Table 2 Genes that are highly expressed (ratio > 2.0) in tube-forming cancer cells.

From: TGF-β signaling promotes tube-structure-forming growth in pancreatic duct adenocarcinoma

Gene name

Ratio of quantified mRNA expression*

YamaPaca-6.2/YamaPaca-6.12

YamaPaca-25.1.1/YamaPaca-25.12

Fn1

2.39

4.97

Gadd45b

2.73

5.04

Hey1

3.91

42.14

Mmp2

6.95

21.23

Snai1

2.31

5.72

Tgfb2

3.91

17.12

  1. *Ratios were calculated according to the following formula: mRNA expression levels of tube-forming cells/mRNA expression levels of sphere-forming cells.