ERBB3 is a marker of a ganglioneuroblastoma/ganglioneuroma-like expression profile in neuroblastic tumours

Table 1 Data sets used in the current study

	Name	Reference	# Total cases	Description	Analysis platform	# Analysis cases	Analysis groups	Purpose of study
Data set 1	DePreter	[53]	17	Neuroblastoma	Affy HU133A (pre-amplified)	14	r-groups (r1-r4)	Differential mRNA expression of subgroups
Data set 2	McArdle	[54]	22	Neuroblastic	Affy HU133A	17	r-groups (r1-r4)	Differential mRNA expression of subgroups
	Wilzén	[55]	8	Neuroblastoma	Affy HU133A	6	r-groups (r1-r4)	Differential mRNA expression of subgroups
Data set 3	Wang	[56]	101	Neuroblastoma	Affy HGU95Av	67	r-groups (r1-r4)	Verification of subgroup findings; Gene network construction
Data set 4	Versteeg	[57]	110	Neuroblastic	Affy HU133plus2	110	Histology groups (GN, GNB, NB)	Differential mRNA expression of histology subgroups
Data set 5	Kogner	-	12*	Neuroblastic	IHC, WB	8 (IHC), 9 (WB)	Histology groups (GN, NB)	Protein expression validation in histology subgroups

SAM Significance Analysis of Microarray. Neuroblastic = mixed pool of neuroblastoma (NB), ganglioneuroblastoma (GNB), and ganglioneuroma (GN). Affy Affymetrix, IHC Immunohistochemistry, WB Western blotting.* One case overlaps with data set 2 (case "NBS1" in data set 2 = case ′6′ in data set 5).

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