Skip to main content

Table 1 List of commonly used reference genes and their gene expression variability in 10,028 analyzed samples from TCGA database

From: Conventionally used reference genes are not outstanding for normalization of gene expression in human cancer research

Gene name

Description

Mean TPM value

CV(%)

ACTB

Actin Beta

4713.56

45.03

PGAM1

Phosphoglycerate Mutase 1

239.83

56.36

ALDOA

Aldolase, Fructose-Bisphosphate A

1576.45

57.97

TUBA1B

Tubulin Alpha 1b

974.69

62.63

HPRT1

Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase 1

46.04

63.46

GAPDH

Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

5445.97

67.55

B2M

Beta-2-Microglobulin

5083.41

69.57

PGK1

Phosphoglycerate Kinase 1

365.70

69.98

LDHA

Lactate Dehydrogenase A

575.04

79.40

PFKP

Phosphofructokinase, Platelet

94.20

102.74

VIM

Vimentin

1405.17

117.90

G6PD

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

64.06

138.24