Effect of RNA quality on transcript intensity levels in microarray analysis of human post-mortem brain tissues

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Sample set sizes and data dependency structure

Chip platform		HG-U133_Plus_2.0		HG-U133_AB		Intersection
		Controls	Parkinson's	Controls	Parkinson's	Controls	Parkinson's
Brain tissue	Shortcut
Brodmann area 35	BA35	11	12	13	12	10	11
Caudate nucleus^P	CauNuc	23	12	18	13	16	12
Nucleus ambiguus	NucAmb	12	12	13	12	11	11
Nucleus basalis of Meynert	NucBas	8	11	14	12	8	11
Pulvinar	Pulvinar	13	11	7	12	6	11
Putamen^P	Putamen	17	11	13	13	10	11
Reticular formation of midbrain	RetForm	13	9	10	13	10	9
Septal area of paraterminal body of rhinencephalon	SepArea	25	12	12	12	10	12
Substantia nigra^P	SubNig	11	13	10	12	7	12
Subthalamic nucleus^P	SubthNuc	12	7	10	12	7	7

Summary of sample sizes per chip platform and brain tissue and data dependency structure with respect to donor subjects are presented. Intersection column shows number of samples sharing the same donor material. Brain tissue involved into Parkinson's disease marked by subscript ^P.

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