Table 4.

Statistical significance of differences between strength of resemblance to human HD caudate in various sets of genes: Emx-BDNF KO versus all other models

SystemTop 200 human changesTop 400 human changesTop 400 human decreasesTop 400 human increases127 Human striatal genesTop 400 R6/2 changes
R6/2 1.17 (1.03–1.50) 1.23 (1.07–1.62) 1.31 (1.03–1.97) 1.47 (1.29–1.87) 1.20 (1.02–1.68) 2.79 (1.81–4.53)
BDNF HET 1.10 (1.02–1.17) 1.09 (1.02–1.14) 1.12 (1.04–1.18) 0.99 (0.96–1.01)1.11 (0.99–1.19)1.04 (0.95–1.11)
3NP1.19 (0.85–1.92)1.17 (0.89–1.77)0.94 (0.74–1.49) 1.78 (1.35–2.58) 1.56 (1.00–2.66) 1.64 (1.21–2.53)
MPTP 1.13 (1.03–1.24) 1.12 (1.03–1.22) 1.09 (1.01–1.16) 1.13 (1.03–1.23) 1.21 (1.05–1.37) 1.11 (0.99–1.21)
  • For each indicated set of gene, ratios of variances and 95% confidence intervals are reported. Numbers are bold if the model is less like human HD than the Emx-BDNF KO model and unity falls outside the 95% confidence interval. In those cases, the indicated model is significantly less like human HD than the Emx-BDNF KO model. Numbers are lightface if unity falls within the 95% confidence interval. In those cases, differences are considered indeterminate. It is important to note that there were no cases of a model being significantly more like human HD than the Emx-BDNF KO model.