Gene expression in Atlantic salmon skin in response to infection with the parasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis, cortisol implant, and their combination

Table 4 Genes encoding extracellular enzymes, collagens and other components of the extracellular matrix

Gene	C0	CL	SL
*Enzymes*
AMBP protein	2.44	1.24	0.47
Hyaluronidase-2	1.70	1.41	NS
Matrix metalloproteinase	1.60	1.05	NS
Beta-1,4 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1	-0.92	-0.74	NS
Beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase	-0.97	-0.97	NS
Prolyl 4-hydroxylase subunit alpha-2	-1.26	-0.99	NS
Ribonuclease T2	-1.38	-1.48	NS
Exostosin-like 2	-1.43	-1.07	NS
GalNAc alpha 2,6-sialyltransferase	-1.48	NS	0.49
Serine protease 23	-1.55	-1.19	0.88
ADAM metallopeptidase	-1.80	-1.27	NS
Trypsin	-1.83	NS	NS
Carboxypeptidase N catalytic chain	-2.09	-1.38	NS
Procollagen C-endopeptidase enhancer 1	-3.08	-2.41	NS
Deoxyribonuclease gamma	-3.28	-5.11	NS
Procollagen I N-proteinase	-2.42	-1.62	0.84
*Collagens*
Collagen triple helix repeat-containing protein	-0.81	-0.59	NS
Type I collagen a3(I)	-3.70	-2.11	0.78
Type I collagen alpha 1 chain	-3.61	-2.21	0.70
Type I collagen alpha 2 chain	-3.73	-2.23	0.85
Type VI collagen alpha 1	-1.48	-0.86	NS
Type VI collagen alpha 2 isoform 2C2	-1.23	-0.82	NS
Type VI collagen alpha 3 isoform 1	-1.62	-1.12	NS
Type VII collagen	-1.56	-1.05	NS
Type XI collagen	-1.89	-1.11	0.50
Type XI collagen alpha1 short isoform	-2.00	-1.50	0.48
Type XII collagen alpha 1 short isoform	-1.55	-0.99	0.61
Type XVI alpha 1 collagen	-0.78	-0.34	NS
*Other components of ECM*
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 5	-1.26	-1.13	NS
Decorin	-1.88	-1.47	NS
Epithelial membrane protein 3	-1.50	-1.27	NS
Leprecan-like 1	-1.26	-0.56	NS
Leprecan 1	-0.82	-0.45	NS
Microfibril-associated glycoprotein 4	-1.15	-0.84	NS
Microfibrillar-associated protein 2	-1.41	-1.18	0.40
Periostin	-2.83	-2.22	NS
Spondin 1	-1.08	-1.02	NS

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