We wish to thank Dr Layla Mahdi for advice and assistance with microarray work and animal experiments, Mark van der Hoek for help with statistical analysis of microarray data, and Ursula Talbot for assistance with tissue culture experiments.
KP performed the microarray work and revised the manuscript critically.
JMD carried out the microarray work and interpreted the results.
MW carried some of the microarray work, and all of the qRT PCR work.
ST carried out all the RNA extractions, prepared samples for Affymetrix microarray work, and all of the qRT PCR work.
We would like to thank Roel Quintens for technical assistance, Leentje Van Lommel for microarray work and Katleen Lemaire for cDNA preparation.
ACM designed the experiments, carried out the phylogenetic analysis, bioinformatic and statistical analysis, did part of the microarray work and drafted the manuscript.
More recently, a smaller 21 gene set has been developed [ 22], based on a combination of genes selected from published microarray work and traditional clinical markers.
MS, LB and JK directed the work, MS carried out the laser-capture work and drafted the manuscript, MB and MT carried out the microarray work and statistical analysis, CS and NV did the OGD and NR and AL carried out the immunohistochemistry.
MMP carried out the sampling, RNA, microarray work and analysis, and RT-PCR and qRT-PCR experiments; MJG carried out the sequence annotation and participated in microarray analysis; AA contributed in sequence analysis and in silico metabolic studies; and VP participated in sampling, microarray analysis and wrote the paper.
