the invention provides a method for typing, a sample, preferably a RNA sample, of an individual suffering from non-small cell lung cancer or suspected of suffering there from, the method comprising providing a tissue sample from said individual comprising non-small cell lung cancer cells or suspected to comprise non-small cell lung cancer cells; preparing RNA from said tissue sample; determining RNA levels for a set of genes in said RNA; and typing said sample on the basis of the levels of RNA determined for said set of genes; wherein said set of genes comprises at least two of the genes listed in Table 3. 
     A level of RNA refers to the amount of RNA that is present in a sample, preferably relative to other RNA in said sample. Said level of RNA is a measure of the level of expression of a gene in cell of said tissue sample. It is preferred that said level of RNA refers to the amount of mRNA transcripts from a gene in a sample, preferably relative to other mRNA such as total mRNA. 
     The genes listed in Table 3 were identified and validated as being differentially expressed in non-small cell lung cancer samples. Non-small cell lung cancer samples were randomly divided into a training set and a validation set. In a first series of experiments, genes were identified of which the RNA level differs between a sample from an individual with a high risk for cancer recurrence versus a sample from an individual with a low risk of cancer recurrence, using the training set of cancer samples. The resulting genes were validated in a second series of experiments using the independent validation set of non small cell lung cancer samples. A gene set comprising at least two of the genes listed in Table 3 provides a prognostic signature for typing a sample of an individual suffering from non-small cell lung cancer as having a low risk or an enhanced risk of cancer recurrence. Prognostic information that can be obtained by a method of the invention comprises three possible endpoints, which are time from surgery to distant metastases, time of disease-free survival, and time of overall survival. Kaplan-Meier plots (Kaplan and Meier. J Am Stat Assoc 53: 457-481 (1958)) can be used to display time-to-event curves for any or all of these three endpoints. 
     Typing refers to assessing a risk of recurrence of said non-small cell lung cancer. Said typing is intended to provide prognostic information to aid in clinical evaluation of NSCLC patients. In this respect, no recurrence within a relevant time interval is defined as “low risk”, and recurrence within said relevant time interval is defined as “high risk”. A relevant time interval is at least 1 year, more preferred at least two years, more preferred at least three years, more preferred at least five years, or more preferred at least ten years. 
     A method of the invention is particularly suited to differentiate between a high or low risk of recurrence within three years. 
     Cancer recurrence refers to a recurrence of the cancer in the same place as the original cancer or elsewhere in the body. A local recurrence refers to a cancer that has returned in or very close to the same place as the original cancer, while a distant recurrence means the cancer has spread, or metastasized, to organs or tissues distant from the site of the original cancer. 
     Said tissue sample can be derived from all or part of a cancerous growth, or of a tumor suspected to be cancerous, depending on the size of the cancerous growth. A cancerous growth can be removed by surgical treatment including lobectomy, bilobectomy or pneumonectomy, with or without part of a bronchial tube. Said tissue sample can also be derived by biopsy, comprising aspiration biopsy, needle biopsy, incisional biopsy, and excisional biopsy. It is preferred that at least 10% of the cells in a tissue sample are NSCLC cells, more preferred at least 20%, and most preferred at least 30%. Said percentage of tumor cells can be determined by analysis of a stained section, for example hematoxylin and eosin-stained section, from the cancerous growth. Said analysis can be performed or confirmed by a pathologist. 
     Said individual suffering from NSCLC, or suspected of suffering from NSCLC, can be an individual suffering from stage 0 cancer, in which the cancer has macroscopically not spread beyond the inner lining of the lung, and which is often curable by surgery alone. Said individual can be suffering from stage 1 cancer, which has not spread to the lymph nodes; stage 2 cancer, in which the cancer has spread to some lymph nodes; stage cancer, in which the cancer has spread to nearby tissue or to distant lymph nodes; or stage 4 cancer, in which the cancer has spread to distant organs. 
     It is preferred that said individual suffers from early stage NSCLC, or suspected of suffering there from. Early stage NSCLC is stage 0 cancer, stage 1 cancer, or stage 2 cancer. 
     In a preferred embodiment, said individual is suffering from stage 1 NSCLC, or suspected of suffering there from. 
     A method of the invention is preferably used to determine a risk for said patient for recurrence of the cancer. This risk may further be combined with other prognostic factors such as age, sex, tumor diameter and smoking history. A determined risk can be used by a clinician to make a decision about which patients may benefit from additional chemotherapy, and which patients are not likely to benefit from additional chemotherapy. 
     RNA prepared from said tissue sample preferably represents a quantitative copy of genes expressed at the time of collection of a tissue sample from the cancer. This can be achieved by processing and storing said tissue sample under protective conditions that preserve the quality of the RNA. Examples of such preservative conditions are fixation using e.g. formaline, the use of RNase inhibitors such as RNAsin™ (Pharmingen) or RNAsecure™ (Ambion), and the use of preservative solutions such as RNAlater™ (Ambion) and RNARetain™ (Assuragen). It is further preferred that said preservative condition allows storage and transport of said tissue sample at room temperature. A preferred preservative condition is the use of RNARetain™ (Assuragen). 
     Said RNA sample can be isolated from said tissue sample by any technique known in the art, including but not limited to Trizol (Invitrogen; Carlsbad, Calif.), RNAqueous® Technology (Qiagen; Venlo, the Netherlands), Total RNA Isolation method (Agilent; Santa Clara, Calif.), and Maxwell™ 16 Total RNA Purification Kit (Promega; Madison, Wis.). A preferred RNA isolation procedure involves the use of RNAqueous® Technology (Qiagen; Venlo, the Netherlands). 
     For each of the genes listed in Table 3, a relative level of expression in a sample from an individual with a low risk of cancer recurrence was compared to the average level of expression in a reference sample comprising a mixture of non-small cell lung cancer samples. Said relative level of expression is either increased in a low risk NSCLC sample, as indicated with a positive number in the second column of Table 3, or said relative level of expression is decreased in a low risk NSCLC sample, as indicated with a negative number in the second column of Table 3. 
     In a preferred embodiment, one of said at least two genes is increased in a low risk NSCLC sample, compared to the average level of expression of said gene in a reference sample, while a second gene from said at least two genes is decreased in a low risk NSCLC sample compared to the average level of expression of said gene in a reference sample. 
     It is furthermore preferred that said set of genes comprises at least three of the genes hated in Table 3, more preferred four of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred five of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred six of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred seven of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred eight of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred nine of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred ten of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred fifteen of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred twenty of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred thirty of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred forty of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred sixty of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred seventy of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred seventy-two of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred eighty of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred ninety of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred hundred of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred two-hundred of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred all of the genes listed in Table 3. 
     It is furthermore preferred to select genes that are increased in a low risk NSCLC sample, compared to the average level of expression of said gene in a reference sample, as well as genes that are decreased in a low risk NSCLC sample compared to the average level of expression of said gene in a reference sample. 
     It is particularly preferred that said set of genes comprises at least four of the genes listed in Table 3 resulting in an average accuracy of 0.598837; more preferred at least nine of the genes listed in Table 3 resulting in an average accuracy of 0.6046512; more preferred at least forty-nine of the genes listed in Table 3 resulting in an average accuracy of 0.6337209; more preferred at least ninety of the genes listed in Table 3 resulting in an average accuracy of 0.6453488; more preferred all of the genes listed in Table 3 resulting in an average accuracy of 0.651163; as indicated in  FIG. 9 . 
     The genes listed in Table 3 can be rank ordered. Ranking can be based on a correlation with overall survival time, or on a correlation with recurrence free survival time, or on a correlation with differential expression between tumor samples from low-risk and high-risk patients, or based on the selection percentages of the genes during the multiple samples approach (Michiel et al., Lancet 365: 488-92 (2005)), as is known to a skilled person. Ranking of the genes listed in Table 3 was performed according to their selection percentages during the multiple samples approach, in which the top-ranked genes represent the genes that were most often selected for development of the prognostic signature. 
     A preferred set of genes for use in a method of the invention comprises the first two rank-ordered genes listed in Table 3 resulting in negative predictive value of 0.7857143; more preferred the first eight rank-ordered genes listed in Table 3 resulting in negative predictive value of 0.8681319; more preferred the first thirty-six rank-ordered genes listed in Table 3 resulting in negative predictive value of 0.8829787; more preferred the first fifty-seven rank-ordered genes listed in Table 3 resulting in negative predictive value of 0.8977273; and most preferred the first seventy-two rank-ordered genes listed in Table 3 resulting in negative predictive value of 0.9166667, as indicated in  FIG. 8 . 
     It is furthermore preferred that a set of genes for use in a method of the invention comprises at least two of the genes listed in Table 3, whereby one of said at least two genes is Ref Seq number XM — 04626. In a more preferred embodiment, a set of genes according to the invention comprises Ref Seq number XM — 04626 and Ref Seq number NM — 052966; more preferred Ref Seq number XM — 04626, Ref Seq number NM — 052966, and Ref Seq number NM — 002664; more preferred Ref Seq number XM — 04626, Ref Seq number NM — 052966, Ref Seq number NM — 002664, and Ref Seq number NM — 004310; more preferred Ref Seq number XM — 04626, Ref Seq number NM — 052966, Ref Seq number NM — 002664, Ref Seq number NM — 004310, and Ref Seq number NM — 004288; more preferred Ref Seq number NM — 04626, Ref Seq number NM — 052966, Ref Seq number NM — 002664, Ref Seq number NM — 004310, Ref Seq number NM — 004288 and Ref Seq number NM — 003195; more preferred Ref Seq number NM — 04626, Ref Seq number NM — 052966, Ref Seq number NM — 002664, Ref Seq number NM — 004310, Ref Seq number NM — 004288, Ref Seq number NM — 003195, and Ref Seq number NM — 024560; more preferred Ref Seq number NM — 04626, Ref Seq number NM — 052966, Ref Seq number NM — 002664, Ref Seq number NM — 004310, Ref Seq number NM — 004288, Ref Seq number NM — 003195, Ref Seq number NM — 024560 and Ref Seq number NM — 014358; more preferred Ref Seq number NM — 04626, Ref Seq number NM — 052966, Ref Seq number NM — 002664, Ref Seq number NM — 004310, Ref Seq number NM — 004288, Ref Seq number NM — 003195, Ref Seq number NM — 024560, Ref Seq number NM — 014358, and Ref Seq number NM — 201286; more preferred Ref Seq number NM — 04626, Ref Seq number NM — 052966, Ref Seq number NM — 002664, Ref Seq number NM — 004310, Ref Seq number NM — 004288, Ref Seq number NM — 003195, Ref Seq number NM — 024560, Ref Seq number NM — 014358, Ref Seq number NM — 201286, and Ref Seq number NM — 172006. 
     The genes listed in Table 3 can be identified by the gene name or by the unique identifier according to the NCBI Reference Sequences (Refseq), as provided in Table 3. Preferably, said genes can be identified by a part of the sequence of said gene which is provided in Table 3. 
     The RNA level of at least two of the genes listed in Table 3 can be determined by any method known in the art, including but not limited to Northern blotting, ribonuclease protection assay, multiplex technologies such as Locked Nucleic Acid-modified capture probes and multi-analyte profiling beads, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), and microarray-mediated analyses. If required, an RNA sample can be reverse-transcribed by known methods, such as by random primed or by oligo (dT) primed reverse transcriptase reaction, into copy-DNA prior to determination of the expression level. qPCR comprises end point polymerase reaction and real-time polymerase reaction. Alternatives to PCR, such as strand-displacement amplification, branched DNA, loop-mediated isothermal amplification and nucleic-acid sequence based amplification are specifically included in this embodiment. 
     In a preferred method according to the invention, RNA levels are determined by means of an array or microarray. 
     (Micro)array-mediated analyses to determine RNA levels of at least two of the genes listed in Table 3 in a RNA sample comprises the use of a probe on a solid surface to determine the levels of a specific RNA that is present in a RNA from a tissue sample. Said probe can be a desoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule such as a genomic DNA or fragment thereof, a ribonucleic acid molecule, a cDNA molecule or fragment thereof, a PCR product, a synthetic oligonucleotide, or any combination thereof. Said probe can be a derivative or variant of a nucleic acid molecule, such as, for example, a peptide nucleic acid molecule. 
     Said probe is specific for a gene listed in Table 3. A probe can be specific when it comprises a continuous stretch of nucleotides that are completely complementary to a nucleotide sequence of a RNA product of said gene, or a cDNA product thereof. A probe can also be specific when it comprises a continuous stretch of nucleotides that are partially complementary to a nucleotide sequence of a RNA product of said gene, or a cDNA product thereof. Partially means that a maximum of 5% from the nucleotides in a continuous stretch of at least 20 nucleotides differs from the corresponding nucleotide sequence of a RNA product of said gene. The term complementary is known in the art and refers to a sequence that is related by base-pairing rules to the sequence that is to be detected. It is preferred that the sequence of the probe is carefully designed to minimize nonspecific hybridization to said probe. It is preferred that the probe is or mimics a single stranded nucleic acid molecule. The length of said complementary continuous stretch of nucleotides can vary between 15 bases and several kilo bases, and is preferably between 20 bases and 1 kilobase, more preferred between 40 and 100 bases, and most preferred 60 nucleotides. 
     To determine the RNA level of at least two of the genes listed in Table 3, the RNA sample is preferably labeled, either directly or indirectly, and contacted with probes on the array under conditions that favor duplex formation between a probe and a complementary molecule in the labeled RNA sample. The amount of label that remains associated with a probe after washing of the microarray can be determined and is used as a measure for the level of RNA of a nucleic acid molecule that is complementary to said probe. 
     Systemic bias can be introduced during the handling of the sample in a microarray experiment. To reduce systemic bias, the determined RNA levels are preferably corrected for background non-specific hybridization and normalized using, for example, Feature Extraction software (Agilent Technologies). Other methods that are or will be known to a person of ordinary skill in the art, such as a dye swap experiment (Martin-Magniette et al., Bioinformatics 21:1995-2000 (2005)) which can be performed to normalize differences introduced by dye bias, can, also be applied. 
     In a preferred method according to the invention, the determination of the RNA levels comprises normalizing the determined levels of RNA of said set of genes in said sample. 
     Normalization corrects for variation due to inter-array differences in overall performance, which can be due to for example inconsistencies in array fabrication, staining and scanning, and variation between labeled RNA samples, which can be due for example to variations in purity. Conventional methods for normalization of array data include global analysis, which is based on the assumption that the majority of genetic markers on an array are not differentially expressed between samples [Yang et al., Nucl Acids Res 30: 15 (2002)]. Alternatively, the array may comprise specific probes that are used for normalization. These probes preferably detect RNA products from housekeeping genes such as glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and 18S rRNA levels, of which the RNA level is thought to be constant in a given cell and independent from the developmental stage or prognosis of said cell. Said specific probes preferably are specific for genes of which the RNA level varies over a wide range of levels. 
     In a preferred embodiment, a method of the invention further comprises comparing an RNA level at least two of the genes listed in Table 3 to an RNA level of said genes in a reference sample. 
     The reference sample can be an RNA sample isolated from a lung tissue from a healthy individual, or from so called normal adjacent tissue from an individual suffering from NSCLC, or an RNA sample from a relevant cell line or mixture of cell lines. Said reference sample can also be an RNA sample from a cancerous growth of an individual suffering from NSCLC. Said individual suffering from NSCLC can have an increased risk of cancer recurrence, or a low risk of cancer recurrence. 
     It is preferred that said reference sample is an RNA sample from an individual suffering from non-small cell lung cancer and having a low risk of cancer recurrence. In a more preferred embodiment, said reference sample is a pooled RNA sample from multiple tissue samples comprising NSCLC cells from individuals suffering from non-small cell lung cancer and having a low risk of cancer recurrence. It is preferred that said multiple tissue sample comprise more than 10 tissue samples, more preferred more than 20 tissue samples, more preferred more than 30 tissue samples, more preferred more than 40 tissue samples, most preferred more than 50 tissue samples. 
     Comparison of a sample with a reference sample can be performed in various ways. Preferably a coefficient is determined that is a measure of the similarity of dissimilarity of a sample with said reference sample. A number of different coefficients can be used for determining a correlation between the RNA expression level in an RNA sample from an individual and a reference sample. Preferred methods are parametric methods which assume a normal distribution of the data. One of these methods is the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, which is obtained by dividing the covariance of the two variables by the product of their standard deviations. Preferred methods comprise cosine-angle, un-centered correlation and, more preferred, cosine correlation (Fan et al., Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 5:4810-3 (2005)). 
     Preferably, said correlation with a reference sample is used to produce an overall similarity score for the set of genes that are used. A similarity score is a measure of the average correlation of RNA levels of a set of genes in an RNA sample from an individual and a reference sample. Said similarity score is a numerical value between +1, indicative of a high correlation between the RNA expression level of the set of genes in the RNA sample of the individual and the reference sample, and −1, which is indicative of an inverse correlation and therefore indicative of having an increased risk of cancer recurrence (van &#39;t Veer et al., Nature 415: 484-5 (2002)). 
     In particularly preferred embodiment, an arbitrary threshold is determined for said similarity score. RNA samples that score below said threshold are indicative of an increased risk of cancer recurrence, while samples that score above said threshold are indicative of a low risk of cancer recurrence. 
     A similarity score and or a resultant of said score, which is a measurement of increased risk or low risk of cancer recurrence, is preferably displayed or outputted to a user interface device, a computer readable storage medium, or a local or remote computer system. 
     In another aspect, the invention provides a set of probes for typing a sample of an individual suffering from NSCLC, or suspected of suffering therefrom, wherein said set of probes comprises probes that are specific for at least two of the genes listed in Table 3. 
     The RNA level of a set of genes comprising at least two of the genes listed in Table 3 was found to be discriminative between an RNA sample from an individual suffering from NSCLC and having an increased risk for recurrence of said cancer, and an RNA sample from an individual suffering from NSCLC and having an reduced risk for recurrence of said cancer. 
     It is preferred that said set probes comprises probes that are specific for at least three of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred four of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred five of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred six of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred seven of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred eight of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred nine of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred ten of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred fifteen of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred twenty of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred thirty of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred forty of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred sixty of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred seventy of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred seventy-two of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred eighty of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred ninety of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred hundred of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred two-hundred of the genes listed in Table 3, more preferred all of the genes listed in Table 3. 
     Preferably said set of probes comprises probes specific for not more than 227 different genes, more preferred not more than 150 different genes, more preferred not more than 72 different genes of the genes listed in Table 3. 
     In yet another aspect, the invention provides the use of a set of probes that are specific for a set of genes of the invention for determining a risk for an individual suffering of NSCLC or suspected of suffering from said cancer, for recurrence of said cancer. 
     According to this aspect, the invention provides the use of set of probes that are specific for a set of genes of the invention for discriminating between NSCLC cells with a low versus a high metastasizing potential by determining a nucleic acid level of expression of said set of marker genes in an RNA sample from a patient suffering from NSCLC or suspected of suffering from said cancer. 
     The invention furthermore provides an array comprising between 2 and 12.000 probes of which two or more probes are specific for at least two of the genes listed in Table 3. The invention furthermore provides the use of an array according to the invention for typing of NSCLC cells. 
     The invention also provides a set of primers for typing a sample of an individual suffering from non-small cell lung cancer or suspected of suffering there from, whereby said set of primers comprises primers specific for at least two of the genes listed in Table 3. 
     Said set of primer can be used for determining an RNA level for said at least two of the genes listed in Table 3 in a sample. Known methods for determining an RNA level comprise amplification methods, including but not limited to polymerase chain reaction such as multiplex PCR and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification, and nucleic acid sequence-based amplification. 
     Preferably said set of primers comprises primers specific for less than 227 different genes, more preferred not more than 150 different genes, more preferred not more than 72 different genes of the genes listed in Table 3. 
     According to this aspect, the invention further provides the use of a set of primers according to the invention for determining a risk for an individual suffering of NSCLC for recurrence of said cancer. The invention also provides the use of a set of primers according to the invention for discriminating between NSCLC cells with a low versus a high metastasizing potential. 
     In a further aspect, the invention provides a method of classifying a sample from an individual suffering from NSCLC, or suspected of suffering from NSCLC, comprising classifying a sample as derived from an individual having a poor prognosis or a good prognosis by a method comprising providing a sample from said individual; determining a level of RNA for a set of genes comprising at least two of the genes listed in Table 3 in said sample; determining a similarity value for the level of RNA in said sample and a level of RNA for said set of genes in a patient having no recurrent disease within three years of initial diagnosis; and classifying said individual as having a poor prognosis if said similarity value is below a first similarity threshold value, and classifying said individual as having a good prognosis if said similarity value exceeds said first similarity threshold value. 
     Said reference sample is preferably a sample from normal lung tissue, from normal adjacent tissue, from a cell line or mixture of cell lines, or a relevant sample from an individual suffering from NSCLC. Preferably, a reference sample is from an individual suffering from non-small cell lung cancer and having a low risk of cancer recurrence. In a more preferred embodiment, said reference sample is a pooled RNA sample from multiple tissue samples comprising NSCLC cells from individuals suffering from non-small cell lung cancer and having a low risk of cancer recurrence. 
     A reference sample can also comprise a sample from an individual suffering from non-small cell lung cancer and having an increased risk of cancer recurrence. In that instance, the invention similarly provides a method of classifying an individual suffering from NSCLC, or suspected of suffering from NSCLC, comprising classifying a sample as derived from an individual having a poor prognosis or a good prognosis by a method comprising providing a sample from said individual; determining a level of RNA for a set of genes comprising at least two of the genes listed in Table 3 in said sample; determining a similarity value for the level of RNA in said sample and a level of RNA for said set of genes in a patient having recurrent disease within three years of initial diagnosis; and classifying said individual as having a good prognosis if said similarity value is below a first similarity threshold value, and classifying said individual as having a poor prognosis if said similarity value exceeds said first similarity threshold value. 
    
    
     
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         FIG. 1 : Kaplan-Meier plot survival estimates of overall survival of patients with a good (low-risk) profile and of patients with a poor (high-risk) profile, as identified using a leave-one-out training approach. 
         FIG. 2 : Schematic overview of the multiple samples procedure that was used for development of a robust nearest mean classifier. A 10-fold cross validation loop was used to identify genes which expression ratios correlate with overall and recurrence free survival time. 
         FIG. 3 : Kaplan-Meier plot survival estimates of overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS) based on the multiple sampling outcomes of the test samples. 
         FIG. 4 : Prognostic power (P-values) of the nearest mean classifier using different gene set sizes. The highest power (lowest p-values) for both overall survival (black line) and relapse free survival (blue line) is reached upon using a gene set size of 72 genes. 
         FIG. 5 : Left panel; Classifier prognostic low-risk correlation outcome (leave-one-out cross validation) of 103 training samples. Correlations above −0.145 indicate samples with a low-risk profile and correlation below −0.145 indicate samples with a high-risk profile. The samples are colored according to their true survival status. Right panel, visualization of the 72-gene prognostic signature. Each row represents one sample and each column represents one gene. Samples are labeled according to their true survival status (1: relapse or death with 3 years; 0: relapse-free survival for at least 3 years). Red indicates up regulation of a gene, green indicates down regulation of a gene. 
         FIG. 6 : Kaplan-Meier plot survival estimates of overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS) of the 103 training samples with a low-risk 72-gene profile and of patients with a high-risk 72-gene profile. 
         FIG. 7 : Validation of the 72-gene signature on 69 independent samples.  FIG. 7   a ; as right panel in  FIG. 5  for the 69 independent validation samples.  FIGS. 7   b  and  7   c ; as  FIG. 6  for the independent validation samples. 
         FIG. 8 : Performance of ranked subset from the 237 genes with prognostic value for overall survival for 3 years after diagnosis. Negative predictive value (NPV), positive predictive value (PPV) and total accuracy are calculated for increasing ranked subset of the 237 genes (top 2, top 3, top 4, . . . top 230, all 231 genes). 
         FIG. 9 : Prognostic performance of random subsets of different size from the total set of 237 genes. For all different subset sizes (2, 3, 4, . . . , 236, 237) the mean value and 95% confidence interval were calculated for the negative predictive value (NPV), positive predictive value (PPV) and total accuracy. 
         FIG. 10 : Kaplan-Meier plot survival estimates of overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS) of 172 non small cell lung cancer patients based on a classification by the 72-gene signature (good profile or poor profile) and by tumor staging (stage I or stage II). 
     
    
    
     Example 1 
     Non small cell lung cancer samples were analyzed on Agilent 44K array against a lung reference pool that consisted of a pool of RNA from 65 NSCLC samples. A total of 103 samples were used for training the predictive signature and 69 as an independent validation set. The samples originated from 5 different European institutes and included mainly squamous cell carcinomas and adenocarcinomas. An overview of the sample and patient characteristics is given in Table 1. All samples were taken with informed consent of the patients according to the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration. RNA isolation and cRNA labeling followed standard protocols (Glas et al., BMC Genomics 2006; 7: 278). Hybridization was performed on Agilent platform (Agilent 44K arrays) according to standard procedures described by the manufacturer and as described elsewhere (Glas et al., BMC Genomics 2006; 7: 278). R and Bioconductor packages, available from the Bioconductor project, were used for statistical analyses of the data. 
     A leave-one-out cross validation procedure for development of a nearest-mean classifier did not result in a signature that could be validated using this type of cross validation procedure ( FIG. 1 ). In accordance with the hierarchical clustering, this finding indicated that the gene expression data of the analyzed samples did not harbor a very consistent and striking gene expression pattern that correlated with overall survival. Apparently, due to the large heterogeneity in gene expression between tumor samples from good-outcome and from poor-outcome patients, exclusion of a single sample for training of the signature is not sufficient to identify an unbiased gene signature that also works on independent additional test samples. Instead it required a more robust multiple sampling procedure to identify an unbiased set of survival predictive signature genes. 
     A 10-fold cross validation procedure was used for a more robust and less biased identification of predictive genes ( FIG. 2 ). Ten percent of the training samples were randomly removed from the training set and for all genes a cox-proportion hazard ratio was calculated together with a Log-rank survival score and a p-value for discriminatory power between those patients with and without a survival (or relapse) event (Welsh t-test). The three survival statistics were combined into a single score which was used to rank the genes according to their association with overall (or relapse-free) survival. Next, the top-ranked genes were used for prediction of the 10 left-out samples using a nearest-mean classifier. By repeating this 10-fold cross validation procedure at least 500 times, we determined the unbiased performance of the classifiers, which were all based on different training sets. The multiple classifiers as obtained from, the different training sets were trained towards prediction of overall survival (OS) (P=0.001,  FIG. 3A ) as well as the classifiers for prediction of relapse-free survival (RFS) (P=0.011,  FIG. 3B ) showed a significant performance for accurate prediction of the test samples and indicated that the 10-fold cross validation procedure was not biased toward the used training samples. More importantly, this multiple sampling approach allowed us to identify those predictive genes that were most stably selected for building the signatures. These stably selected genes are most favorable for an optimal unbiased predictive signature. 
     To develop a classifier with optimal performance for prediction of overall survival (OS) as well as relapse-free survival (RFS), the gene selection scores generated by the multiple samples procedure for OS and RFS were ranked and genes with a high ranking in both survival analyses were selected. Starting with a minimal list of the 40 highest ranked genes, the set of predictive genes was gradually expanded to determine the optimal gene set size with the highest predictive accuracy (both for OS and RFS) on all training samples ( FIG. 4 ). The strongest predictive power was reached with a set of 72 predictive genes, corresponding to the highest rank-ordered seventy-two genes listed in Table 3. Investigation of the 72-gene signature performance by leave-one-out cross validation on the training samples ( FIG. 5A ) indicated that an optimal prediction was achieved based on the sample correlations with the good-outcome profile ( FIG. 5B , threshold; 0.145). An average low-risk profile was calculated for the 72-gene signature (Table 2, second column) which served as the low-risk profile for further validation of the classifier. High and low risk training samples showed a clear difference in gene expression of the 72 signature genes ( FIG. 5C ). Survival analysis of the training samples confirmed that the patients of whom the lung tumor samples show a low-risk profile have a significant better survival rate for overall survival (OS) and for relapse-free survival (RFS) time than patients with high-risk tumor profile (P&lt;0.0001) ( FIG. 6 ). 
     The predictive signature was validated on an independent set of 69 validation samples (Table 1). The gene expression profiles of the validation samples indicated that the predictive signature is also present in independent samples ( FIG. 7A ). Survival analysis of the independent validation samples confirmed the discriminatory power of the 72-gene signature for identification of low- and high-risk NSCLC patients ( FIG. 7B-C ). The somewhat lower significance on the validation set was (partially) caused by the relative high number of censoring events within 3 years after diagnosis (lost for follow-up; other caused of death) (see also Table 1). 
     The sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV), positive predictive value and overall accuracy of the classifier (Table 2) confirm the finding that the classifier is able to discriminate between patients with a low and high risk for disease progression, especially towards prediction of low-risk patients (NPV of 9.3 percent on the validation set). The median overall survival time of low-risk and high-risk patients is 47 and 31 months, respectively (P&lt;1e-4, Wilcoxon rank-sum test) and the median relapse-free survival time for both patients groups is 47 versus 24 months, respectively (P&lt;1e-5) (Table 4). 
     Example 2 
     To determine the minimal number of signature genes that are needed for an accurate prognostic signature, the set of 237 genes was ranked according to the prognostic power of the individual genes and the set of 237 genes was sequentially reduced till a gene set comprising only the two top ranked genes. For each different gene set size (i.e. comprising from 2 genes up to 237 genes) the negative predictive value (NPV), positive predictive value (PPV) and total accuracy were determined for prognosis off overall survival for at least 3 years.  FIG. 8  shows that the predictive power of the signature decreases only marginally in case of a lower number of ranked signature genes; a prognostic signature that comprises of only the top 2 genes has a NPV of 80 percent and a total accuracy of 70 percent. Thus, a small number of top-ranked genes already showed a high accuracy in prediction of low-risk patients (overall survival NPV of 83%). 
     We further analyzed the performance of a random subset of 2 or more genes selected from the set of 237 genes. Random subsets were selected with different sizes ranging from 2 genes up to all 237 genes. In total, hundred random, computer generated subsets were selected if possible for each different size and for each different subset the NPV, PPV and total accuracy was calculated. Subsequently, the mean performance and the 95 percent confidence interval were calculated for each different subset size. The data shown in  FIG. 9  indicate that random subsets of two or more of the 237 signature genes show only a marginal drop of the predictive performance ( FIG. 9 ). This result confirmed that the predictive value of the signature genes does not drop substantially, also in cases when only a small number of genes are used within the prognostic signature. However, the 95% confidence interval of the predictive performances does increase upon use of smaller signatures. This is explained by the fact that random selection of a small number of genes from the total 237 gene set will results in a much larger variation in prognostic outcome than selection of a large subset. Despite this increase in variation, the negative predictive value of the prognostic signature subsets remains between 80-90 percent. These results indicate that, although the highest performance is achieved using the complete set of 72 genes corresponding to the highest rank-ordered seventy-two genes listed in Table 3, the use of only 2 genes already results in an accurate predictive signature. 
     Example 3 
     To test whether the classifier predicted survival independently of the other two prognostic factors, tumor type and tumor grade ( FIG. 1 ), a univariate and a multivariate analysis were performed (Table 4). In a univariate analysis, the 72-gene signature was the most significant prognostic factor with a hazard ratio of 4.83 (95% CI: 2.47-9.44, P=4.1e-6) for OS and a hazard ratio if 4.86 (95% CI: 2.40-9.50, P=3.70-6) for RFS. In a multivariate analysis with the other two prognostics factor, the predictive power of the signature remained similar (hazard ratios of 4.70 and 4.61 for overall and relapse-free survival, respectively, Table 4). This specified that the prognostic 72-gene classifier predicted survival outcome independently of the other two factors. The multivariate analysis indicated that tumor grading has an added predictive value on top of the gene classifier (Table 4). A combination of tumor grading (grade I or II) and the signature outcome (low-risk or high-risk) resulted in highly significant overall survival classification (P=6.2e-8,  FIG. 10A ) and relapse-free survival prediction (P=3.3e-7,  FIG. 10B ). 
     Tables 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Training set (103) 
                 Validation set (69) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 (%) 
                   
                 (%) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Gender 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 male 
                 77 
                 75 
                 51 
                 82 
               
               
                 female 
                 26 
                 25 
                 18 
                 29 
               
               
                 Age at diagnosis 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 median 
                 62 
                 67 
               
               
                 range 
                 41-77 
                 22-79 
               
               
                 Hospital 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 NKI 
                 30 
                 29 
                 6 
                 10 
               
               
                 Heidelberg 
                 18 
                 17 
                 14 
                 23 
               
               
                 Bailystok 
                 12 
                 12 
                 1 
                 2 
               
               
                 Gdansk 
                 32 
                 31 
                 27 
                 44 
               
               
                 Vumc 
                 11 
                 11 
                 21 
                 34 
               
               
                 Smoking 
               
               
                 current smoker 
                 45 
                 44 
                 30 
                 48 
               
               
                 former smoker 
                 44 
                 43 
                 28 
                 45 
               
               
                 non-smoker 
                 3 
                 3 
                 3 
                 5 
               
               
                 unknown 
                 11 
                 11 
                 8 
                 13 
               
               
                 Histology 
               
               
                 large cell carcinoma 
                 8 
                 8 
                 2 
                 3 
               
               
                 squamous cell carcinoma 
                 57 
                 55 
                 35 
                 56 
               
               
                 adenocarcinoma 
                 33 
                 32 
                 23 
                 37 
               
               
                 other 
                 5 
                 5 
                 9 
                 15 
               
               
                 Stage 
               
               
                 I 
                 72 
                 70 
                 45 
                 44 
               
               
                 II 
                 31 
                 30 
                 24 
                 23 
               
               
                 Follow-up period (months) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 median 
                 46 
                 24 
               
               
                 range 
                  4-156 
                  0.5-111 
               
               
                 Status 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 alive/censored 
                 59 
                 57 
                 33 
                 53 
               
               
                 dead lung cancer 
                 35 
                 34 
                 16 
                 26 
               
               
                 dead other 
                 9 
                 9 
                 20 
                 32 
               
               
                 Relapse-free survival time 
               
               
                 (months) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 median 
                 43 
                 22 
               
               
                 range 
                  2-156 
                  0.5-111 
               
               
                 Overall survival time (months) 
               
               
                 median 
                 46 
                 24 
               
               
                 range 
                  4.3-156 
                  0.5-111 
               
               
                 Treatment before surgery 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 yes 
                 5 
                 5 
                 2 
                 3 
               
               
                 no 
                 96 
                 93 
                 58 
                 94 
               
               
                 unknown 
                 2 
                 2 
                 9 
                 15 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Performance of the 72-gene classifier 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Sensitivity* 
                 Specificity* 
                 NPV* 
                 PPV* 
                 Accuracy* 
                 P-value a   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Training 
                 78 
                 66 
                 87 
                 51 
                 70 
                 2.4E−05 
               
               
                 Validation 
                 87 
                 52 
                 93 
                 34 
                 59 
                 0.006 
               
               
                 Overall 
                 81 
                 60 
                 89 
                 43 
                 75 
                 3.7E−07 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Months 
                 P-value b   
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Training 
               
               
                   
                 median OS** 
                 low-risk group 
                 52 
                 3.6E−04 
               
               
                   
                   
                 high-risk group 
                 33 
               
               
                   
                 median RFS** 
                 low-risk group 
                 52 
                 7.7E−05 
               
               
                   
                   
                 high-risk group 
                 32 
               
               
                   
                 Validation 
               
               
                   
                 median OS** 
                 low-risk group 
                 33 
                 0.02 
               
               
                   
                   
                 high-risk group 
                 23 
               
               
                   
                 median RFS** 
                 low-risk group 
                 33 
                 0.01 
               
               
                   
                   
                 high-risk group 
                 21 
               
               
                   
                 Overall 
               
               
                   
                 median OS** 
                 low-risk group 
                 47 
                 2.4E−05 
               
               
                   
                   
                 high-risk group 
                 31 
               
               
                   
                 median RFS** 
                 low-risk group 
                 47 
                 5.5E−06 
               
               
                   
                   
                 high-risk group 
                 24 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 *based on 3-year relapse-free survival 
               
               
                   
                 **disregarded patients that died of other other causes than lung cancer 
               
               
                   
                 NPV negative predictive value 
               
               
                   
                 PPV positive predictive value 
               
               
                   
                 OS overall survival time (months) 
               
               
                   
                 RFS relapse-free survival time (months) 
               
               
                   
                   a Log-rank test 
               
               
                   
                   b Wilcoxon rank sum test 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 3 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 NSCLC associated genes. Genes are ranked according to their association 
               
               
                 with recurrence-free survival. The low-risk profile column provides the log2 
               
               
                 ratios of each classifier gene in a low-risk profile. 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SEQ 
                   
                   
                   
                 low- 
                   
               
               
                 ID 
                   
                   
                   
                 risk 
                   
               
               
                 NO: 
                 Gene 
                 Refseq 
                 Description 
                 profile 
                 Sequence 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 1 
                 C3orf41 
                 XM_046264 
                 chromosome 3 open reading 
                 −0.477 
                 GTCAATGCTGGGAAGACAGGAGAAAAGCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 frame 41 
                   
                 AATTCTTGACATTTAAATACCAGTTTTCCA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 2 
                 C1orf24 
                 NM_052966 
                 chromosome 1 open reading 
                 0.278 
                 AAAGGTCCAAGGGAATTTAATCTGGAAGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 frame 24 
                   
                 AACATATGCCAATTTTTAAACTATGACAGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 3 
                 PLEK 
                 NM_002664 
                 pleckstrin 
                 0.329 
                 TGAGAAAGACAGCACCCATTGAAACAGATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTGTGTGAAAGTATATTTTTCAATTCCAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 4 
                 RHOH 
                 NM_004310 
                 ras homolog gene family, 
                 0.418 
                 AAAGCTTGGTGTTTTCTCTGGGTACACCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 member H 
                   
                 AAGCAGCGTCTCCTTTTGGATACAGTTATT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 5 
                 PSCDBP 
                 NM_004288 
                 pleckstrin homology, Sec7 
                 0.570 
                 TTCATCGTGCTGTGGAAGAGGAAGAAAGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 and coiled-coil domains, 
                   
                 GCTTTTGACGGATTGTGGTGTCCTTTCAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 binding protein 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 6 
                 TCEA2 
                 NM_003195 
                 transcription elongation 
                 −0.236 
                 ATCGAGGAATGCATCTTCCGGGACGTTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 factor A(SII), 2 
                   
                 AACACAGACATGAAGTATAAGAACCGTGTA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 7 
                 FLJ21963 
                 NM_024560 
                 NA 
                 −0.202 
                 GCAAGATCCCCCGATCAGCTTTATCTGCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGTCAATGGCAAGCCATACAAGATAACTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 8 
                 CLEC4E 
                 NM_014358 
                 C-type lectin domain 
                 0.317 
                 GCAAAATTGGAATGATGTAACCTGTTTCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 family 4, member E 
                   
                 ACATTATTTTCGGATTTGTGAAATGGTAGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 9 
                 USP51 
                 NM_201286 
                 ubiquitin specific 
                 −0.458 
                 AAAGCAGCACCATTTAGCTGTAGACCTTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 peptidase 51 
                   
                 TCATGGGGTCATATATTGCTTCATGTGTAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 10 
                 WFDC10B 
                 NM_172006 
                 WAP four-disulfide core 
                 0.380 
                 GCGACCCAGCATAGATCTATGCATCCACCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 domain 10B 
                   
                 CTGTTCATATTTCCAAAAGTGTGAAACAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 11 
                 IGH@ 
                 NA 
                 immunoglobulin heavy locus 
                 0.219 
                 CGTGAGGATGCTTGGCACGTACCCCGTGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CATACTTCCCAGGCACCCAGCATGGAAATA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 12 
                 SLC4A3 
                 NM_005070 
                 solute carrier family 4, 
                 −0.269 
                 GATGCTGAACCAAACTTCGATGAGGATGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 anion exchanger, member 3 
                   
                 CAGGATGAGTACAATGAGCTGCACATGCCA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 13 
                 CD53 
                 NM_000560 
                 CD53 molecule 
                 0.627 
                 ACCATAGGGCTATGATCTGCAGTAGTTCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGTGAAGAGACTTGTTTCATCTCCGGAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 14 
                 LOC401431 
                 NM_001008745 
                 NA 
                 −0.466 
                 AGGTCTGATGCAGTAGCTTTTACTATTGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAAATCGATGTTTTTTCCTTGAAAGTCTA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 15 
                 SCFV 
                 XM_941394 
                 NA 
                 0.597 
                 GGGGCTGGAATGGGTGGCAGTTATATCACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TGATGGAAGTAATAAATACTACGCAGACTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 16 
                 THRAP2 
                 NM_015335 
                 thyroid hormone receptor 
                 −0.171 
                 AACTTCCTACCACTCACCCTAGCATTACTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 associated protein 2 
                   
                 ATATGATATGTCTCCATACCCATTACAATC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 17 
                 PRDM13 
                 NM_021620 
                 PR domain containing 13 
                 −0.981 
                 TAATGACTGCTGTACAGTGGGTATAGTATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGGTTTTGGTTCCAGATTGTGCAATCTTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 18 
                 OBSL1 
                 XM_051017 
                 obscurin-like 1 
                 −0.455 
                 TTTGCATTCCATTGCATATTTCCAAGTCGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTTGCTATAAACACAAATATTCTCCAGAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 19 
                 C7orf40 
                 NA 
                 chromosome 7 open reading 
                 −0.322 
                 CTGTGTTAATACACCTAGTGAGGAGTGGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 frame 40 
                   
                 CTGAATTTGAATGCAAGCCTTGGCACCTTA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 20 
                 TAGAP 
                 NM_054114 
                 T-cell activation GTPase 
                 0.425 
                 GGCCATACGCCATGCCATAGCTTGTGCTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 activating protein 
                   
                 CTGTAAATATGAGACTTGTAAAGAACTGCC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 21 
                 MGC11271 
                 NM_024323 
                 NA 
                 −0.229 
                 TTGCAAATTTTAGGGTCCTGAGCCAAGTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GGATGGTTCAGAATTTGTTTCTTTCCTGGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 22 
                 IGLV6-57 
                   
                 immunoglobulin lambda 
                 0.768 
                 AACTCTGCCTCCCTCACCATCTCTGGACTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 variable 6-57 
                   
                 AGGACTGAGGACGAGGCTGACTACTACTGT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 23 
                 CD38 
                 NM_001775 
                 CD38 molecule 
                 0.649 
                 TGAAAAATCCTGAGGATTCATCTTGCACAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGAGATCTGAGCCAGTCGCTGTGGTTGTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 24 
                 FKBP9 
                 NM_007270 
                 FK506 binding protein 9, 
                 −0.217 
                 TACTGATGTAGCCCTGAGGTAGTTCATGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 63 kDa 
                   
                 AATGCTGTGCACTCATTCCATGGAATAAAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 25 
                 ADAMTSL2 
                 NM_014694 
                 ADAMTS-like 2 
                 −0.322 
                 GGCCCAGGGCCCACAGCCAGCGGTGGAGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GTCTTGCTCCGGGCCCGTAGCCCACGCCCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 26 
                 CD48 
                 NM_001778 
                 CD48 molecule 
                 0.470 
                 CATCATGAGGGTGTTGAAAAAGACTGGGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAGCAAGAATGGAAGATCAAGCTGCAAGT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 27 
                 GNPTAB 
                 NM_024312 
                 N-acetylglucosamine-1- 
                 0.484 
                 CAGCAATCATTGCAGACTAACTTTATTAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phosphate transferase, 
                   
                 AGAAGCCTATGCCAGCTGGGAGTGATTGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 alpha and beta subunits 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 28 
                 DHRS8 
                 NM_016245 
                 dehydrogenase/reductase 
                 0.293 
                 CACCTAGTTTTCTGAAAACTGATTTACCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (SDR family) member 8 
                   
                 GTTTAGGTTGATGTCATCTAATAGTGCCAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 29 
                 LOC388886 
                 NM_207644 
                 NA 
                 −0.302 
                 CTACTGACTTGTGATGCTCTCAAGCACATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 ATAGTGGGCGATGAAGGTCAAGGAGGACTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 30 
                 CNIH3 
                 NM_152495 
                 cornichon homolog 3 
                 −0.457 
                 CTCCCATCTGAAACCTGTGACTCAGGTTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ( Drosophila ) 
                   
                 TGAATGGTGTTTGTGTAGCAACACATTGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 31 
                 PSMA6 
                 NM_002791 
                 proteasome (prosome, 
                 0.016 
                 TAGCAGAGAGAGACTAAACATTGTCGTTAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 macropain) subunit,  
                   
                 TTTACCAGATCCGTGATGCCACTTACCTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 alpha type, 6 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 32 
                 CCRK 
                 NM_001039803 
                 cell cycle related kinase 
                 −0.165 
                 AGGATGAGCGTGAGCCAGAAGCAGCTGTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTTAAGGAAACAAGCGTTCCTGGAATTAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 33 
                 SHROOM1 
                 NM_133456 
                 shroom family member 1 
                 −0.281 
                 GTCTCTGCTTTTCCCTTGAGGGATTGGGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GGACCCAGTCCAGGCCTTTCTAAGATACTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 34 
                 GPSM1 
                 NM_015597  
                 G-protein signalling 
                 −0.428 
                 GTCTGTGCCATGTTGTCAATGGGTCCTTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 modulator 1 (AGS3-like, 
                   
                 CAACCCAAGAGGTACATTTGTTTTTCTGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   C .  elegans ) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 35 
                 TRO 
                 NM_001039705 
                 trophinin 
                 −0.397 
                 CCCCATGTTTACAGATACCGCTAATAAATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GCAGTAGTCCTTCCCATGGAGCCAAAGTAC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 36 
                 GSTT2 
                 NM_000854 
                 glutathione S-transferase 
                 −0.614 
                 GTAACATGAAGAACACTCAAAAATTGGCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 theta 2 
                   
                 ATGTCATCAGTGTTTTAAACAGAATAAAGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 37 
                 NQO2 
                 NM_000904 
                 NAD(P)H dehydrogenase, 
                 0.099 
                 TCACAGTGTCTGATTTGTATGCCATGAACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 quinone 2 
                   
                 TTGAGCCGAGGGCCACAGACAAAGATATCA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 38 
                 EAF2 
                 NM_018456 
                 ELL associated factor 2 
                 0.706 
                 CAGGATTCCTGATATAGATGCCAGTCATAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TAGATTTCGAGACAACAGTGGCCTTCTGAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 39 
                 MUM1L1 
                 NM_152423 
                 melanoma associated  
                 −0.034 
                 ATGATATAAATGCCAACTGGCAAGTCATTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 antigen (mutated)  
                   
                 CAAACTGCTTGAAGGAGTAGATGAACCAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 1-like 1 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 40 
                 MUC4 
                 NM_004532 
                 mucin 4, cell surface 
                 0.396 
                 TGGGGCGAGCACTGTGAGCACCTGAGCATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 associated 
                   
                 AAACTCGACGCGTTCTTCGGCATCTTCTTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 41 
                 C13orf21 
                 NM_001010897 
                 chromosome 13 open 
                 −0.150 
                 CCTCTGAACGATCACTGGTTTACTTTGTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 reading frame 21 
                   
                 GGATACATCTCTCCTCCATTAGAATTGAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 42 
                 PABPC1 
                 NM_002568 
                 poly(A) binding protein, 
                 0.040 
                 CAGAACTTCTTCATATGCTCAAGTCTCCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cytoplasmic 1 
                   
                 AGTCACTCCATTCTAAGGTTGATGAAGCTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 43 
                 PLA2G7 
                 NM_005084  
                 phospholipase A2, group 
                 0.494 
                 AAAGCATTTAGGACTTCATAAAGATTTTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VII (platelet-activating 
                   
                 TCAGTGGGACTGCTTGATTGAAGGAGATGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 factor acetylhydrolase,  
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 plasma) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 44 
                 PARK2 
                 NM_004562 
                 Parkinson disease 
                 0.421 
                 GATGTTTTAATTCCAAACCGGATGAGTGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (autosomal recessive, 
                   
                 GAATGCCAATCCCCACACTGCCCTGGGACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 juvenile) 2, parkin 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 45 
                 AOAH 
                 NM_001637 
                 acyloxyacyl hydrolase 
                 0.157 
                 TTTACAAACTTCAATCTTTTCTACATGGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (neutrophil) 
                   
                 TTTGCCTTCCATGAAATCATACAGGAGTGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 46 
                 IGL@ 
                   
                 immunoglobulin lambda 
                 0.357 
                 CCCAAGGCATCAAGCCCTCTTCCCGTGCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 locus 
                   
                 TCAATAAACCCTCAATAAATATTCTCATTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 47 
                 LOC642480 
                 XM_925983 
                 NA 
                 0.097 
                 GCTGGTAAAATCATTGGTATGTTGTTGGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTGGTAATTTGGAACTCCTTCATATGCTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 48 
                 TMSB4X 
                 NM_021109 
                 thymosin, beta 4, X-linked 
                 0.760 
                 CCGATATGGCTGAGATTGAGAAATTCGATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTCGAAACTGAAGAAGACAGAGATGCAAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 49 
                 LOC390712 
                 XM_372630 
                 NA 
                 0.855 
                 CTGTGAAGGGCAGATTGACCATCTCCACAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 ACAACTCAAAGAACACGCTGTACCTGCAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 50 
                 ACOT8 
                 NM_005469 
                 acyl-CoA thioesterase 8 
                 −0.132 
                 CTATATTGGCGAGGGCGACATGAAGATGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGCTGCGTGGGCGCCTATATCTCCGACTA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 51 
                 GIMAP7 
                 NM_153236 
                 GTPase, IMAP family member 
                 0.334 
                 TTTGGGAAGTCAGCCATGAAGCACATGGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 7 
                   
                 ATCTTGTTCACTCGCAAAGAAGAGTTGGAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 52 
                 LOC375010 
                 XM_927556 
                 NA 
                 −0.365 
                 ACGTTACAACTGAGTTAGAAGAATATAAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGCCTTTGCAGCAGCATTGAAAGCTAACA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 53 
                 ASAH1 
                 NM_004315 
                 N-acylsphingosine 
                 0.790 
                 ATGAACTCGATGCTAAGCAGGGTAGATGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 amidohydrolase (acid 
                   
                 ATGTGGTACAAACAAATTATGACCGTTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ceramidase) 1 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 54 
                 TRIM45 
                 NM_025188 
                 tripartite motif- 
                 −0.033 
                 GCAGCACCACTTGAGATTTCCAGAGGACCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 containing 45 
                   
                 AGACCTTTGTTCATTCTAAAGAGACTGATA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 55 
                 C2orf30 
                 NM_015701 
                 chromosome 2 open reading 
                 0.567 
                 ACGATGGTACCCAGACAGTCAGGATGGTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 frame 30 
                   
                 CACATTTTTATGGAAATGGAGATATTTGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 56 
                 EXT2 
                 NM_000401 
                 exostoses (multiple) 2 
                 −0.135 
                 TCAGGGAACCAAACCCAGAATTCGGTGCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGCCAAACATCTTGGTGGGATTTGATAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 57 
                 IFI6 
                 NM_002038 
                 interferon, alpha- 
                 0.788 
                 GCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTGCAAATGAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 inducible protein 6 
                   
                 AGTCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCTGTGTAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 58 
                 KCNE3 
                 NM_002038 
                 potassium voltage-gated 
                 0.084 
                 TCATATACATTAAGTTGAGCCATATGTAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 channel, lsk-related 
                   
                 CACTGTGTTTGTAGGTTAGAAACAGCTGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 family, member 3 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 59 
                 CTSF 
                 NM_003793 
                 cathepsin F 
                 −0.179 
                 CCTCTCCATGTCCAGGAAACTTGTAACCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTTTTCTAACAGCAATAAAGAGGTGTCCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 60 
                 SULT1C1 
                 NM_001056 
                 sulfotransferase family, 
                 0.043 
                 GACGTCATTTGAGAAAATGAAAGAAAATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cytosolic, 1C, member 1 
                   
                 CATGACAAATCGTTCTACAGTTTCCAAATC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 61 
                 RASL11b 
                 NM_023940 
                 RAS-like, family 11, 
                 −0.228 
                 TGCCTAAGGGTGGCTGAAATACTAAAACAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 member B 
                   
                 TATCTTACAGCAAGTGAACAGGGGCTACCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 62 
                 LOC148898 
                 NM_001008896 
                 NA 
                 −0.108 
                 AGGGTCTCCAATTTAGGCTTTCAACATTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCTAAAGAAGGTTATACATTATGTCGGCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 63 
                 HMGCL 
                 NM_000191 
                 3-hydroxymethyl-3- 
                 0.014 
                 GGACATGGAAATGAGAATAGGTTAAATGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 methylglutaryl-Coenzyme 
                   
                 GCAGGTACCTCATAGCCAGCTCTACACAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 A lyase 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (hydroxymethylglutari- 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 caciduria) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 64 
                 IGHA1 
                   
                 immunoglobulin heavy 
                 0.940 
                 TGCTGAGTTGGGTTTTCCTTGCTGCTATTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 constant alpha 1 
                   
                 TAAAAGGTGTCCAGTGTGAGGTGCAGCTGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 65 
                 CIQTNF3 
                 NM_030945 
                 C1q and tumor necrosis 
                 −0.180 
                 GTTGAGGGTTTTACATTGCTGTATTCAAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 factor related protein 3 
                   
                 AATTATTGGTTGCAATGTTGTTCACGCTAC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 66 
                 NKI 
                   
                 0 
                 −0.292 
                 CATACGGTTTTGTTTGGAGGATGGCTTCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGCTAAAAATACAAAAGTTTGGAAACCGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 67 
                 IL11RA 
                 NM_004512 
                 interleukin 11 receptor, 
                 −0.076 
                 GAGCCCATTTCTGTGAGACCCTGTATTTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 alpha 
                   
                 AATTTGCAGCTGAAAGGTGCTTGTACCTCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 68  
                 ADRA2C 
                 NM_000683 
                 adrenergic, alpha-2C-, 
                 −0.685 
                 TAGTCGGGGGGTGGCTGCCAGGGGGCAAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 receptor 
                   
                 AGAAAGCACCGACAATCTTTGATTACTGAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 69 
                 IGKC 
                   
                 immunoglobulin kappa 
                 0.943 
                 CCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGTCTGAAGATTTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 constant 
                   
                 CAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGTATAATAACT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 70 
                 CEACAM5 
                 NM_004363 
                 carcinoembryonic antigen- 
                 −0.252 
                 AGTTCTCTTTATCGCCAAAATCACGCCAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 related cell adhesion 
                   
                 TAATAACGGGACCTATGCCTGTTTTGTCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 molecule 5 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 71 
                 PURB 
                 NM_033224 
                 purine-rich element 
                 −0.108 
                 TCTGTGAATGGAACTGAAGTGAACGTGAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 binding protein B 
                   
                 ATGCTGACTATATCCTGGAAGCATTTTTAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 72 
                 TPD52 
                 NM_001025252 
                 tumor protein D52 
                 0.181 
                 AACATTGCCAAAGGGTGGCAAGACGTGACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GCAACATCTGCTTACAAGAAGACATCTGAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 73 
                 SLAMF1 
                 NM_003037 
                 signaling lymphocytic 
                 0.432 
                 AGGCGCAGAACAGAGCGTTACTTGATAACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 activation molecule 
                   
                 GCGTTCCATCTTTGTGTTGTAGCAGATGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 family member 1 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 74 
                 GCH1 
                 NM_000161 
                 GTP cyclohydrolase 1 
                 0.191 
                 TATTCCATGAAGTTTAGTATTTGGTTGACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (dopa-responsive dystonia) 
                   
                 TAGTGCTCTTCAAATTCATCCCATTACCCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 75 
                 KLRB1 
                 NM_002258 
                 killer cell lectin-like 
                 0.243 
                 TCAACCCTTGGAATAACAGTCTAGCTGATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 receptor subfamily B, 
                   
                 GTTCCACCAAAGAATCCAGCCTGCTGCTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 member 1 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 76 
                 TRIB2 
                 NM_021643 
                 tribbles homolog 2 
                 0.064 
                 ACGGCTTTTCTATTGCTGTATGATACAGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ( Drosophila ) 
                   
                 CTCTTTTGGCATAAATATTTGTGTTCCCAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 77 
                 DNAJB9 
                 NM_012328 
                 (DnaJ (Hsp40) homolog, 
                 0.430 
                 ATTTCTTTCTTAGTTGTTGGCACTCTTAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 subfamily B, member 9 
                   
                 TCTTAGTATGGATTTATGTGTTTGTGTGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 78 
                 KHDRBS3 
                 NM_006558 
                 KH domain containing, RNA 
                 −0.436 
                 ATGATGAAGAGAGTTATGATTCCTATGATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 binding, signal trans- 
                   
                 ACAGCTATAGCACCCCAGCCCAAAGTGGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 duction associated 3 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 79 
                 TUB 
                 NM_003320 
                 tubby homolog (mouse) 
                 0.045 
                 CTCTAGGTCCATTTTCCTAACCACAAGATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGATGTTACATTGTCAAAGCTTGCCGTAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 80 
                 VNN2 
                 NM_004665 
                 vanin 2 
                 0.358 
                 AAAGAGCCTGGGTGTTTGGGTCAGATAAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAGATCAAACTCCAGCTCCAGCCTCATTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 81 
                 PDLIM4 
                 NM_003687 
                 PDZ and LIM domain 4 
                 −0.240 
                 TGCTCCCACGCCTGCTTCTTAAGGTCCCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCGGCCGGTGTAAATATGTTTCACCCTGT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 82 
                 ARHGAP15 
                 NM_018460 
                 Rho GTPase activating 
                 0.460 
                 AATGCATTGAAGCTGTTGAGAAAAGAGGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 protein 15 
                   
                 TAGATGTTGATGGAATATATCGAGTTAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 83 
                 SLC16A12 
                 NM_213606 
                 solute carrier family 16, 
                 −0.111 
                 TTATAGTGGGATAATTTTACATCTTAAATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 member 12 (monocarboxylic 
                   
                 TTTCTTTCTACTACTGTAAGCTCTACTTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acid transporter 12) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 84 
                 IGKV1D-13 
                   
                 immunoglobulin kappa 
                 1.032 
                 GAAAGCTCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGATGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 variable 1D-13 
                   
                 CTCCAGTTTGGAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 85 
                 TBRG4 
                 NM_004749 
                 transforming growth factor 
                 −0.247 
                 CCATTCTATGAGTGGCTGGAACTCAAGTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 beta regulator 4 
                   
                 GAATGGCAGAAAGGCGCCTACCTCAAGGAC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 86 
                 MEGF6 
                 NM_001409 
                 multiple EGF-like-domains  
                 −0.446 
                 AGGCAGGCTTTTTGGTGCTAGGCCCTGGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 6 
                   
                 CTGGAAGTCGCCCAGCCCGTATTTATGTAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 87 
                 FCRLM1 
                 NM_032738 
                 Fc receptor-like and 
                 0.477 
                 GACATACCAGTCTTTAGCTGGTGCTATGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 mucin-like 1 
                   
                 CTGTTCTTTAGTTCTAGTTTGTATCCCCTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 88 
                 FCGR2B 
                 NM_001002273 
                 Fc fragment of IgG, low 
                 0.323 
                 AATCCCACTAATCCTGATGAGGCTGACAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 affinity IIb, receptor 
                   
                 GTTGGGGCTGAGAACACAATCACCTATTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (CD32) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 89 
                 C1orf24 
                 NM_052966 
                 chromosome 1 open reading 
                 0.126 
                 AAATCGACACTGTGGATTGACTTTCCCGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 frame 24 
                   
                 CACTATATAAAGCAAATAAACTTAAAACAC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 90 
                 ANKRD38 
                 NM_181712 
                 ankyrin repeat domain 38 
                 −0.307 
                 ATGCCATATGTACAGTCTTGACTATTTCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTCATCTAGTGGCTCCAATTTGCTCCAGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 91 
                 POU2AF1 
                 NM_006235 
                 POU domain, class 2, 
                 0.937 
                 TTTTCTGGGAAATGACTTTTCTGGGAAATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 associating factor 1 
                   
                 ACAGTTTCTTTGACATATTTTCTTTGCCCA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 92 
                 LOC441212 
                 NM_001039754 
                 NA 
                 −0.325 
                 TCTTTATCAAAGACAACCAAAAGTTACAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTTCAGAGTAGCACATGAGGATTTCATGT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 93 
                 CTSS 
                 NM_004079 
                 cathepsin S 
                 0.445 
                 TCTGTTGGTGTAGATGCGCGTCATCCTTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCTTCCTCTACAGAAGTGGTGTCTACTAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 94 
                 L3MBTL 
                 NM_015478 
                 l(3)mbt-like ( Drosophila ) 
                 0.004 
                 TTTGCTTGCCAAACTTAGCTTGCCAGTGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTCAATATTAAAGTGTACTTTTTTCCCC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 95 
                 CDKN1C 
                 NM_000076 
                 cyclin-dependent kinase 
                 −0.239 
                 GTATTCTGCACGAGAAGGTACACTGGTCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibitor 1C (p57, Kip2) 
                   
                 AAAGTGTAAAGCTTTAAGAGTCATTTATAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 96 
                 AMPD1 
                 NM_000036 
                 adenosine monophosphate 
                 0.395 
                 GGAATTTCTCATGAGGAGAAAGTAAAGTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 deaminase 1 (isoform M) 
                   
                 CTGGGCGACAATTACCTTGAGGAAGGCCCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 97 
                 TMED4 
                 NM_182547 
                 transmembrane emp24  
                 −0.117 
                 CAGTTGCTTGATGAGGTGGAACAGATTCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 protein transport domain  
                   
                 AAGGAGCAGGATTACCAAAGGTATCGTGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 containing 4 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 98 
                 LAMB2 
                 NM_002292 
                 laminin, beta 2  
                 −0.227 
                 CCCACATGCATGTCTGCCTATGCACTGAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (laminin S) 
                   
                 AGCTCTTGGCCCGGCAGGGCCCCCCATAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 99 
                 DTX3 
                 NM_178502 
                 deltex 3 homolog 
                 −0.212 
                 CTGTGAGGAACCTCCTTACCCTGTTCTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ( Drosophila ) 
                   
                 ATCGCTGCGAGACTGTAGCTTTTAATTTAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 100 
                 MAP2K6 
                 NM_002758 
                 mitogen-activated protein 
                 0.036 
                 ACAGCATCAATAGAAAGTCATCTTTGAGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 kinase kinase 6 
                   
                 AATTTAACCCTGCCTCTCAGAGGGTTTTCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 101 
                 PDGFRB 
                 NM_002609 
                 platelet-derived growth 
                 0.719 
                 TAGGTGATTATATCTTTGGTACCGTATTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 factor receptor, beta 
                   
                 GAACCCACTCTCCCTCCTTGGACCAACTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 polypeptide 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 102 
                 IGLV2-14 
                   
                 immunoglobulin lambda 
                 0.968 
                 CATCACTGGTCTCCAGGCTGAGGACGAGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 variable 2-14 
                   
                 TGATTATTACTGCAGCTCATATACAAGCAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 103 
                 ANKH 
                 NM_054027 
                 ankylosis, progressive 
                 −0.166 
                 TTATTGGCAGCAGTTTTATAAAGTCCGTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 homolog (mouse) 
                   
                 TTTGCATTTGAATGTAAGGCTCAGTAAATG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 104 
                 XBP1 
                 NM_005080 
                 X-box binding protein 1 
                 0.644 
                 CCTTTTTGGCATCCTGGCTTGCCTCCAGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TTAGGTCCTTTAGTTTGCTTCTGTAAGCAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 105 
                 LOC283174 
                 NA 
                 NA 
                 −0.115 
                 CCCGGGAGTGTTGCAAGTTAAACTGATGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGACGTTTAGTATTTAATTGCTCCTCATG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 106 
                 PGM5 
                 NM_021965 
                 phosphoglucomutase 5 
                 0.330 
                 CTAACAGCCAGCCACTGCCCTGGAGGACCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GGGGGAGAGTTTGGAGTGAAGTTTAATGTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 107 
                 ISYNA1 
                 NM_016368 
                 NA 
                 −0.247 
                 TACCCTATGTTGAACAAGAAAGGACCGGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCGCTGCCACCAATGGCTGCACCGGTGAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 108 
                 PGRMC1 
                 NM_006667 
                 progesterone receptor 
                 0.161 
                 TGCCCGGAAAAATGATTAAAGCATTCAGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 membrane component 1 
                   
                 GAAGTATATCTATTTTTGTATTTTGCAAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 109 
                 IGL@ 
                   
                 immunoglobulin lambda  
                 0.950 
                 AAGATAGCAGCCCCGTCAAGCGGGAGTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 locus 
                   
                 GACCACCACACCCTCCAAACAAAGCAACAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 110 
                 EFHA2 
                 NM_181723 
                 EF-hand domain family, 
                 −0.457 
                 GCCACATGCAGGGTTCAGAATAGCTTTCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 member A2 
                   
                 CATGTTTGACACTGATGGCAATGAGATGGT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 111 
                 CCM2 
                 NM_001029835 
                 cerebral cavernous 
                 −0.009 
                 TCGGCACCCTCAGAGGGGGATGAGTGGGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 malformation 2 
                   
                 CGCATGATCTCGGACATCAGCAGCGACATT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 112 
                 CTA- 
                 NM_001013618 
                 NA 
                 0.923 
                 AACAAGGCCACACTGGTGTGTCTCATGAAT 
               
               
                   
                 246H3.1 
                   
                   
                   
                 GACTTCTATCTGGGAATCTTGACGGTGACC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 113 
                 SMR3A 
                 NM_012390 
                 submaxillary gland andro- 
                 0.863 
                 CACCCTATGGTCCAGGGAGAATTCAATCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 gen regulated protein 3 
                   
                 ACTCTCTTCCTCCTCCTTATGGCCCAGGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 homolog A (mouse) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 114 
                 TNFRSF17 
                 NM_001192 
                 tumor necrosis factor 
                 0.902 
                 GATCTCTTTAGGATGACTGTATTTTTCAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 receptor superfamily, 
                   
                 TGCCGATACAGCTTTTTGTCCTCTAACTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 member 17 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 115 
                 PDE6B 
                 NM_000283 
                 phosphodiesterase 6B, 
                 −0.156 
                 ACTGAGAACATTTGCAGCCACACATGTACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cGMP-specific, rod, beta 
                   
                 TATGTGTACACAGGTAGACAGATGGACACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (congenital stationary 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 night blindness 3, 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 autosomal dominant) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 116 
                 BEX2 
                 NM_032621 
                 brain expressed X-linked 2 
                 −1.281 
                 ATTTCTTGTGGGTCTCCTATTACCAGCTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TAAATGAATGTTGTTTTTGACCCAGTTTGT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 117 
                 PTPN21 
                 NM_007039 
                 protein tyrosine 
                 0.006 
                 TTACTGAAGCTATGCTGGGCAATTCTGGCA 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phosphatase, non-receptor 
                   
                 ATCATTAAAGTGCATAGATTTCTATCTTAA 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 type 21 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 118 
                 LGR6 
                 NM_001017403 
                 leucine-rich repeat- 
                 −0.096 
                 TAAGCTTTGGAAGAGATTACACATGATGTC 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 containing G protein- 
                   
                 TTTTTCTTAGAGATTCACAGTGCATGTTAG 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 coupled receptor 6 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 119 
                 BAI2 
                 NM_001703 
                 brain-specific angio- 
                 −0.008 
                 ATATATATATCTCTCTATTTTCACACTCCA 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 genesis inhibitor 2 
                   
                 CTTTGGAACTACCCAGGAGCCAGCGCCCTC 
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 120 
                 FLJ25006 
                 NM_144610 
                 NA 
                 0.033 
                 TGTTTGTACTGATACTAGACCATTTAGAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CCAATTTGTGGTCTACCTTCAGCAAGTGTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 121 
                 CPNE5 
                 NM_020939 
                 copine V 
                 0.608 
                 TGGTTCTGTGCCCGTCTCTGAGACAGTCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTGTGGAATTTGCCTTAAACTGAAGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 122 
                 LOC647115 
                 XM_930136 
                 NA 
                 0.507 
                 CGAGACCCACCTTCCTCTTCCTTTAGCAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGGAAATTGGGGGCGTTTATGGCGCCCCG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 123 
                 KCNN3 
                 NM_002249 
                 potassium intermediate/ 
                 0.495 
                 AGTGACCAAGCCAACACTCTGGTGGACCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 small conductance calcium- 
                   
                 TCCAAGATGCAGAATGTCATGTATGACTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 activated channel, 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 subfamily N, member 3 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 124 
                 SLAMF7 
                 NM_021181 
                 SLAM family member 7 
                 0.617 
                 GGAGACCTCCCTACCAAGTGATGAAAGTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAAAAACTTAATAACAAATGCTTGTTGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 125 
                 TTC22 
                 NM_017904 
                 tetratricopeptide repeat 
                 0.571 
                 AGAACCAACCTCCCATCCTGAATCGCCTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 domain 22 
                   
                 CAAAAATCTTCTACTTCCTGGGAAAGCAGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 126 
                 LIPA 
                 NM_000235 
                 lipase A, lysosomal acid, 
                 0.195 
                 TATAATTACTTTAGCTGCACTAACAGTACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cholesterol esterase 
                   
                 ATGCTTGTTAATGGTTAATATAGGCAGGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (Wolman disease) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 127 
                 DHRS8 
                 NM_016245 
                 dehydrogenase/reductase 
                 0.044 
                 TGCACAGGGAAGCTAGAGGTGGATACACGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (SDR family) member 8 
                   
                 GTTGCAAGTATAAAAGCATCACTGGGATTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 128 
                 SLC2A14 
                 NM_153449 
                 solute carrier family 2 
                 −0.263 
                 CTGACTTAGGGTTAGAATGGCCCAATGATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (facilitated glucose 
                   
                 CTACAACTTTTTGATGCTATTTCATTTGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 transporter), member 14 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 129 
                 PRG1 
                 NM_002727 
                 proteoglycan 1, secretory 
                 0.337 
                 AGGACTTGGGTCAACATGGATTAGAAGAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 granule 
                   
                 ATTTTATGTTATAAAAGAGGATTTTCCCAC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 130 
                 dJ222E13.2 
                 NR_002184 
                 NA 
                 −0.158 
                 ACGGAAGCGCAGCCAAAAAGAGCTGCTCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CTACGCCTGGCAGCATCGAGAGAGCAAGAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 131 
                 FYB 
                 NM_001465 
                 FYN binding protein (FYB- 
                 0.248 
                 GATCAAGAGAATATTTCAGAGTTTTGGTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 120/130) 
                   
                 ACACATCAAGAAACAGACACACATACCTAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 132 
                 PTPRC 
                 NM_002838 
                 protein tyrosine phospha- 
                 0.391 
                 TCAATGGTCCTGCAAGTCCAGCTTTAAATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 tase, receptor type, C 
                   
                 AAGGTTCATAGGAAAAGACATAAATGAGGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 133 
                 ICAM5 
                 NM_003259 
                 intercellular adhesion 
                 −0.089 
                 GTGAGCTAACATTTGCTAAGCACTGAATTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 molecule 5, telencephalin 
                   
                 GTCTCAGGCACCGTGCAAGGCTCTTTACAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 134 
                 CCRL2  
                 NM_003965 
                 chemokine (C-C motif) 
                 0.172 
                 GTGAGCTAACATTTGCTAAGCACTGAATTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 receptor-like 2 
                   
                 GTCTCAGGCACCGTGCAAGGCTCTTTACAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 135 
                 CCR5 
                 NM_000579 
                 chemokine (C-C motif)  
                 0.177 
                 AACAGTAGCATAGGACCCTACCCTCTGGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 receptor 5 
                   
                 CAAGTCAAAGACATTCTGACATCTTAGTAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 136 
                 CLIC2 
                   
                 chloride intracellular 
                 0.276 
                 GAGAGTGAGCATATCAGAGAGGCAAATTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 channel 2 
                   
                 TAAAGAATGATTTTTAAAATCAGCTCTAGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 137 
                 WNT11 
                 NM_004626 
                 wingless-type MMTV 
                 −0.449 
                 TTTGCTTTTTCTTCCTTTGGGATGTGGAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 integration site family, 
                   
                 CTACAGAAATATTTATAAAACATAGCTTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 member 11 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 138 
                 SAMSN1 
                 NM_022136 
                 SAM domain, SH3 domain 
                 0.615 
                 CTCTGGTTGCTATATCTCATCAGGAAATTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 and nuclear localisation 
                   
                 AGATAATGGCAAAGAGGATCTGGAGTCTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 signals, 1 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 139 
                 PRLR 
                 NM_000949 
                 prolactin receptor 
                 −0.087 
                 CTCTTGTTATCATCAGGTTCACATTAAAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CAGATACTTACAAACTGACTTGAAGCACAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 140 
                 LRRC18 
                 NM_001006939 
                 leucine rich repeat 
                 −0.271 
                 ACAGGAAACCAAGGGCTCCCCTGTGGCTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 containing 18 
                   
                 AGCAGCTCTTTCAGCCAAGCCCATAAAACT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 141 
                 LOXL4 
                 NM_032211 
                 lysyl oxidase-like 4 
                 −0.227 
                 GTCTCAACCAAGTGTCTGAAGTGAACTTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CATTGAATAAATTTTTGCCATGGAAAGAAC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 142 
                 CD3G 
                 NM_000073 
                 CD3g molecule, gamma 
                 0.109 
                 GTTCCCAGAGATGACAAATGGAGAAGAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (CD3-TCR complex) 
                   
                 GCCATCAGAGCAAATTTGGGGGTTTCTCAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 143 
                 RAB2 
                 NM_002865 
                 RAB2, member RAS 
                 0.345 
                 ACACTACAAAGTCATCTTGAGTATTTTAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 oncogene family 
                   
                 TCGGTTTGTGTAGTTAGGTTTCCCAACATC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 144 
                 NPDC1 
                 NM_015392 
                 neural proliferation, 
                 −0.511 
                 CACTAAAAACATGTTTTGATGCTGTGTGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 differentiation and 
                   
                 TTTGGCTGGGCCTCGGGCTCCAGGCCCTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 control, 1 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 145 
                 AMACR 
                 NM_014324 
                 alpha-methylacyl-CoA 
                 −0.114 
                 ACGAGCTGCTGATCAAAGGACTTGGACTAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 racemase 
                   
                 AGTCTGATGAACTTCCCAATCAGATGAGCA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 146 
                 PRAME 
                   
                 preferentially expressed 
                 0.032 
                 GTGATGAACCCCTTGGAAACCCTCTCAATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 antigen in melanoma 
                   
                 ACTAACTGCCGGCTTTCGGAAGGGGATGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 147 
                 CCR2 
                 NM_000647 
                 chemokine (C-C motif) 
                 0.553 
                 ATGAAGTCATGCGTTTAATCACATTCGAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 receptor 2 
                   
                 GTTTCAGTGCTTCGCAGATGTCCTTGATGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 148 
                 SLC25A22 
                 NM_024698 
                 solute carrier family 25 
                 −0.308 
                 TTTTTTCTTTTGAAGAGTTTTAAGAAGTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (mitochondrial carrier: 
                   
                 TAACTTTTTGTGTCTTGTCATGTCAGAGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 glutamate), member 22 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 149 
                 MC1R 
                 NM_002386 
                 melanocortin 1 receptor 
                 −0.401 
                 CAGTCGCCCAAGCAGACAGCCCTGGCAAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (alpha melanocyte stimu- 
                   
                 GCCTGACTCAGTGACCAGTGCCTGTGAGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 lating hormone receptor) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 150 
                 RHOD 
                 NM_014578 
                 ras homolog gene family, 
                 −0.091 
                 TCATCGTCGTGGGCTGCAAGACTGACCTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 member D 
                   
                 GCAAGGACAAATCACTGGTGAACAAGCTCC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 151 
                 FCGR3B 
                 NM_000570 
                 Fc fragment of IgG, low 
                 0.368 
                 TGGTGATGGTACTCCTTTTTGCAGTGGACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 affinity IIIb, receptor 
                   
                 CAGGACTATATTTCTCTGTGAAGACAAACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (CD16b) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 152 
                 SAMM50 
                 NM_015380 
                 sorting and assembly 
                 −0.130 
                 CTTTGGAGAACTTTTCCGAACACACTTCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 machinery component 50 
                   
                 TCTCAACGCAGGAAACCTCTGCAACCTCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 homolog ( S .  cerevisiae ) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 153 
                 PABPC3 
                 NM_030979 
                 poly(A) binding protein, 
                 −0.071 
                 ATTGATCAGAGACCACGAAAAGAAATTTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cytoplasmic 3 
                   
                 GCTTCACCGAAGAAAAATATCTAAACATCG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 154 
                 CXCR4 
                 NM_901008540 
                 chemokine (C-X-C motif) 
                 0.361 
                 TGCTGGTTTTTCAGTTTTCAGGAGTGGGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 receptor 4 
                   
                 GATTTCAGCACCTACAGTGTACAGTCTTGT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 155 
                 TMEM154 
                 NM_152680 
                 transmembrane protein 154 
                 0.072 
                 GCATTTTCGTACATTTTAAGCAAACTAGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 v-maf musculoaponeurotic 
                   
                 TAACAACAACATAGCCTAGTCAAACTTCTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 156 
                 MAFA 
                 NM_201589 
                 fibrosarcoma onoogene 
                 −0.224 
                 GTTCGAGGTGAAGAAGGAGCCTCCCGAGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 homolog A (avian) 
                   
                 CGAGCGCTTCTGCCACCGCCTGCCGCCAGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 157 
                 PAX8 
                 NM_003466 
                 paired box gene 8 
                 0.590 
                 CAAGCTTCCTTCTTTCTAACCCCCAGACTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGCCTCTGAGTGAAATGTCTCTCTTTGCC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 158 
                 LIN7A 
                 NM_004664 
                 lin-7 homolog A 
                 −0.265 
                 TTGAGGGAAAGCTACTTGATCAAACATCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ( C .  elegans ) 
                   
                 ATAGTCACAAATTTGAAACCGTGCTTCAGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 159 
                 CRTAM 
                 NM_019604 
                 cytotoxic and regulatory 
                 0.168 
                 AAGCAGAATAGATGTTTGTTTTTCTAGTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 T cell molecule 
                   
                 TTATACCAAGCTATACTTCCTGTTTTCACG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 160 
                 SLC22A5 
                 NM_003060 
                 solute carrier family 22 
                 0.018 
                 TTCAGAGTAGCTCACTTTAGTCCTGTAACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (organic cation 
                   
                 TTATTGGGTGATATTTTGTGTTCAGTGTAA 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 transporter), member 5 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 161 
                 LOC402176 
                 NM_001011538 
                 NA 
                 0.308 
                 ATGAACACAAAGGGGGAAGAGGAGAGGCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGTATACATTCTCTAGGCCTTTTAGAAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 162 
                 EBI2 
                 NM_004951 
                 Epstein-Barr virus 
                 0.510 
                 CTGAAACGGCAAGTCAGTGTATCGATTTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 induced gene 2 
                   
                 AGTGCTGTGAAGTCAGCCCCTGAAGAAAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (lymphocyte-specific G 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 protein-coupled receptor) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 163 
                 REEP4 
                 NM_025232 
                 receptor accessory 
                 −0.231 
                 CCACATGCAGGGATGCACCCACAATGTACC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 protein 4 
                   
                 AAAGCAGGCTGGGCCCAGGGTTCTATTTAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 164 
                 KIAA1946 
                 NM_177454 
                 KIAA1946 
                 −0.627 
                 TTTGAATCCTCTGGTATCAATACGTATTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGGTTTTAGAGATCTGTGGGTCAAATGAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 165 
                 PABPC1 
                 NM_002568 
                 poly(A) binding protein, 
                 −0.077 
                 TGTTCCAACTGTTTAAAATTGATCAGGGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cytoplasmic 1 
                   
                 CATGAAAAGAAACTTGTGCTTCACCGAAGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 166 
                 LOC652106 
                 XM_941436 
                 NA 
                 0.749 
                 CTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTTTCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 ACATTAGTAGTAGTAGTAGTACCATATACT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 167 
                 IGLL1 
                 NM_020070 
                 immunoglobulin lambda- 
                 0.916 
                 TCCAAGCCAACAAGGCTACACTGGTGTGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 like polypeptide 1 
                   
                 TCATGAATGACTTTTATCCGGGAATCTTGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 168 
                 MEG3 
                 NR_002766 
                 maternally expressed 3 
                 −1.459 
                 CCGCAGGAACCCTGAGGCCTAGGGGAGCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGAGCCTTCAGTGTCTGCATGTGGGAAGT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 169 
                 PEPD 
                 NM_000285 
                 peptidase D 
                 −0.032 
                 ATGCTGTTCTTTAGTAGCAACTAAAATGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTTGCTGTCATTTATATTCCTTTTCCCAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 170 
                 OAT 
                 NM_000274 
                 ornithine aminotransferase 
                 0.162 
                 TAATGTAATGGCATCTATATTCAGTTGAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (gyrate atrophy) 
                   
                 TGTTTTGATGTGCATGTGTACTTCCTAAGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 171 
                 FBXL13 
                 NM_145032 
                 F-box and leucine-rich 
                 −0.059 
                 ATGCCATTACCTGCACATTTTGGATATCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 repeat protein 13 
                   
                 TGGTTGTGTCTTGCTTACTGACCAAATCCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 172 
                 IFI6 
                 NM_002038 
                 interferon, alpha- 
                 0.056 
                 AGTAGCCAGCAGCTCCCAGAACCTCTTCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 inducible protein 6 
                   
                 CCTTCTTGGCCTAACTCTTCCAGTTAGGAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 173 
                 IL2RB 
                 NM_000878 
                 interleukin 2 receptor, 
                 0.248 
                 TTGAGGTTGTCTGAGTCTTGGGTCTATGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 beta 
                   
                 TTGAAAAAAGCTGAATTATTGGACAGTCTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 174 
                 PRKAB2 
                 NM_005399 
                 protein kinase, AMP- 
                 0.111 
                 GGGAATTAAATATGTGAGTCCTCTTTTTAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 activated, beta 2 non- 
                   
                 TGGTGCTTTTTGTAACCTTTAATGCTGAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 catalytic subunit 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 175 
                 FKSG44 
                 NM_031904 
                 NA 
                 0.057 
                 ACTCATTCTTTGAATGTTCTCATTCTTTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TATCATGTGACTTATTAAAATCAGTTTCTA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 176 
                 TPD52 
                 NM_001025252 
                 tumor protein D52 
                 0.111 
                 AACTGCTTACTCAACACTACCACCTTTTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TTATACTGTATATGATTATGGCCTACAATG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 177 
                 RIMS2 
                 NM_014677 
                 regulating synaptic 
                 −0.668 
                 GATGAACTAGAGCTATCCAATATGGTGATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 membrane exocytosis 2 
                   
                 GGATGGTTCAAACTTTTCCCACCTTCCTCC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 178 
                 APCDD1 
                 NM_153000 
                 adenomatosis polyposis  
                 −0.621 
                 GTTTTATATGCTGGAATCCAATGCAGAGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 coli down-regulated 1 
                   
                 GGTTTGGGACTGTGATCAAGACACCTTTTA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 179 
                 Rgr 
                 NM_153615 
                 NA 
                 0.121 
                 CCATGGGACTTTTGTGAGTCAGGCGGGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CCATTTTATGTTTATTTTCTTTAGTGTATA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 180 
                 C2orf27 
                 NM_013310 
                 chromosome 2 open reading 
                 −0.120 
                 GGATTTATTTATAGCTTAACTAAGAATTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 frame 27 
                   
                 AAATTTCTACCACAACACTGAAATAAAGTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 181 
                 TRAK1 
                 NM_001042646 
                 trafficking protein, 
                 0.576 
                 TAAGAAACATCAACCAGGTTGTCAAGCAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 kinesin binding 1 
                   
                 GATCTCTGACCCCTTCTCCCATGAACATCC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 182 
                 MMP11 
                 NM_005940 
                 matrix metallopeptidase 11 
                 −0.602 
                 GGCCAAAAAGTTCACAGTCAAATGGGGAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (stromelysin 3) 
                   
                 GGTATTCTTCATGCAGGAGACCCCAGGCCC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 183 
                 COL6A3 
                 NM_004369 
                 collagen, type VI, alpha 3 
                 0.054 
                 GACCCTCGCTCTCTGTCTCCAGCAGTTCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGAATACTTTGAATGTTGTGTAACAGTTA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 184 
                 UTX 
                 NM_021140 
                 ubiquitously transcribed 
                 0.182 
                 AATGCTGTTATTTTTTCCAGATTTACCTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 tetratricopeptide repeat, 
                   
                 CATTGAAATTTTAAGGAGTTCTGTAATTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 X chromosome 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 185 
                 PCSK5 
                 NM_006200 
                 proprotein convertase 
                 −0.248 
                 TGCCAACGGAAGGTTCTTCAACAACTTTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 subtilisin/kexin type 5 
                   
                 TGCAAAACATGTACATTTCAAGGCTGAGCA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 186 
                 AYTL1 
                 NM_017839 
                 acyltransferase like 1 
                 −0.057 
                 GAAGAATTCGCCAAGTATTTAAAGTTGCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GTTTCAGATGTCTTGAGACAACTTTTTGCA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 187 
                 RNF13 
                 NM_007282 
                 ring finger protein 13 
                 0.357 
                 CTGTCTCATCTTGATAGTCATTTTCATGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CACAAAATTTTTCCAGGATAGACATAGAGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 188 
                 CTA- 
                 NM_015703 
                 NA 
                 −0.285 
                 TGCTGTGATTGTATCCGAAGTAGTCCTCGT 
               
               
                   
                 126B4.3  
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGAAAAGATAATGAGATGACGTGAGCAGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 189 
                 LRAT 
                 NM_004744 
                 lecithin retinol acyl- 
                 0.130 
                 AGGAAGAGTCAACAGACTTTAGCAAAATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 trans-ferase (phospha- 
                   
                 TTTTATTTGATTCATGCATAACTCCTGATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 tidylcholine-retinol O 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acyltransferase) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 190 
                 C9orf127 
                 NM_001042589 
                 chromosome 9 open reading 
                 −0.270 
                 AGCCTTCCCAAGACATGGATTCCTTCCCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 frame 127 
                   
                 GGAGACAAAGCCCTGTCAGGAGCACAGCAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 191 
                 LCOR 
                 NM_032440 
                 ligand dependent nuclear 
                 −0.038 
                 TTCATGTCTGTGAAGCTTTTAAACATTACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 receptor corepressor 
                   
                 CTTGAGATCAGTCATGACTTGATATTCAGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 192 
                 SPN 
                 NM_001030288 
                 sialophorin (leukosialin, 
                 0.682 
                 TCCTCACCCACCTCTTCACTCTGAATCCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CD43) 
                   
                 ATGAGGCTTCTCAGCCCTGGATTTCCTGCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 193 
                 CAMK2N1 
                 NM_018584 
                 calcium/calmodulin- 
                 −0.750 
                 TGTTATTGAAGATGATAGGATTGATGACGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent protein kinase 
                   
                 GCTGAAAAATATGACCGACAAGGCACCTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 II inhibitor 1 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 194 
                 BCL2A1 
                 NM_004049 
                 BCL2-related protein A1 
                 −0.069 
                 TGTAACCATATTTGCATTTGAAGGTATTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CATCAAGAAACTTCTACGACAGCAAATTGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 195 
                 TP53TG3 
                 NM_016212 
                 NA 
                 −0.389 
                 TCTTGTGTATTTATTACATTTTCACGTGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCACGCATCTCTTGAATTGGAAATTGTGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 196 
                 CD247 
                 NM_000734 
                 CD247 molecule 
                 0.321 
                 CAAAGTGGCATAAAAAACATGTGGTTACAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTGTGAATAAAGTGCTGCGGAGCAAGAGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 197 
                 MAP1B 
                 NM_005909 
                 microtubule-associated 
                 −0.775 
                 TTGCAGTAATGATATTTATTAAAAACCCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 protein 1B 
                   
                 AACTACCAGGAATAATGATACCTCCCACCC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 198 
                 CREB3 
                 NM_006368 
                 cAMP responsive element 
                 −0.079 
                 GAGGGGCTTATTCTGCCTGAGACACTTCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 binding protein 3 
                   
                 CTCACTAAGACAGAGGAACAAATTCTGAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 199 
                 FLJ20054 
                 NM_019049 
                 NA 
                 0.206 
                 GGTACTAGTTTGTATGTATGTTTAAAGTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GTATTGACCATGAGATTTCCCAGTGTTTGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 200 
                 ACSL1 
                 NM_001995 
                 acyl-CoA synthetase long- 
                 0.806 
                 ACTCGGTTCTCCAGGCCTGATTCCCCGACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 chain family member 1 
                   
                 CCATCCTTTTTCAGGGTTATTTAAAAATCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 201 
                 GIMAP2 
                 NM_015660 
                 GTPase, IMAP family 
                 0.518 
                 ATGACCAAGTGAAGGAACTAATGGACTGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 member 2 
                   
                 TTGAGGATCTGTTGATGGAGAAAAATGGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 202 
                 IGHG1 
                   
                 immunoglobulin heavy 
                 0.296 
                 GTTGGACCACAAACTATGCACAGAAGTTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 constant gamma 1 (G1m 
                   
                 AGGGGAAGGTCACCATGACCAAGGACACGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 marker) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 203 
                 MAZ 
                 NM_001042539 
                 MYC-associated zinc finger 
                 −0.413 
                 GCTGTGCACCTTCATGTGGTCCGAAATATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 protein (purine-binding 
                   
                 AGCCGAGCTCAGCATCTTGCCACACACGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 transcription factor) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 204 
                 LOC648674 
                 XM_937741 
                 NA 
                 0.027 
                 CTCATAAGTGGGGCTATACTGTGAAGGGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCAGAAATACAAAGCAAAGGTTATTTCCG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 205 
                 P2RY8 
                 NM_178129 
                 purinergic receptor P2Y, 
                 0.483 
                 AACACAGGTCTATTGACTCACACACATGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 G-protein coupled, 8 
                   
                 TTAAGATGGAAAACTTTACTTCTGTTCTTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 206 
                 TMEM158 
                 NM_015444 
                 transmembrane protein 158 
                 −0.304 
                 CCAACGCGGACGGCCGCGCTTTCTTCGCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CCGCCTTCCACCGCGTCGGGCCGCCGCTGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 207 
                 RAB1A 
                 NM_004161 
                 RAB1A, member RAS 
                 0.637 
                 CAAAATAAGAACTATAGAGTTAGACGGGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 oncogene family 
                   
                 AACAATCAAGCTTCAAATATGGGACACAGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 208 
                 LOC399959 
                 NA 
                 NA 
                 0.029 
                 CATTTCTAACAAGCATCTTCTTAACCAACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TTATGCACAGTGTATGTTTGTAAGTGCTTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 209 
                 LMAN1 
                 NM_005570 
                 lectin, mannose-binding, 1 
                 0.794 
                 TTGACTACCATTTTCCTGTGTACTTCATCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTTGTGTACAAAATGATGTCGTTTTGAGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 210 
                 OPHN1 
                 NM_002547 
                 oligophrenin 1 
                 0.096 
                 TTATCATGGGAAAGTATTCTCTTTTCAAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTTCTTTGATTCTGTAATAACTAGAACAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 211 
                 SGK3 
                 NM_001033578 
                 serum/glucocorticoid 
                 0.239 
                 GTATGTCTTGAGAAAGAAATCACAGAAGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 regulated kinase family, 
                   
                 TTTCTCACCAATACTCTTTGGCTTAAAATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 member 3 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 212 
                 DUSP15 
                 NM_001012644 
                 dual specificity 
                 −0.314 
                 AAGCGCTGCCGGCAGGGCTCCGCGACCTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phosphatase 15 
                   
                 GCCTCCTCCGCCGGGCCGCACTCAGCAGCC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 213 
                 DEAF1 
                 NM_021008 
                 deformed epidermal 
                 −0.251 
                 CGGGCACATGGACATGGGCGCCGAGGCCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 autoregulatory factor 1 
                   
                 GCCCGGCCCCGACGAGGCCGCCGCTGCCGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ( Drosophila ) 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 214 
                 NEUROG3 
                 NM_020999 
                 neurogenin 3 
                 0.156 
                 CATTCAAAGAATACTAGAATGGTAGCACTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCGGCCGGAGCCGCCCACCGTCTTGGGTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 215 
                 TLX2 
                 NM_016170 
                 T-cell leukemia 
                 −0.261 
                 ACGGAGCCTCGGGCTACGGTCCCGCCGGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 homeobox 2 
                   
                 CACTTGCCCCGCTGCCCGGCAGCTCCGGAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 216 
                 LAMC1 
                 NM_002293 
                 laminin, gamma 1 
                 0.040 
                 ACCTTAATTACACTCCCGCAACACAGCCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (formerly LAMB2) 
                   
                 TATTTTATTGTCTAGCTCCAGTTATCTGTA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 217 
                 NKI 
                   
                   
                 −0.145 
                 #N/A 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 218 
                 BBS2 
                 NM_031885 
                 Bardet-Biedl syndrome 2 
                 0.025 
                 TGGGGACAGCTTCTTCCTAGGTGAGGAAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TACAGGTCATGAAGTTCCTGGCAAAGATTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 219 
                 CKB 
                 NM_001823 
                 creatine kinase, brain 
                 −0.193 
                 AGAAATGAAGCCCGGCCCACACCCGACACC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCCCTGCTGCTTCCTAACTTATTGCCTGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 220 
                 LOC389199 
                 NM_203423 
                 NA 
                 −0.310 
                 CCCGCCCCACGAGTGGGTCTTCGCAGGGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCTCTGACGCACACGGGGACCAGCCACGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 221 
                 SALL1 
                 NM_002968 
                 sal-like 1 ( Drosophila ) 
                 −0.373 
                 CCTCAGTGATGCATTAGATCTCTAATAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTGTATATACATGTACACTTTGATCCTGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 222 
                 ANKRD20A2 
                 NM_001012421 
                 ankyrin repeat domain 
                 −0.043 
                 AGACGGTCAGCTCTCATGCTTGCTGTATAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 20 family, member A2 
                   
                 TATGACTCACCAGGTATTGTCAGTATCCTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 223 
                 FOXC2 
                 NM_005251 
                 forkhead box C2 (MFH-1, 
                 −0.202 
                 TCAACCACAGCGGGGACCTGAACCACCTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 mesenchyme forkhead 1) 
                   
                 CCGGCCACACGTTCGCGGCCCAGCAGCAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 224 
                 SMEK2 
                 NM_020463 
                 NA 
                 0.259 
                 TGTGGAAGATACTTTGAAATCACTTTCTAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTGTTAGTAAAGTTCTGTCTTTCCAGAGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 225 
                 CYP2R1 
                 NM_024514 
                 cytochrome P450, family 2, 
                 0.172 
                 CTCATCTGTGCTGAAAGACGCTGAAACTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 subfamily R, polypeptide 
                   
                 CTGGGATGTTTTCGGGAACAAGAATGTATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 1 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 226 
                 ZNF205 
                 NM_001042428 
                 zinc finger protein 205 
                 −0.315 
                 TACGTGTGCGACCGCTGCGCCAAGCGCTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCCGCCGCTCGGACTTGGTCACCCACCAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 227 
                 ATP5L 
                 NM_006476 
                 ATP synthase, H+ 
                 0.176 
                 ACACGTCTGTTTAGCCCGCAATTGGAAAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 transporting, 
                   
                 ATATATGTGGCAATATTAACCTGGTACATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 mitochondrial F0 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 complex, subunit G 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 228 
                 FANCC 
                 NM_000136 
                 Fanconi anemia, 
                 0.016 
                 CTATTTGCGACACGAACTGTGCCCAATGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 complementation group C 
                   
                 TGCCCAAGGACAAGGCTATTAACAAATTCA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 229 
                 ZDHHC4 
                 NM_018106 
                 zinc finger, DHHC-type 
                 −0.128 
                 CTTCGGAGCAACCTTCAAGAGATCTTTCTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 containing 4 
                   
                 TCCTGCCTTCCATGTCATGAGAGGAAGAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 230 
                 PRR5 
                 NM_001017528 
                 proline rich 5 (renal) 
                 −0.382 
                 AAAGCGCCTCCTCCGCCGCTCCCGCTCGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GGACGTGCTGGCCAAGAACCCTGTGGTGCG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 231 
                 MIER2 
                 NM_017550 
                 mesoderm induction early 
                 0.333 
                 CATCCCTCACCCCACCAAGGACCACACTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 response 1, family 
                   
                 GAAGTGATAACTGCCTTGAACCCCCCTTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 member 2 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 232 
                 NT5C2 
                 NM_012229 
                 5′-nucleotidase, 
                 0.278 
                 CGTTGCTTTAGGGCAGGATTCTATTTTGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cytosolic II 
                   
                 GGAAAAGACAGTATCCTTATTACCTTTTGT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 233 
                 BEX1 
                 NM_018476 
                 brain expressed, 
                 −2.105 
                 TGAACCAGTCTGTAAGATTTTTGTTAGCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 X-linked 1 
                   
                 AAGAATTTTACCTATTGCATGGAAAGATGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 234 
                 OSTalpha 
                 NM_152672 
                 NA 
                 0.038 
                 ACGAATGTACTACCGAAGGAAAGACCACAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GGTTGGGTATGAAACTTTCTCTTCTCCAGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 235 
                 TMSL3 
                 NM_183049 
                 thymosin-like 3 
                 0.557 
                 CTTTTAGCTGTTTAACTTTGTAAGATGCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAGGTTGGATCAAGTTTAAATGACTGTGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 236 
                 CCL3 
                 NM_002983 
                 chemokine (C-C motif) 
                 0.003 
                 TGGGAAACATGCGTGTGACCTCCACAGCTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ligand 3 
                   
                 CCTCTTCTATGGACTGGTTGTTGCCAAACA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 237 
                 CSF3 
                 NM_000759 
                 colony stimulating factor 
                 0.195 
                 GGGTCCCACGAATTTGCTGGGGAATCTCGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 3 (granulocyte) 
                   
                 TTTTTCTCTTAAGACTTTTGGGACATGGTT 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 4 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Univariate and multivariate analysis for overall and relapse-free survival 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Cox-Ranked Univariate 
                 Cox-Ranked Multivariate 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Hazard ratio 
                 (95% CI) 
                 P-value 
                 Hazard ratio 
                 (95% CI) 
                 P-value 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Overall survival 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 72-gene classifier 
                 4.83 
                 (2.47-9.44) 
                 4.1E−06 
                 4.70 
                 (2.40-9.21) 
                 6.4E−06 
               
               
                 (low-risk vs. high-risk) 
               
               
                 Histology 
                 0.82 
                 (0.55-1.21) 
                 0.31 
                 0.89 
                 (0.57-1.40) 
                 0.62 
               
               
                 (squamous, adeno or other) 
               
               
                 Tumor Stage 
                 2.22 
                 (1.27-3.88) 
                 0.0049 
                 2.13 
                 (1.21-3.73) 
                 0.0084 
               
               
                 (Grade I vs. II) 
               
               
                 Relapse-free survival 
               
               
                 72-gene classifier 
                 4.86 
                 (2.49-9.50) 
                 3.7E−06 
                 4.61 
                 (2.36-9.03) 
                 8.4E−06 
               
               
                 (low-risk vs. high-risk) 
               
               
                 Histology 
                 0.79 
                 (0.53-1.18) 
                 0.25 
                 0.87 
                 (0.55-1.37) 
                 0.54 
               
               
                 (squamous, adeno or other) 
               
               
                 Tumor Stage 
                 2.27 
                 (1.30-3.97) 
                 0.004 
                 2.08 
                 (1.19-3.64) 
                 0.011 
               
               
                 (Grade I vs. II) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 72-gene classifier &amp; Tumor Stage 
                 Overall survival 
                 6.2E−08 
               
               
                   
                 Relapse-free survival 
                 3.3E−07