Study

Cycle

phase

EMS stage

Subjects

Array reference

No. of Up-regulated genes

No. of Down-regulated genes

Kao et al., 2003

MSE

Mild/moderate

EMS (+):8

EMS (−):7

Affymetrix

GeneChip Hu95A

91 genes

(EST 28)

1150 genes

(EST 29)

Matsuzaki et al., 2005

LPE,

ESE,

MSE,

LSE

Not defined/

epithelial

vs stromal cell

EMS (+):12

EMS (−):12

Clontech ATLAS

HUMAN 1.2 cDNA

expression array

Epithelial cell

3/11/6/5

Stromal cell

1/44/0/2

Epithelial cell

1/28/8/20

Stromal cell

7/7/12/1

Burney, et al., 2007

PE,

ESE.

MSE

Moderate/severe

EMS (+):21

(6/6/9)

EMS (−):16

(5/3/3)

Affymetrix

Human U133-Plus 2.0

252/747/428

(>1.5 fold)

447/1741/293

(>1.5fold)

Sherwin et al., 2008

LSE

Minimal/mild

Moderate/severe

EMS (+):

5 → 4

5 → 4

EMS (−):6

Custom-made array, University of Cambridge

8 genes

(p < 0.01, >1.75 fold)

1 gene

(p < 0.01, >1.75 fold)

Chung et al., 2007

ESE

LSE

Not defined

EMS (+):9

(5/4)

EMS (−):3

KNU 4.8K cDNA

chip

ESE: 25 genes

LSE: 4 genes

ESE: 25 genes

LSE: 1 genes