Table 2.

Expression changes of development and differentiation associated genes in the differentiation process from NSCs to astrocytes with a semi-quantitative RT-PCR assay

Glioma differentiation-associated genes	Undiffercntiated NSC	NSCs Initiating differentiation	Glial progenitor cells	Astrocytes	Control
ACXCR4	0.203 ± 0.011	0.325 ± 0.025^c	0.133 ± 0.010^c	0.029 ± 0.032^a ^c	0.171 ± 0.009
T enascin-(CTN-C)	0.062 ± 0.005	0.199 + 0.006^a ^c	0.107 ± 0.004^a	0.145 + 0.004^a ^c	0.045 ± 0.004
GLT1	0.099 ± 0.012^a	1.077 ± 0.061^c	0.274 ± 0.020^a	0.091 ± 0.015^a	0.600± 0.062
IL1-RI	0.022 + 0.007^a	0.115 + 0.008^a ^c	0.025 ± 0.006^a	0.015 ± 0.005^a	0.246 ± 0.025
EGFR-8	0.012 ± 0.006^a	0.350 ± 0.024^b^c	0.260 ± 0.027^a	0.305 ± 0.013^a ^c	0.428 ± 0.020
CDC2	0.041 + 0.010^a	0.918 ± 0.019^c	0.699 ± 0.019^a	0.651 ± 0.046^a ^c	0.946 ± 0.048
Ndr3	0.311 ± 0.010^b	0.283 ± 0.018	0.173 ± 0.016^a ^c	0.081 + 0.012^a ^c	0.231 ± 0.030
MAPKK4	0.021 ± 0.008^a	0.185 ± 0.026^a ^c	0.105 ± 0.013^a ^c	0.057 ± 0.014^a ^d	0.274 ± 0.022

↵a: in comparison with control group, P<0.001;
↵b: in comparison with control group, P<0.05;
↵c: in comparison with NSCs group, P<0.001;
↵d: in comparison to NSC group, PO.05 (n=6).