Table 1 NeuroStem chip entries related to dopaminergic system.

Genes^a	Function
Aadc, Ant2 (Slc25a5), Calb1, Dat (Slc6a3), Girk2 (Kcnj6), Igf1, Ptx3, Th	Markers of dopaminergic neurons
En1, En2, Lmx1b^b, Pax5, Shh, Wnt1	Markers of dopaminergic progenitors
Adh2, Lhx1 (Lim1), Lhx5 (Lim2)	Markers of dopaminergic progenitors maturation
Drd2^b, Vmat2	Markers of mature dopaminergic neurons
Gfra1, Gfra2, Gfra3, Gfra4, Otx2	Markers of early dopaminergic neurons
Dlx1, Dlx2, Flj38973, Lmx1a	Related to differentiation of dopaminergic neurons
Adcy7, Alcam, Art (Artn), Bcl11a, Calca, Cart, Cbln1, Cdh2, Col11a1, Cx43, D1lip (Drd1ip), Darpp32 (Ppp1r1b), Dbh, Doc2a, Drd1, Drd3, Drd4, Drd5, Drip78 (Dnajc14), Egln3 (Phd3), Egr1, Fos, Fxyd6, Galm, Ghr, Grin2c, Grp, Gsbs (C7orf16), Hs6st2, Igfbp4, Kcna5, Kcnab1, Math2, Mlp (Marcksl1), Moxd1, Mpp3, Nrip3, Nrp2, Nt (Nts), Ntn (Nrtn), Nurr1 (Nr4a2), Pac1 (Adcyap1r1), Pacap, Plagl1 (Zac), Pvrl3 (Nectin 3), Rab3c, Rcn1, Slc17a6 (Vglut2), Slc6a1, Sox6, Spp1, Tacr3, Trhr, Zfp161, Vav3, Zdhhc2	Related to dopaminergic system

The majority of genes listed may also possess other functions, not related to dopaminergic system. Four entries were omitted from the table, representing candidate markers of dopaminergic system now undergoing characterization (unpublished data).
^a Italics indicates genes up-regulated (Log2 ratio >1.0) in dopaminergic differentiation experiment. Rcn1, Log2 ratio >0.97; Fxyd6 and Zfp161, Log2 ratio >0.7).
^b May also possess other functions related to dopaminergic system.

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